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bazookalike

bazookalike adjective: resembling or characteristic of a bazooka.

Adjective

bazookalike (comparative more bazookalike, superlative most bazookalike)

  1. Resembling or characteristic of a bazooka.
    • This is scarcely ideal for the battlefield where one would like to be sure that a soldier is out of action. Many years ago the Army withdrew from Europe the old Davy Crockett bazookalike nuclear weapon which had a yield of a few hundredths of a kiloton and would have killed primarily through...1977 December 7, Herbert Scoville Jr., “A New Weapon to Think (and Worry) About”, in The New York Times
    • I’ve always wanted my own bazooka, but my neighbors might not look upon that too favorably. So instead, I satisfied my craving with a bazookalike contraption capable of launching plastic bottles clear across my backyard.2016 February 24, William Gurstelle, “I Defend My Backyard With A Bottle Bazooka”, in Popular Science

Forms of bazookalike

comparativemore bazookalike
superlativemost bazookalike

Origin of bazookalike

From bazooka + -like.

Questions about bazookalike

What does bazookalike mean?
Bazookalike means resembling or characteristic of a bazooka.
What part of speech is bazookalike?
Bazookalike is an adjective.

Words near bazookalike in the dictionary

  1. bazooka
  2. bazookaed
  3. bazookaing
  4. bazookaist
  5. bazookaists
  6. bazookalike
  7. bazookaman
  8. bazookamen
  9. bazookas
  10. bazoom
  11. bazoomba

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