bazooka

Betekenis

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.

Uitgesproken als (IPA)

/bəˈzuːkə/

Etymologie

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).