bazooka

Meaning

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. (broadly) Any shoulder-fired rocket grenade launcher.
4. (slang) A woman's breast, especially a large one.
5. (slang) A large rescue or stimulus package.

Verb

To shoot with a bazooka.

Synonyms

rocket launcher

prang

rocks

antitank missile

recoilless rifle

recoilless gun

rocket-propelled grenade

piat

antitank rocket

rocket tube

anti-tank rocket launcher

crack rock

Translations

bazooka

Panzerfaust

Bazooka

bazooka

μπαζούκα

bazuca

bazuca

bazuka

lanzacohetes antitanque

Panzerbüchse

bazooka

antitankgeweer

lance-roquettes

llançagranades

Pronounced as (IPA)

/bəˈzuːkə/

Etymology

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).