Meaning & use

Wazoo

noun·Everyday

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A slang term for the buttocks, used chiefly in the informal phrase 'out the wazoo,' meaning in great abundance.

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After the big harvest, they had zucchini out the wazoo.

The new intern has energy out the wazoo.

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Almost always encountered in the fixed idiom 'out the wazoo' rather than used on its own.

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