kazoom

English

Etymology

From ka- +‎ zoom. Compare kaboom.

Interjection

kazoom

  1. An abrupt or explosive zooming noise; the sound of something powerfully speeding by.
    • 1975, Rennie Ellis, Australian Graffiti, page [1]:
      Zap is a comic-book hero - Zap! Powie! Kazoom!; why have you retired, Zap, when we need you so much?
    • 1988, Good Housekeeping, volume 207, page 62:
      I saw a white light flash from side to side and I heard a loud buzz zooming in my head - kazoom, kazoom!

Noun

kazoom (plural kazooms)

  1. (slang, chiefly in the plural) A (large) female breast.
    Synonyms: see Thesaurus:breasts
    • 1977, Ron Goulart, chapter 10, in Crackpot (Fragmented America), Garden City, N.Y.: Doubleday, →ISBN, page 58:
      “What’s a mambo?” “You know, whamos, kaboopies, chugamuggas,” amplified Hootman, making jiggling motions with both hands in front of his narrow chest. “He must mean,” realized Mr. Giggle, “mammywammies, chubbles, kazooms.” “What kind of nerfing act do you think we’re doing. We’re beloved by millions of frapping little kids. Do those little loyal-hearted tykes want to see kazooms?”
    • 1979, Harold Jaffe, “Sept. 3”, in Mole’s Pity, New York, N.Y.: Fiction Collective, →ISBN, page 105:
      Loggin flips the magazine onto the desk. “Look at them kazooms! You ever see this shere—Cosmo-politan? I found it in the lobby. Fine piece of titty on the cover, but ain’t worth a turd on the inside. []
    • 1987, Mark Christensen, “Bang Your Head”, in Mortal Belladaywic, Garden City, N.Y.: Doubleday, →ISBN, page 132:
      The clasp slips free (gad, what lush kazooms) and she even helps him pull off the blouse that is now cuffing her at the elbows.

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