bazooka

Significado (inglés)

Noun

1. A primitive trombone having wide tubes.
2. A shoulder-held rocket launcher used as an antitank weapon, developed by America during World War II and so-called from its resemblance to the bazooka musical instrument.
3. Any shoulder-fired rocket grenade launcher.
4. (slang) A woman's breast, especially a big one.
5. (slang) A large rescue or stimulus package.

Verb

To shoot with a bazooka.

Sinónimos

rocket launcher

prang

rocks

antitank missile

recoilless rifle

recoilless gun

rocket-propelled grenade

piat

antitank rocket

rocket tube

anti-tank rocket launcher

crack rock

Pronunciado como (IPA)

/bəˈzuːkə/

Etimoloxía (inglés)

From an extension of the word bazoo (“mouth, boastful talk”), which ultimately probably stems from Dutch bazuin (“trumpet”). In the finance sense first used by policymakers during the European debt crisis (2010).