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bazooka¹

  • /bəˈzuːkə/ UK

Rhymes with -uːkə

Where it comes from

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).

noun bazookas

  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.

    Similar: assets, babylons, balloons, baps, badonkers, bangers, bazongas, bazookas, bazoombas, bazooms, bewbs, bobas

  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.

verb bazookas · bazookaing · bazookaed

  1. To shoot with a bazooka.

bazooka²

  • /bəˈzuːkə/ UK

Rhymes with -uːkə

Where it comes from

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

noun

  1. slang, uncountable Crack cocaine.

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noun American shoulder-fired rocket grenade launcher

Españolbazuca
한국어바주카 bajuka
日本語バズーカ bazūka
中文巴祖卡 bāzǔkǎ, 火箭筒 huǒjiàntǒng
Portuguêsbazuca
Françaisbazooka
DeutschBazooka
Italianobazooka
Ελληνικάμπαζούκα bazoúka
Русскийбазу́ка bazúka
العربيةبَازُوكَة bāzūka
עבריתבזוקה

noun any shoulder-fired rocket grenade launcher

Españolbazooka (basuka)
Françaislance-roquette
DeutschPanzerfaust, Raketenpanzerbüchse, Bazooka
Ελληνικάμπαζούκα bazoúka

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"bazooka." Wiktionary, via Micwyn, micwyn.com/word/bazooka. Accessed 6 Nov. 2026.

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@misc{bazooka_2026,
  title = {bazooka},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/bazooka},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}