First Known Use: circa 1847
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zoo
noun \ˈzü\
: 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
plural zoos
Full Definition of ZOO
1
a : a garden or park where wild animals are kept for exhibition b : a collection of living animals usually for public display
2
: a place, situation, or group marked by crowding, confusion, or unrestrained behavior <the convention was a zoo>
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Origin of ZOO
short for zoological garden
Related to ZOO
- Synonyms
- ado, alarums and excursions, ballyhoo, blather, bluster, bobbery, bother, bustle, clatter, clutter [chiefly dialect], coil, corroboree [Australian], disturbance, do [chiefly dialect], foofaraw, fun, furor, furore, fuss, helter-skelter, hoo-ha (also hoo-hah), hoopla, hubble-bubble, hubbub, hullabaloo, hurly, hurly-burly, hurricane, hurry, hurry-scurry (or hurry-skurry), kerfuffle [chiefly British], moil, pandemonium, pother, row, ruckus, ruction, rumpus, shindy, splore [Scottish], squall, stew, stir, storm, to-do, tumult, turmoil, uproar, welter, whirl, williwaw, commotion
Rhymes with ZOO
blue, boo, brew, chew, clew, clue, coo, coup, crew, cue, dew, do, doux, due, ewe, few, flu, flue, fou, glue, gnu, goo, hew, hue, Jew, Koo, lieu, loo, mew, moo, moue, mu, new, nu, ooh, pew, phew, pooh, q, queue, roux, rue, screw, shoe, shoo, shrew, Sioux, skew, slew, slough, slue, smew, sou, sous, spew, sprue, stew, strew, sue, Sue, thew, through, to, too, true, two, u, view, whew, who, woo, xu, yew, you
ZOO- Defined for Kids
zoo
noun \ˈzü\
plural zoos
Definition of ZOO for Kids
: a place where living usually wild animals are kept for showing to the public
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