wazoo
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9.9
- noun
- /wəˈzu/
- Slang
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- He slipped while climbing the fence and landed right on his wazoo.
- pay out the wazoo
Examples
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After the long hike, I felt sore and my wazoo ached from sitting on rocks.
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She wore a pair of jeans that made her wazoo look amazing.
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I got stories up the wazoo.
Fiction book (2001) -
Besides, his house is probably alarmed up the wazoo.
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It says you have parking tickets up the wazoo.
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We're taxed up the wazoo with the highest state and property taxes in the nation.
Blog text (10) -
The big Wall Street brokerage and trading firms have money coming out of their wazoo.
Blog text (11) -
I got frequent flyer miles up the wazoo.
Fiction book (1997) -
They have industrial lasers up the wazoo.
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We've got security codes, work rosters up the wazoo.
Synonyms
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1.6
The fleshy part of the body that you sit on
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8.6
A name children use for the part of the body you sit on
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9.9
The soft part of the body you sit on
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8.8
The soft back part of the body that you sit on
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8.9
The soft part at the back of your body that you sit on
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9.9
An informal word for the parts at the back of the body that you sit on
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9.9
The soft part of your body that you sit on
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9.9
A child's word for the bottom
One of the two rounded parts at the back of the body used for sitting
Idioms
Surface Forms
Etymology
Wazoo is a playful American slang name for the 'rear end'. It is likely a made-up, silly word that sounds like the little instrument kazoo, so a helpful way to remember it is to think of a funny name for your back, which also appears in the phrase 'up the wazoo' meaning 'a lot'.