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. (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, sexuality) A woman's breast, especially a big one.

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

1. To shoot with a bazooka.

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

bazooka (uncountable)

1. (slang) Crack cocaine.

Borrowed from English bazooka.

• IPA^(key): /ˌbaːˈzu.kaː/

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• Hyphenation: ba‧zoo‧ka

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

1. bazooka (antitank weapon)

Borrowed from English bazooka.

• IPA^(key): /ˈbɑsukɑ/, [ˈbɑs̠ukɑ]
• Rhymes: -ɑsukɑ
• Syllabification^(key): ba‧zoo‧ka

bazooka

1. bazooka (antitank weapon)
2. (informal, humorous) Any shoulder-mounted anti-tank weapon.

   Synonyms: sinko, kertasinko, kessi, panssarinyrkki

Borrowed from English bazooka.

• IPA^(key): /ba.zu.ka/

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bazooka m (plural bazookas)

1. bazooka (rocket launcher)

• “bazooka”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.

Unadapted borrowing from English bazooka.

• IPA^(key): /baˈzu.ka/

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• Rhymes: -uka
• Syllabification: ba‧zoo‧ka

bazooka f

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

• bazooka in Wielki słownik języka polskiego, Instytut Języka Polskiego PAN
• bazooka in Polish dictionaries at PWN

Unadapted borrowing from English bazooka.

bazooka f (plural bazooka)

1. (weaponry) bazooka

bazooka c

1. (weaponry) a bazooka

• bazooka in Svensk ordbok (SO)
• bazooka in Svenska Akademiens ordlista (SAOL)