bazooka.
A primitive trombone having wide tubes.
Meaning & usage
A primitive trombone having wide tubes.
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.
Any shoulder-fired rocket grenade launcher.
A woman's breast, especially a large one.
A large rescue or stimulus package.
Where this word comes from
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).
To shoot with a bazooka.
Where this word comes from
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).
Crack cocaine.
Where this word comes from
Alteration of Spanish bazuco, basuco, derived from base. Doublet of basuco.
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