bazoo

/ bəˈzuː /

noun

1. a US slang word for mouth

Word History and Origins

Origin of bazoo¹

C19: of unknown origin

Example Sentences

In the operatically messy history of the five organized crime families, other mob figures have been more coldblooded or colorful — Mr. Asaro does not even have a nickname, unlike two of his co-defendants, known as Tommy D and Bazoo.

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"Why don't Red start his bazoo?" whispered that long-legged worthy in Elmer's ear, as he lay flattened out on the ground in the gloomy far-end part of the loggers' bunk-house.

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The names of some of them will suffice to give you an idea of the style of the contents: very favourite names are the Paralyser, the Rustler, the Cyclone, the Prairie Dog, the Bazoo, the Lucifer, the Bundle of Sticks, the Thunderer, the Earthquake.

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Wendell Willkie blew this blistering bazoo at the White House.

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For comrades, Brookhart and Wheeler have the tart Moses from New Hampshire; Jones of Washington, normally placid and a bit heavy, but roaring, desk-pounding when aroused; Ashurst from Arizona, with a substantial "bazoo."

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