bazooka

== English == === Pronunciation === (UK) IPA(key): /bəˈzuːkə/ 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) (music) A primitive trombone having wide tubes. (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. (by extension) Any shoulder-fired rocket grenade launcher. (slang) A woman's breast, especially a large one. (finance slang) A large rescue or stimulus package. ===== Derived terms ===== ===== Descendants ===== ===== Translations ===== ==== Verb ==== bazooka (third-person singular simple present bazookas, present participle bazookaing, simple past and past participle bazookaed) To shoot with a bazooka. === Etymology 2 === Alteration of Spanish bazuco, basuco, derived from base. Doublet of basuco. ==== Noun ==== bazooka (uncountable) (slang) Crack cocaine. == Dutch == === Etymology === Borrowed from English bazooka. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ˌbaːˈzu.kaː/ Hyphenation: ba‧zoo‧ka === Noun === bazooka m (plural bazooka's, diminutive bazookaatje n) bazooka (antitank weapon) == Finnish == === Etymology === Borrowed from English bazooka. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ˈbɑsukɑ/, [ˈbɑ̝s̠ukɑ̝] Rhymes: -ɑsukɑ Syllabification(key): ba‧zoo‧ka Hyphenation(key): ba‧zoo‧ka === Noun === bazooka bazooka (antitank weapon) (informal, humorous) Any shoulder-mounted anti-tank weapon. Synonyms: sinko, kertasinko, kessi, panssarinyrkki ==== Declension ==== == French == === Etymology === Borrowed from English bazooka. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ba.zu.ka/ === Noun === bazooka m (plural bazookas) bazooka (rocket launcher) === Further reading === “bazooka”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012 == Polish == === Etymology === Unadapted borrowing from English bazooka. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /baˈzu.ka/ Rhymes: -uka Syllabification: ba‧zoo‧ka === Noun === bazooka f (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) (weaponry) bazooka == Swedish == === Etymology === Borrowed from English bazooka. === Noun === bazooka c (weaponry) a bazooka ==== Declension ==== ==== See also ==== raketgevär (“rocket launcher”) === References === bazooka in Svensk ordbok (SO) bazooka in Svenska Akademiens ordlista (SAOL)