didgeridoo

noun

did·​ger·​i·​doo ˈdi-jə-rē-ˌdü 

ˌdi-jə-rē-ˈdü

variants or less commonly didjeridoo

: a large bamboo or wooden trumpet of the Australian aborigines

Illustration of didgeridoo

Examples of didgeridoo in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web

For example, one study found that in four months of playing the Australian didgeridoo, people with OSA experienced less daytime sleepiness and fewer instances of snoring.12 Although the study was small, scientists were encouraged by the results. —Sherri Gordon, Health, 18 Dec. 2025

Some family members are sharing their budding talents – Bradley is trying to learn to play the didgeridoo, and her son is learning to play a whistle. —Betty Lin-Fisher, USA Today, 2 Dec. 2025

Groans resembling bassoons and didgeridoos leakedfrom the hog house as groggy pigs stirred. —Bennet Goldstein, jsonline.com, 4 July 2025

Harris’s cheeks puffed in and out rhythmically, drawing a meditative drone from the didgeridoo while the strings scraped out a sad melody just this side of Ornette Coleman or Rahsaan Roland Kirk. —Daniel Cassady, ARTnews.com, 4 Nov. 2024

Word History

Etymology

probably of imitative origin

First Known Use

1919, in the meaning defined above

Rhymes for didgeridoo

• hullabaloo
• accrue
• ado
• ainu
• aircrew
• airscrew
• anew
• askew
• baboo
• babu
• bamboo
• beaucoup