wazoo
Americannoun
plural
wazoos-
the anus.
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the buttocks.
idioms
Etymology
Origin of wazoo
An Americanism dating back to 1960–65; origin uncertain; cf. kazoo ( def. )
Example Sentences
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Astronauts and ground-control folks have trained out the wazoo.
From The Wall Street Journal • Feb. 10, 2026
Oh my God, some of the nails I saw in Miami, like $200 manicures, gems up the wazoo, probably 4 inches long.
From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 20, 2023
“I want to make the whole country feel as if we are one. I may be a cornball, but I am me — not a sophisticated, slick New York wazoo act.”
From Seattle Times • Sep. 4, 2021
There are proxies for those kinds of classes just up the wazoo for companies that are interested in inferring that kind of thing.
From Slate • Nov. 11, 2019
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
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