zoo
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Definition of zoo
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— called also zooological garden, zoological park
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combining formDefinition of zoo- (Entry 2 of 2)
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Synonyms for zoo
Synonyms: Noun
ado, alarums and excursions, ballyhoo, blather, bluster, bobbery, bother, bustle, clatter, clutter [chiefly dialect], coil, commotion, 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
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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
Bea is the first giraffe calf born at the zoo in 17 years. — USA TODAY, "Burro bandits, sugarcane shake-up, naked bike ride: News from around our 50 states," 26 Aug. 2019 Andre Francisco, an interpretive naturalist at the zoo, said his initial goal was to show the YouthPower participants how much more there was to do outside. — Christopher Magan, Twin Cities, "St. Paul’s YouthPower program rows toward a better understanding of black teens," 17 Aug. 2019These 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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