bazooka
UK/bəˈzuːkə/
bazooka noun: a primitive trombone having wide tubes.
Noun (1)
bazooka (plural bazookas)
- A primitive trombone having wide tubes.
- 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.
- Any shoulder-fired rocket grenade launcher.
- A woman's breast, especially a large one.
- 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
Verb
bazooka (third-person singular simple present bazookas, present participle bazookaing, simple past and past participle bazookaed)
- To shoot with a bazooka.
Noun (2)
bazooka (uncountable)
bazooka meaning in Arabic and Indonesian
bazooka in Arabic
- American shoulder-fired rocket grenade launcher
- بَازُوكَة bāzūka
bazooka in Indonesian
- American shoulder-fired rocket grenade launcher
- bazoka
Synonyms of bazooka
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Forms of bazooka
| Noun | |
|---|---|
| plural | bazookas |
| Verb | |
| third-person singular present | bazookas |
| present participle | bazookaing |
| past participle | bazookaed |
| past | bazookaed |
Origin of bazooka
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).
Alteration of Spanish bazuco, basuco, derived from base. Doublet of basuco.
Words formed from bazooka
Words that rhyme with bazooka
Questions about bazooka
- What does bazooka mean?
- Bazooka means a primitive trombone having wide tubes.
- What is bazooka in Arabic?
- Bazooka in Arabic is بَازُوكَة (bāzūka). See Bazooka meaning in Arabic.
- What part of speech is bazooka?
- Bazooka can be a noun or a verb.
- How do you pronounce bazooka?
- Bazooka is pronounced /bəˈzuːkə/ (UK).
- What is the plural of bazooka?
- The plural of bazooka is bazookas.
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