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. 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.

Concepts

bazooka

rocket launcher

anti-tank rocket launcher

antitank missile

antitank rocket

rocket tube

recoilless gun

recoilless rifle

rocket-propelled grenade

piat

crack rock

prang

rocks

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).