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🥒 A green vegetable 🎶 A buzzing instrument
mirliton

mirliton

9.9
A small instrument like a kazoo that makes a buzzing sound when you hum into it
  • noun
  • /ˈmɪr.lɪ.tɒn/
  • Archaic
translation icon : kazoo
  • You can make a simple mirliton at home using paper and a comb.

Examples

  • He brought a mirliton to the party, adding a fun buzzing sound to the music.

  • The children laughed as they played the mirliton during music class.

  • He played the mirliton at the birthday party.

  • Did you hear that mirliton sound?

  • The children laughed as they played the mirliton during music class.

  • He brought a mirliton to the party, adding a fun buzzing sound to the music.

  • You can make a simple mirliton at home using paper and a comb.

Synonyms

kazoo
vsmirliton
11 7.9

A small instrument that makes a buzzing sound when you hum into it

has the same meaning but is an alternative traditional name

How Loud

trumpet
125 2.5
harmonica
35 2.9
mirliton
  • Archaic
9.9

Surface Forms

mirliton singular
mirlitons plural

Etymology

Mirliton comes from French and the first part mirl- is like a soft sound such as 'murmur' or a little 'mirl', so the word was used for a simple toy that makes a buzzing noise. That's why a mirliton is a small tube instrument that buzzes when you hum into it, like a kazoo.