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didgeridoo


did·ger·i·doo

noun \ˈdi-jə-rē-ˌdü, ˌdi-jə-rē-ˈ\

Definition of DIDGERIDOO

: a large bamboo or wooden trumpet of the Australian aborigines

Variants of DIDGERIDOO

did·ger·i·doo also did·jer·i·doo \ˈdi-jə-rē-ˌdü, ˌdi-jə-rē-ˈ\

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Origin of DIDGERIDOO

probably of imitative origin
First Known Use: 1919

Rhymes with DIDGERIDOO

Aracaju, cardinal virtue, cornflower blue, downy mildew, easy virtue, hullabaloo, in deep doo-doo, Kalamazoo, merry-andrew, mulligan stew, Ouagadougou, out of the blue, Papandreou, pirarucu, Port du Salut, tu-whit tu-whoo, Vanuatu, Wandering Jew

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