kazoo
noun
a musical toy consisting of a tube that is open at both ends and has a hole in the side covered with parchment or membrane, which produces a buzzing sound when the performer hums into one end.
kazoos
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pluralof kazoo.plural
The grammatical form denoting more than one person, place, thing, or idea.
Example Sentences
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Conductor Yannick Nézet-Séguin brings out the score’s color and propulsion, and the excellent Met Opera chorus creates the seething world of the dead, occasionally playing kazoos.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 21, 2026
Students in other classrooms in this hallway learned about the amplification of sound — using kazoos, much to the dismay of neighboring teachers — while others created bubble wands or wind-powered cars.
From Seattle Times ● Aug. 13, 2022
Witnessing the past four years of Wall’s career has been like trying to slow dance to a syncopated mess of kazoos and congas.
From Washington Post ● Oct. 6, 2021
Saturday night at Fred Kavli Theatre, Christie began with kazoos, brought in the Marcus Roberts Trio to spice up Gershwin’s Concerto in F, and turned intermission into an imaginative entr’acte.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 8, 2019
But the ragged little "poh white" used to sit beside her piano by the hour and try to get in an alto with one of those kazoos that boys hum through.
From Flappers and Philosophers by F. Scott (Francis Scott) Fitzgerald
