Meaning of vuvuzela | Babel Free

Definitions

A trumpet-shaped horn, now usually plastic, that produces a loud buzzing sound.

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Examples

“When the Manchester United squad walked through the arrival gates at Durban International yesterday, most players heard a vuvuzela for the first time.”

“I’m talking, of course, about the vuvuzela. Essentially, a metre-long blowhorn, which you may struggle to get past a steward at an English football ground.”

“For some, the vuvuzelas herald the country’s piercing emergence from the forced racial hush of apartheid.”

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