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bazoo

British  
/ bəˈzuː /

noun

  1. a US slang word for mouth

"Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged" 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

Etymology

Origin of bazoo

C19: of unknown origin

Example Sentences

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Wendell Willkie blew this blistering bazoo at the White House.

From Time Magazine Archive

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."

From Time Magazine Archive

"Give it to 'em, Si," his comrades would Say, when he turned up his loud bazoo on the rations question.

From Si Klegg, Book 1 (of 6) His Transformation From A Raw Recruit To A Veteran by McElroy, John

You sassed that poor swatty that wanted to keep you out of this, tooting your bazoo like a man peddling soap; but now it's up to you.

From Red Saunders His Adventures West & East by Phillips, Henry Wallace

"Here comes a car, and the driver's tooting his old bazoo to beat the band."

From The Airplane Boys among the Clouds or, Young Aviators in a Wreck by Langworthy, John Luther