kazoo
IPA: kʌzˈu
noun
- (music) A simple musical instrument (a membranophone) consisting of a pipe with a hole in it, producing a buzzing sound when the player hums into it.
verb
- To play the kazoo.
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Examples of "kazoo" in Sentences
- The origin of the name "kazoo," however, is unclear.
- *Takes a kazoo an marches in a circle blowin kazoo* Woot, woot, woot.
- The neat thing about the kazoo is the more kazoos, the better it sounds.
- If Palin can have a policy “maestro” then a five-year-old with a kazoo is an orchestra.
- As far as my own creations … I'm pretty sure there is no 'kazoo' instrument, so I'm out.
- More fun to play than to listen to, the kazoo is the simple inbred cousin of the harmonica.
- Â The most common kazoo is the Soprano kazoo, which is the most noticeable form of the instrument.
- Â The kazoo is classified as a âmirlitonâ â or vibrating membrane instrument (bet they didnât teach you that in high school band).
- And though a kazoo is what it most often brings to mind, it also variously evokes a congested saxophone, wind in a bottle and echoes from a crypt.
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