wazoo

[ wah-zoo ]

/ wɑˈzu /

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noun, plural wa·zoos.Slang.

the anus.

the buttocks.

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Idioms about wazoo

up / out the wazoo, Slang. to an extreme degree or in great abundance: She's got problems up the wazoo.

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

They stood looking into one another's eyes, their thoughts all on the Wazoo.
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She sat down and waited among the begonias, her mind still on the Wazoo, her whole intense nature strung to the highest pitch.
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In the days that followed all England was thrilled to its base as the news spread that the Wazoo might rise at any moment.
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