bazooka

• (UK) IPA^(key): /bəˈzuːkə/

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• Rhymes: -uːkə

From an extension of the word bazoo (“mouth, boastful talk”), which ultimately probably stems from Dutch bazuin (“trumpet”).

bazooka (plural bazookas)

1. a primitive trombone having wide tubes.
2. an American shoulder-held rocket launcher used as an antitank weapon, developed 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, sexuality) a female breast.

Alteration of Spanish basuco, derived from base.

bazooka (uncountable)

1. (slang) Crack cocaine.

Borrowed from English bazooka.

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

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

1. bazooka (antitank weapon)

Borrowed from English bazooka.

• IPA^(key): /ba.zu.ka/

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bazooka m (plural bazookas)

1. bazooka (rocket launcher)