Jacuzzi

American  

[juh-koo-zee] / dʒəˈku zi /

Trademark.

1. a brand name for whirlpool baths, hot tubs, pools, and related products.

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Jacuzzi British  

/ dʒəˈkuːzɪ /

noun

1. a system of underwater jets that keep the water in a bath or pool constantly agitated

2. (sometimes not capital) a bath or pool equipped with this

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Etymology

Origin of Jacuzzi

First recorded in 1965–70; named after the Jacuzzi brothers, founders of a company that made propellers, originally in Berkeley, California, in 1915

Example Sentences

In August, a popular investigative journalism show ran a segment on the “Jozi Jacuzzi” pothole, in the Randburg area of Johannesburg.

From The Wall Street Journal

“There’s no swimming pool; there’s no Jacuzzi,” Lamb said.

From The Wall Street Journal

I got dunked under a Jacuzzi and thought some magical thing was supposed to happen, like ‘Bibbidi-Bobbidi-Boo!”

From Los Angeles Times

"Military aircraft noise is substantially more intense and disturbing than commercial jet noise," said lead author Giordano Jacuzzi, a graduate student in the UW College of the Environment.

From Science Daily

Callum Robinson posted photos of the trio drinking beer on a rooftop, as well as pictures of the men at the beach and in a rooftop Jacuzzi.

From Los Angeles Times