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didgeridoo

or did·jer·i·doo

[ dij-uh-ree-doo, dij-uh-ree-doo ]

noun

, plural did·ger·i·doos.
  1. a Australian Aboriginal musical instrument made from a long wooden tube that is blown into to create a low drone.


didgeridoo

/ ˌdɪdʒərɪˈduː /

noun

  1. music a deep-toned native Australian wind instrument made from a long hollowed-out piece of wood
“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
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Word History and Origins

Origin of didgeridoo1

First recorded in 1915–20; from an Aboriginal language of northern Australia
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Word History and Origins

Origin of didgeridoo1

C20: imitative of its sound
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Example Sentences

Nala points out all she was taught about Tasmanian Aboriginal culture and history at her Hobart school was a brief lesson on boomerangs and didgeridoos - although her people used neither.

From BBC

On a recent Wednesday, a Chinese fire dancer gyrated to the drone of a didgeridoo, an Indigenous Australian instrument, in the courtyard of an Israeli musician’s home.

“The Aussie government played Hipkins like a didgeridoo,” David Seymour, the leader of the libertarian Act party, told local news media.

The Anzac Day services began as the first light broke on the peninsula in northwest Turkey, with a mournful Aboriginal didgeridoo performance and the singing of hymns and solemn songs.

Audi experimented with multiple instruments, including a didgeridoo, before crafting a digital mix of 32 sounds, both natural and synthesized, including a cordless screwdriver and a fan pushing air through an organ-like pipe.

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