wazoo

American  

[wah-zoo] / wɑˈzu /

noun

Slang.

wazoos plural

1. the anus.

2. the buttocks.

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idioms

1. up / out the wazoo, to an extreme degree or in great abundance.

   She's got problems up the wazoo.

Other Word Forms

Noun Inflected Forms

• wazoos
  plural

Etymology

Origin of wazoo

An Americanism dating back to 1960–65; origin uncertain; cf. kazoo ( def. )

Example Sentences

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wazoo

The chipmakers themselves are regaining public confidence thanks to their ability to charge up the wazoo for their very valuable output.

From Slate ● Jul. 2, 2026

Astronauts and ground-control folks have trained out the wazoo.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Feb. 10, 2026

Rapid-fire gags, pop culture references out the wazoo, episode-long character arcs, stories that lean into the surreal — there is perhaps no better episode than Season 2’s “Epidemiology” that demonstrates “Community’s” greatest strengths.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 30, 2023

Players are already armored up the wazoo, and the only thing that has accomplished is to give them a false sense of being bulletproof.

From Salon ● Jan. 14, 2023

I had Pac-Man pattern diagrams out the wazoo, along with hundreds of hours of archived video of the best Pac-Man players in history.

From "Ready Player One: A Novel" by Ernest Cline