didgeridoo

noun

did·​ger·​i·​doo ˈdi-jə-rē-ˌdü How to pronounce didgeridoo (audio)
ˌdi-jə-rē-ˈdü
variants or less commonly didjeridoo
: a large bamboo or wooden trumpet of the Australian aborigines

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This seemed even less likely than didgeridoo practice to improve my snoring. — Gilad Edelman, The Atlantic, 15 Mar. 2026 Groans resembling bassoons and didgeridoos leakedfrom the hog house as groggy pigs stirred. — Bennet Goldstein, jsonline.com, 4 July 2025 Vibrating captions The movie opens with a caption about how spice is life, underscored by something that sounds like didgeridoo, deep and thrumming. — Rebecca Alter, Vulture, 2 Mar. 2024 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 See All Example Sentences for didgeridoo

Word History

Etymology

probably of imitative origin

First Known Use

1919, in the meaning defined above

Time Traveler
The first known use of didgeridoo was in 1919

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“Didgeridoo.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/didgeridoo. Accessed 7 Jul. 2026.

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