bazooka

English

Pronunciation

(UK) IPA^(key): /bəˈzuːkə/
Audio (US) (file)
Rhymes: -uːkə

Etymology 1

From an extension of the word bazoo (“mouth, boastful talk”), which ultimately probably stems from Dutch bazuin (“trumpet”).

Noun

bazooka (plural bazookas)

a primitive trombone having wide tubes.
an American shoulder-held rocket launcher used as an antitank weapon, developed during World War II and so-called from its resemblance to the bazooka musical instrument.
by extension, any shoulder-fired rocket grenade launcher
(slang, sexuality) a female breast.

Translations

American shoulder fired rocket grenade launcher

Chinese:
Mandarin: 巴祖卡 (bāzǔkǎ), 火箭筒 (zh) (huǒjiàntǒng)
Finnish: bazooka (fi), sinko (fi)
French: bazooka (fr) m
German: Bazooka (de) f
Japanese: バズーカ (bazūka)

Korean: 바주카 (bajuka)
Macedonian: базука f (bazuka)
Portuguese: bazuca (pt) f
Russian: базу́ка (ru) f (bazúka)
Swedish: bazooka (sv) c

any shoulder fired rocket grenade launcher

Finnish: sinko (fi)
German: Panzerfaust (de) f, Raketenpanzerbüchse f, Bazooka (de) f

Greek: μπαζούκα n (bazoúka)
Swedish: bazooka (sv) c, raketgevär n

Etymology 2

Alteration of Spanish basuco, derived from base.

Noun

bazooka (uncountable)

(slang) Crack cocaine.

French

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ba.zu.ka/
Audio (file)

Noun

bazooka m (plural bazookas)

bazooka (rocket launcher)

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