Definitions For Didgeridoo

Noun

DIDGERIDOO (plural DIDGERIDOOs) a musical instrument endemic to the top end of australia, consisting of a long hollowed-out log, which, when blown into, produces a low, deep mesmerise, mesmerising drone with sweeping rhythms : Synonym: didge, yidaki

Derived terms

didgeridooist

Translations

Arabic: دِيدْجِيرِيدُو, m Burarra: {{t-needed, bvr}} Catalan: didjeridú, m Chinese: : Mandarin: 蒂傑利多}}, 蒂杰利多 (dìjiélìduō), 迪吉里杜管, {{t, cmn, 迪吉里杜管 (díjílǐdùguǎn) Djambarrpuyngu: {{t-needed, djr}} Dutch: didgeridoo, m Esperanto: diĝeriduo Finnish: didgeridoo French: didgeridoo, m Hungarian: didgeridoo Irish: didiridiú, m Italian: didgeridoo, m, didgeridù, m, didjeridoo, m, didjeridu, m Macedonian: ди́џериду, n Murrinh-Patha: {{t-needed, mwf}} Portuguese: didgeridoo, m Russian: диджериду́, n Spanish: didgeridoo, m, didjeridu, m, diyiridú, m Swedish: didgeridoo, c, didjeridu, c Tiwi: {{t-needed, tiw}} Ukrainian: діджеріду

Alternative forms

{{alter, en, didjeridu, didjeridoo, digeridoo}}

Etymology

Usually assumed to be onomatopoeic, but also possibly an Irish-Australian slang word, from Irish dúidire dubh or dúidire dúth (more at didgeridoohttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Didgeridoo on Wikipedia).