bazooka

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See also: bazooką

English

Bob Burns and his bazooka (sense 1).
The original M1 bazooka (sense 2).

Pronunciation

  • (UK) IPA(key): /bəˈzuːkə/
  • Audio (US):(file)
  • Rhymes: -uːkə

Etymology 1

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).

Noun

bazooka (plural bazookas)

  1. (music) A primitive trombone having wide tubes.
  2. (weaponry) 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. (by extension) Any shoulder-fired rocket grenade launcher.
  4. (slang) A woman's breast, especially a big one.
  5. (finance slang) A large rescue or stimulus package.
    • 2012 June 21, Matthew O'Brien, “Why the Euro Crisis Will Never End in 1 Chart”, in The Atlantic:
      Suppose the EFSF buys some bonds. That will push down yields for awhile. But what happens when the money starts to run out? Yields will go back up. A firebreak/firewall/bazooka needs unlimited funds to work.
    • 2022 August 24, Thomas Hale, Cheng Leng, Hudson Lockett, “Investors price in $130bn loss on China developers’ dollar bonds”, in Financial Times:
      “I don’t think realise it’s not enough,” said a veteran fixed-income investor in Hong Kong. “You need some big bazooka action to improve sentiment as a whole.”
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Verb

bazooka (third-person singular simple present bazookas, present participle bazookaing, simple past and past participle bazookaed)

  1. To shoot with a bazooka.

Etymology 2

Alteration of Spanish bazuco, basuco, derived from base. Doublet of basuco.

Noun

bazooka (uncountable)

  1. (slang) Crack cocaine.

Dutch

Etymology

Borrowed from English bazooka.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˌbaːˈzu.kaː/
  • Audio:(file)
  • Hyphenation: ba‧zoo‧ka

Noun

bazooka m (plural bazooka's, diminutive bazookaatje n)

  1. bazooka (antitank weapon)

Finnish

Etymology

Borrowed from English bazooka.

Pronunciation

Noun

bazooka

  1. bazooka (antitank weapon)
  2. (informal, humorous) Any shoulder-mounted anti-tank weapon.
    Synonyms: sinko, kertasinko, kessi, panssarinyrkki

Declension

Inflection of bazooka (Kotus type 10/koira, no gradation)
nominative bazooka bazookat
genitive bazookan bazookien
partitive bazookaa bazookia
illative bazookaan bazookiin
singular plural
nominative bazooka bazookat
accusative nom. bazooka bazookat
gen. bazookan
genitive bazookan bazookien
bazookain rare
partitive bazookaa bazookia
inessive bazookassa bazookissa
elative bazookasta bazookista
illative bazookaan bazookiin
adessive bazookalla bazookilla
ablative bazookalta bazookilta
allative bazookalle bazookille
essive bazookana bazookina
translative bazookaksi bazookiksi
abessive bazookatta bazookitta
instructive bazookin
comitative See the possessive forms below.
Possessive forms of bazooka (Kotus type 10/koira, no gradation)
first-person singular possessor
singular plural
nominative bazookani bazookani
accusative nom. bazookani bazookani
gen. bazookani
genitive bazookani bazookieni
bazookaini rare
partitive bazookaani bazookiani
inessive bazookassani bazookissani
elative bazookastani bazookistani
illative bazookaani bazookiini
adessive bazookallani bazookillani
ablative bazookaltani bazookiltani
allative bazookalleni bazookilleni
essive bazookanani bazookinani
translative bazookakseni bazookikseni
abessive bazookattani bazookittani
instructive
comitative bazookineni
second-person singular possessor
singular plural
nominative bazookasi bazookasi
accusative nom. bazookasi bazookasi
gen. bazookasi
genitive bazookasi bazookiesi
bazookaisi rare
partitive bazookaasi bazookiasi
inessive bazookassasi bazookissasi
elative bazookastasi bazookistasi
illative bazookaasi bazookiisi
adessive bazookallasi bazookillasi
ablative bazookaltasi bazookiltasi
allative bazookallesi bazookillesi
essive bazookanasi bazookinasi
translative bazookaksesi bazookiksesi
abessive bazookattasi bazookittasi
instructive
comitative bazookinesi
first-person plural possessor
singular plural
nominative bazookamme bazookamme
accusative nom. bazookamme bazookamme
gen. bazookamme
genitive bazookamme bazookiemme
bazookaimme rare
partitive bazookaamme bazookiamme
inessive bazookassamme bazookissamme
elative bazookastamme bazookistamme
illative bazookaamme bazookiimme
adessive bazookallamme bazookillamme
ablative bazookaltamme bazookiltamme
allative bazookallemme bazookillemme
essive bazookanamme bazookinamme
translative bazookaksemme bazookiksemme
abessive bazookattamme bazookittamme
instructive
comitative bazookinemme
second-person plural possessor
singular plural
nominative bazookanne bazookanne
accusative nom. bazookanne bazookanne
gen. bazookanne
genitive bazookanne bazookienne
bazookainne rare
partitive bazookaanne bazookianne
inessive bazookassanne bazookissanne
elative bazookastanne bazookistanne
illative bazookaanne bazookiinne
adessive bazookallanne bazookillanne
ablative bazookaltanne bazookiltanne
allative bazookallenne bazookillenne
essive bazookananne bazookinanne
translative bazookaksenne bazookiksenne
abessive bazookattanne bazookittanne
instructive
comitative bazookinenne

French

Etymology

Borrowed from English bazooka.

Pronunciation

Noun

bazooka m (plural bazookas)

  1. bazooka (rocket launcher)

Further reading

Polish

Polish Wikipedia has an article on:
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bazooka

Etymology

Unadapted borrowing from English bazooka.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /baˈzu.ka/
  • Audio:(file)
  • Rhymes: -uka
  • Syllabification: ba‧zoo‧ka

Noun

bazooka f

  1. (weaponry) bazooka (shoulder-held rocket launcher used as an antitank weapon)

Declension

Further reading

  • bazooka in Polish dictionaries at PWN

Romanian

Etymology

Unadapted borrowing from English bazooka.

Noun

bazooka f (plural bazooka)

  1. (weaponry) bazooka

Swedish

Noun

bazooka c

  1. (weaponry) a bazooka

Declension

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