zoo

Noun

Meaning

A park where live animals are exhibited.

(informal, figuratively) Any place that is wild, crowded, or chaotic.
The shopping center was a zoo the week before Christmas.

(informal, figuratively) A large and varied collection of something.

(US, military, slang) The jungle.

(slang) A zoophile.

Source: en.wiktionary.org

Synonyms

aquarium circus menagerie jungle octopus madhouse political science electioneering civics backroom statecraft three ring circus safari park petting zoo

Hypernyms

facility installation

Phrases with the word

The zoo from goo to you by way of the zoo zoo-ecologist chengdu zoo zoo-like at the petting zoo

Examples

Life is a zoo in a jungle. Peter De Vries

Undressing her was an act of recklessness, a kind of vandalism, like releasing a zoo full of animals, or blowing up a dam. Michael Chabon

I love acting, but it's much more fun taking the kids to the zoo. Nicole Kidman

We can put women on Prozac and they will think they are happy, even though they are not. Disturbed animals in the zoo are given Prozac too, which rather suggests that misery is a response to unbearable circumstances rather than constitutional. Germaine Greer

There seems to be a general impression that to be known as normal in Hollywood is akin to being labeled as rare animal in a zoo. Irene Dunne

I view my own body as a petting zoo. I am the main attraction... And the only customer. Craig Ferguson

Close letter words and terms

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