zoo
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Definition of zoo
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: a facility with usually indoor and outdoor settings where living, typically wild animals are kept especially for public exhibition
— called also
zooological garden, zoological park
2 : a place, situation, or group marked by crowding, confusion, or unrestrained behavior The convention was a zoo.
zoo-
combining formDefinition of zoo- (Entry 2 of 2)
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Synonyms for zoo
Synonyms: Noun
ado, ballyhoo, blather, bluster, bobbery, bother, bustle, clatter, commotion, disturbance, foofaraw, fun, furor, furore, fuss, helter-skelter, hoopla, hubbub, hullabaloo, hurly, hurly-burly, pandemonium, pother, row, ruckus, ruction, rumpus, shindy, squall, stew, stir, storm, to-do, tumult, turmoil, uproar, welter, whirl, williwaw
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Examples of zoo in a Sentence
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The sixth grade classroom was a zoo after recess. The supermarket was a real zoo on the night before the storm.Recent Examples on the Web: Noun
The road emptied into the parking lot for Fort Bearizona, a more conventional zoo with exhibits, a snack bar and the gift shop, which features a faux cave formation across the ceiling. — Scott Craven, azcentral, "Bearizona: Top things to do at drive-thru wildlife park in Williams," 12 July 2018 Buy Photo Philadelphia is like a zoo with a menagerie of taxes, licenses, and fees. — Stu Bykofsky, Philly.com, "Welcome to Taxadelphia, where you pay more than you realize | Stu Bykofsky," 10 July 2018 There’s enough new life at both the zoo and Safari Park to make a visit worthwhile. — Bradley J. Fikes, sandiegouniontribune.com, "For the Fourth, bring out the (San Diego Zoo) babies!," 3 July 2018 The cub joins the ranks of 200 red pandas across zoos in North America. — Kellen Browning, sacbee, "Newborn red panda cub at Sacramento Zoo fighting to survive," 28 June 2018 Lone Star Park in Grand Prairie will have fireworks set to music each night along with horse racing for the adults and activities such as bounce houses and a petting zoo for the kids. — Sandy Guerra-cline, star-telegram, "The top 10 list: This weekend is going to be a blast, blast, blast," 27 June 2018 The Gorilla Foundation, a non-profit created to buy Koko from the San Francisco zoo, said in a statement. — Lilly Price, USA TODAY, "Koko, the gorilla famous for knowing sign language, dies in her sleep," 21 June 2018 An elephant that once lived at Michael Jackson'sNeverland Ranch briefly escaped its enclosure at a Florida zoo. — Fox News, "Michael Jackson's old pet elephant, Ali, escapes enclosure at Florida zoo," 18 June 2018 An entire west German town was on lock down after lions, tigers, a bear and a jaguar broke out of a local zoo Friday (June 1). — Maria Clark, NOLA.com, "Lions, tigers, bear (and a jaguar) cause panic after breaking out of German zoo: report," 1 June 2018These example sentences are selected automatically from various online news sources to reflect current usage of the word 'zoo.' Views expressed in the examples do not represent the opinion of Merriam-Webster or its editors. Send us feedback.
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zoo
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English Language Learners Definition of zoo
: a place where many kinds of animals are kept so that people can see them
: a place, situation, or group that is crowded, loud, and uncontrolled
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Kids Definition of zoo
: a place where living usually wild animals are kept for showing to the public
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