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bazooka en · NOUN · etymology 1

Pronunciation

• /bəˈzuːkə/ (UK)
• (US) audio

Etymology

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).

Meanings

1. A primitive trombone having wide tubes.
2. 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. (broadly) Any shoulder-fired rocket grenade launcher.
4. (slang) A woman's breast, especially a large one.
5. (slang) A large rescue or stimulus package.
   • Suppose the EFSF buys some bonds. That will push down yields for awhile.^([sic]) But what happens when the money starts to run out? Yields will go back up. A firebreak/firewall/bazooka needs unlimited funds to work. 2012 June 21, Matthew O'Brien, “Why the Euro Crisis Will Never End in 1 Chart”, in The Atlantic, archived from the original on 01 Aug 2013:
   • “I don’t think [policymakers]^([sic]) 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.” 2022 August 24, Thomas Hale, Cheng Leng, Hudson Lockett, “Investors price in $130bn loss on China developers’ dollar bonds”, in Financial Times, archived from the original on 24 Aug 2022:

Forms

Deriveds

bazookaist · spudzooka · bazookaman · trade bazooka

Descendants

巴祖卡 · bazuca · bazooka · bazooka · базу́ка · bazooka · bazooka · 바주카 · bazuca · bazooka · بازوكة · базука · bazooka · ဘဇူကာ · bazoka · Bazooka · バズーカ · basoka

Synonyms

knockers · yabos · oppai · badonkers · pair · casabas · grapefruits · frontage · bazoombas · zoomers · balloons · bosom · gazongas · mammaries · chichis · globes · front bumpers · norks · charlies · threepenny bits · torpedos · bewbs · breasties · titties · rack · jubblies · watermelons · bangers · milkers · maracas · bazongas · lady lumps · girls · twin peaks · jahoobies · babylons · tatas · teats · bubby · bazookas · hooters · milkbags · plot · coconuts · tiddies · calcium cannons · headlights · breasteses · jugs · chest melons · love pillows · diddy · titters · kazooms · boosies · udders · chesticles · waps · booba · bobas · milk jugs · twins · cans · boobs · melons · money makers · mommy milkers · mammary glands · funbags · sweater puppies · dirty pillows · chebs · bubs · megaboobs · baps · dugs · jigglies · personality · boobage · mountain [⇒ thesaurus]s · double Ds · puppies · tits · itty-bittys · breasts · boobers · paps · bristols · boobies · cantaloupes · bust · top bollocks · assets · bazooms · honkers · ding-dongs · mammas · breasticles

Translations (37)

hu páncélököl (any shoulder-fired rocket grenade launcher) · ar بَازُوكَة (American shoulder-fired rocket grenade launcher) · de Raketenpanzerbüchse (any shoulder-fired rocket grenade launcher) · sh ručni bacač (American shoulder-fired rocket grenade launcher) · pl bazooka (American shoulder-fired rocket grenade launcher) · el μπαζούκα (American shoulder-fired rocket grenade launcher) · ru базу́ка (American shoulder-fired rocket grenade launcher) · fi sinko (any shoulder-fired rocket grenade launcher) · ca bazuca (American shoulder-fired rocket grenade launcher) · nl bazooka (American shoulder-fired rocket grenade launcher) · cmn 火箭筒 (American shoulder-fired rocket grenade launcher) · de Panzerfaust (any shoulder-fired rocket grenade launcher) · ko 바주카 (American shoulder-fired rocket grenade launcher) · es bazuca (American shoulder-fired rocket grenade launcher) · cmn 巴祖卡 (American shoulder-fired rocket grenade launcher) · uk базука (American shoulder-fired rocket grenade launcher) · de Bazooka (any shoulder-fired rocket grenade launcher) · id bazoka (American shoulder-fired rocket grenade launcher) · it bazooka (American shoulder-fired rocket grenade launcher) · sv bazooka (American shoulder-fired rocket grenade launcher) · fi sinko (American shoulder-fired rocket grenade launcher) · fi bazooka (American shoulder-fired rocket grenade launcher) · hu rakétavető (any shoulder-fired rocket grenade launcher) · fr lance-roquette (any shoulder-fired rocket grenade launcher) · ka ბაზუკა (American shoulder-fired rocket grenade launcher) · sh bazuka (American shoulder-fired rocket grenade launcher) · pt bazuca (American shoulder-fired rocket grenade launcher) · ja バズーカ (American shoulder-fired rocket grenade launcher) · de Bazooka (American shoulder-fired rocket grenade launcher) · mk базука (American shoulder-fired rocket grenade launcher) · sv bazooka (any shoulder-fired rocket grenade launcher) · he בזוקה (American shoulder-fired rocket grenade launcher) · sv raketgevär (any shoulder-fired rocket grenade launcher) · fr bazooka (American shoulder-fired rocket grenade launcher) · mrw basoka (American shoulder-fired rocket grenade launcher) · el μπαζούκα (any shoulder-fired rocket grenade launcher) · es bazooka (basuka) (any shoulder-fired rocket grenade launcher)

wikipedia: European debt crisis · wikipedia: Bob Burns (humorist)

bazooka en · VERB · etymology 1

Pronunciation

• /bəˈzuːkə/ (UK)
• (US) audio

Etymology

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).

Meanings

1. To shoot with a bazooka.

Forms

wikipedia: European debt crisis · wikipedia: Bob Burns (humorist)

bazooka en · NOUN · etymology 2

Pronunciation

• /bəˈzuːkə/ (UK)
• (US) audio

Etymology

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

Meanings

1. (slang, uncountable) Crack cocaine.

wikipedia: Bob Burns (humorist)