bazooka

See also: bazooką

English

Bob Burns and his bazooka (sense 1).

The original M1 bazooka (sense 2).

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /bəˈzuːkə/

• Audio (US):

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• Rhymes: -uːkə

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).

Noun

bazooka (plural bazookas)

2. (music) A primitive trombone having wide tubes.
4. (weaponry) 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. (by extension) Any shoulder-fired rocket grenade launcher.
6. (slang) A woman's breast, especially a big one.
7. (finance slang) A large rescue or stimulus package.
   • 2012 June 21, Matthew O'Brien, “Why the Euro Crisis Will Never End in 1 Chart”, in The Atlantic‎^[1]:

     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.

   • 2022 August 24, Thomas Hale, Cheng Leng, Hudson Lockett, “Investors price in $130bn loss on China developers’ dollar bonds”, in Financial Times‎^[2]:

     “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.”

Derived terms

• bazookaist
• bazookaman
• spudzooka

 

Descendants

Descendants

• → Arabic: بازوكة (bāzūka)
• → Chinese: 巴祖卡 (bāzǔkǎ)
• → French: bazooka
• → Dutch: bazooka
• → Finnish: bazooka
• → German: Bazooka
• → Indonesian: bazoka
• → Japanese: バズーカ (bazūka)
• → Korean: 바주카 (bajuka)
• → Macedonian: базука (bazuka)
• → Maranao: basoka
• → Polish: bazooka
• → Portuguese: bazuca
• → Romanian: bazooka
• → Spanish: bazuca
• → Swedish: bazooka

Translations

American shoulder fired rocket grenade launcher

• Arabic: بَازُوكَة f (bāzūka)
• Catalan: bazuca (ca) m
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 巴祖卡 (bāzǔkǎ), 火箭筒 (zh) (huǒjiàntǒng)

• Dutch: bazooka (nl) m
• Finnish: bazooka (fi), sinko (fi)
• French: bazooka (fr) m
• German: Bazooka (de) f
• Hebrew: בזוקה (he) f
• Indonesian: bazoka (id)
• Italian: bazooka (it) m
• Japanese: バズーカ (bazūka)
• Korean: 바주카 (bajuka)
• Macedonian: базука f (bazuka)
• Maranao: basoka
• Polish: bazooka (pl) f
• Portuguese: bazuca (pt) f
• Russian: базу́ка (ru) f (bazúka)
• Spanish: bazuca (es) f
• Swedish: bazooka (sv) c
• Ukrainian: базука (bazuka)

any shoulder fired rocket grenade launcher

• Finnish: sinko (fi)
• French: lance-roquette (fr) m
• German: Panzerfaust (de) f, Raketenpanzerbüchse f, Bazooka (de) f
• Greek: μπαζούκα (el) n (bazoúka)
• Swedish: bazooka (sv) c, raketgevär (sv) n

slang: a woman’s breast — see tit,‎ boob

Verb

bazooka (third-person singular simple present bazookas, present participle bazookaing, simple past and past participle bazookaed)

1. To shoot with a bazooka.

Etymology 2

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

Noun

bazooka (uncountable)

1. (slang) Crack cocaine.

Dutch

Etymology

Borrowed from English bazooka.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˌbaːˈzu.kaː/

• Audio:

  (file)

• Hyphenation: ba‧zoo‧ka

Noun

bazooka m (plural bazooka's, diminutive bazookaatje n)

1. bazooka (antitank weapon)

Finnish

Etymology

Borrowed from English bazooka.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈbɑsukɑ/, [ˈbɑ̝s̠ukɑ̝]
• Rhymes: -ɑsukɑ
• Hyphenation^(key): ba‧zoo‧ka

Noun

bazooka

1. bazooka (antitank weapon)
2. (informal, humorous) Any shoulder-mounted anti-tank weapon.

   Synonyms: sinko, kertasinko, kessi, panssarinyrkki

Declension

Inflection of bazooka (Kotus type 10/koira, no gradation)
nominative		bazooka	bazookat
genitive		bazookan	bazookien
partitive		bazookaa	bazookia
illative		bazookaan	bazookiin
		singular	plural
nominative		bazooka	bazookat
accusative	nom.	bazooka	bazookat
	gen.	bazookan
genitive		bazookan	bazookien bazookain rare
partitive		bazookaa	bazookia
inessive		bazookassa	bazookissa
elative		bazookasta	bazookista
illative		bazookaan	bazookiin
adessive		bazookalla	bazookilla
ablative		bazookalta	bazookilta
allative		bazookalle	bazookille
essive		bazookana	bazookina
translative		bazookaksi	bazookiksi
abessive		bazookatta	bazookitta
instructive		—	bazookin
comitative		See the possessive forms below.

Possessive forms of bazooka (Kotus type 10/koira, no gradation)

first-person singular possessor singular plural nominative bazookani bazookani accusative nom. bazookani bazookani gen. bazookani genitive bazookani bazookieni bazookaini rare partitive bazookaani bazookiani inessive bazookassani bazookissani elative bazookastani bazookistani illative bazookaani bazookiini adessive bazookallani bazookillani ablative bazookaltani bazookiltani allative bazookalleni bazookilleni essive bazookanani bazookinani translative bazookakseni bazookikseni abessive bazookattani bazookittani instructive — — comitative — bazookineni second-person singular possessor singular plural nominative bazookasi bazookasi accusative nom. bazookasi bazookasi gen. bazookasi genitive bazookasi bazookiesi bazookaisi rare partitive bazookaasi bazookiasi inessive bazookassasi bazookissasi elative bazookastasi bazookistasi illative bazookaasi bazookiisi adessive bazookallasi bazookillasi ablative bazookaltasi bazookiltasi allative bazookallesi bazookillesi essive bazookanasi bazookinasi translative bazookaksesi bazookiksesi abessive bazookattasi bazookittasi instructive — — comitative — bazookinesi first-person plural possessor singular plural nominative bazookamme bazookamme accusative nom. bazookamme bazookamme gen. bazookamme genitive bazookamme bazookiemme bazookaimme rare partitive bazookaamme bazookiamme inessive bazookassamme bazookissamme elative bazookastamme bazookistamme illative bazookaamme bazookiimme adessive bazookallamme bazookillamme ablative bazookaltamme bazookiltamme allative bazookallemme bazookillemme essive bazookanamme bazookinamme translative bazookaksemme bazookiksemme abessive bazookattamme bazookittamme instructive — — comitative — bazookinemme second-person plural possessor singular plural nominative bazookanne bazookanne accusative nom. bazookanne bazookanne gen. bazookanne genitive bazookanne bazookienne bazookainne rare partitive bazookaanne bazookianne inessive bazookassanne bazookissanne elative bazookastanne bazookistanne illative bazookaanne bazookiinne adessive bazookallanne bazookillanne ablative bazookaltanne bazookiltanne allative bazookallenne bazookillenne essive bazookananne bazookinanne translative bazookaksenne bazookiksenne abessive bazookattanne bazookittanne instructive — — comitative — bazookinenne third-person possessor singular plural nominative bazookansa bazookansa accusative nom. bazookansa bazookansa gen. bazookansa genitive bazookansa bazookiensa bazookainsa rare partitive bazookaansa bazookiaan bazookiansa inessive bazookassaan bazookassansa bazookissaan bazookissansa elative bazookastaan bazookastansa bazookistaan bazookistansa illative bazookaansa bazookiinsa adessive bazookallaan bazookallansa bazookillaan bazookillansa ablative bazookaltaan bazookaltansa bazookiltaan bazookiltansa allative bazookalleen bazookallensa bazookilleen bazookillensa essive bazookanaan bazookanansa bazookinaan bazookinansa translative bazookakseen bazookaksensa bazookikseen bazookiksensa abessive bazookattaan bazookattansa bazookittaan bazookittansa instructive — — comitative — bazookineen bazookinensa

French

Etymology

Borrowed from English bazooka.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ba.zu.ka/

• Audio:

  (file)

Noun

bazooka m (plural bazookas)

1. bazooka (rocket launcher)

Further reading

• “bazooka”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.

Polish

bazooka

Etymology

Unadapted borrowing from English bazooka.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /baˈzu.ka/

• Audio:

  (file)

• Rhymes: -uka
• Syllabification: ba‧zoo‧ka

Noun

bazooka f

1. (weaponry) bazooka (shoulder-held rocket launcher used as an antitank weapon)

Declension

Declension of bazooka

	singular	plural
nominative	bazooka	bazooki
genitive	bazooki	bazook
dative	bazooce	bazookom
accusative	bazookę	bazooki
instrumental	bazooką	bazookami
locative	bazooce	bazookach
vocative	bazooko	bazooki

Further reading

• bazooka in Polish dictionaries at PWN

Romanian

Etymology

Unadapted borrowing from English bazooka.

Noun

bazooka f (plural bazooka)

1. (weaponry) bazooka

Swedish

Noun

bazooka c

1. (weaponry) a bazooka

Declension

Declension of bazooka

		nominative	genitive
singular	indefinite	bazooka	bazookas
	definite	bazookan	bazookans
plural	indefinite	bazookor	bazookors
	definite	bazookorna	bazookornas

References

• bazooka in Svensk ordbok (SO)
• bazooka in Svenska Akademiens ordlista (SAOL)