Thesaurus.com
Dictionary.com
Showing results for kazoo. Search instead for wazo.
Definitions

kazoo

[kuh-zoo] / kəˈzu /


Example Sentences

Examples are provided to illustrate real-world usage of words in context. Any opinions expressed do not reflect the views of Dictionary.com.

See Examples For:

Behind the scenes, Moreno formulated her own Spanish-language takes on jazz, which listeners can hear in the 2006 funky, spy-like chromatic track “Escondidos” — which includes a kazoo solo in its outro.

From Los Angeles Times ● Feb. 27, 2026

Ms Millington's challenges have so far also included barefoot running, blacksmithing, beekeeping and busking on the streets of York in a turkey outfit playing Christmas songs on a kazoo.

From BBC ● Mar. 17, 2025

She was playing the kazoo and poking around.

From Salon ● May 21, 2023

Rex was a very stupid dog, except for one thing: he could play the kazoo.

From Washington Post ● Jul. 14, 2022

Oh, where abides the fond kazoo, The barrel-organ fair, And where is heard the tra-la-loo Of fish horns on the air?

From Hoosier Lyrics by Eugene Field

Conductor Yannick Nézet-Séguin brings out the score’s color and propulsion, and the excellent Met Opera chorus creates the seething world of the dead, occasionally playing kazoos.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 21, 2026

Students in other classrooms in this hallway learned about the amplification of sound — using kazoos, much to the dismay of neighboring teachers — while others created bubble wands or wind-powered cars.

From Seattle Times ● Aug. 13, 2022

Witnessing the past four years of Wall’s career has been like trying to slow dance to a syncopated mess of kazoos and congas.

From Washington Post ● Oct. 6, 2021

Paleface Composer-pianist Russell Steinberg is joined by Trio Accento, soprano Hila Plitmann and others for a multimedia-enhanced program of original works, one of which includes audience members playing along on kazoos.

From Los Angeles Times ● Dec. 7, 2019

But the ragged little "poh white" used to sit beside her piano by the hour and try to get in an alto with one of those kazoos that boys hum through.

From Flappers and Philosophers by F. Scott (Francis Scott) Fitzgerald


Vocabulary lists containing kazoo

Random Word

Spin the wheel and learn a new word!

Get a word

Vocabulary.com logo
by dictionary.com

Just like flashcards, but way more fun

Don't take our word for it. Leave the boring studying behind and join VocabTrainer today. You'll learn even faster and never look back.

Take me to Vocabulary.com