bazooka

English

Pronunciation

• 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”).

Noun

bazooka (plural bazookas)

1. (music) a primitive trombone having wide tubes.
2. (weaponry) 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.
3. (by extension) any shoulder-fired rocket grenade launcher
4. (slang, sexuality) a female breast.

Translations

American shoulder fired rocket grenade launcher

• Catalan: bazuca 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
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• Hebrew: בזוקה (he) f
• Indonesian: bazoka (id)
• Japanese: バズーカ (bazūka)
• Korean: 바주카 (bajuka)
• Macedonian: базука f (bazuka)
• Portuguese: bazuca (pt) f
• Russian: базу́ка (ru) f (bazúka)
• Spanish: bazuca (es) f
• Swedish: bazooka (sv) c

any shoulder fired rocket grenade launcher

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

Etymology 2

Alteration of Spanish basuco, derived from base.

Noun

bazooka (uncountable)

1. (slang) Crack cocaine.

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Dutch

Etymology

Borrowed from English bazooka.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˌbaːˈzu.kaː/
• Hyphenation: ba‧zoo‧ka

Noun

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

1. bazooka (antitank weapon)

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French

Etymology

Borrowed from English bazooka.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ba.zu.ka/

• Audio:

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Noun

bazooka m (plural bazookas)

1. bazooka (rocket launcher)