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wa·zoo

 (wä-zo͞o′) Vulgar Slang
n.
The anus.
Idiom:
up the wazoo
In great abundance.

[Perhaps alteration of kazoo.]
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wazoo

(wæˈzuː)
n, pl -zoos
(Anatomy) offensive slang US a person's bottom or anus
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