kazoo

ka·zoo

K0025100 (kə-zo͞o′)n. pl. ka·zoos A simple musical instrument consisting of a metal or plastic tube with a single hole covered by a thin membrane that produces a buzzing sound when the player hums or sings into the mouthpiece.

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[Perhaps imitative of its sound.]

kazoo

(kəˈzuː) n, pl -zoos (Instruments) a cigar-shaped musical instrument of metal or plastic with a membranous diaphragm of thin paper that vibrates with a nasal sound when the player hums into it[C20: probably imitative of the sound produced]

ka•zoo

(kəˈzu)

n., pl. -zoos. 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. [1880–85]

kazoo

, bazooka - Dutch bazu, "trumpet," gives us the words kazoo and bazooka, the latter originally being a form of kazoo that was a long sounding-horn.See also related terms for trumpet.

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kazoo - a toy wind instrument that has a membrane that makes a sound when you hum into the mouthpiecewind instrument, wind - a musical instrument in which the sound is produced by an enclosed column of air that is moved by the breath

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