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Bazooka
noun, verb, slang
Definitions
Noun
- 1 A primitive trombone having wide tubes.
- 2 Crack cocaine. slang, uncountable
- 3 a portable rocket launcher used by infantrymen as an antitank weapon wordnet
- 4 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.
- 5 Any shoulder-fired rocket grenade launcher. broadly
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- 6 A woman's breast, especially a large one. slang
- 7 A large rescue or stimulus package. slang
"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
- 1 To shoot with a bazooka.
Etymology
Etymology 1
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).
Etymology 2
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).
Etymology 3
Alteration of Spanish bazuco, basuco, derived from base. Doublet of basuco.
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