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noun
A primitive trombone having wide tubes.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Topics: entertainment, lifestyle, music
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noun
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.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Topics: engineering, government, military, natural-sciences, physical-sciences, politics, tools, war, weaponry
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noun
Any shoulder-fired rocket grenade launcher.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: broadly
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noun
A woman's breast, especially a large one.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: slang
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Synonyms: assets, babylons, balloons, baps, badonkers, bangers, bazongas, bazookas, bazoombas, bazooms, bewbs, bobas, booba, boobage, boobs, boobers, boobies, boosies, bosom, breasts, breasticles, breasties, bristols, bubby, bubs, bust, calcium cannons, cans, cantaloupes, casabas, charlies, chebs, chesticles, chest melons, chichis, coconuts, diddy, ding-dongs, dirty pillows, double Ds, dugs, frontage, front bumpers, funbags, gazongas, girls, globes, grapefruits, headlights, honkers, hooters, itty-bittys, jahoobies, jigglies, jubblies, jugs, kazooms, knockers, lady lumps, love pillows, mammaries, mammary glands, mammas, maracas, megaboobs, melons, milkbags, milk jugs, milkers, mommy milkers, money makers, mountain [⇒ thesaurus]s, norks, oppai, paps, pair, personality, puppies, rack, sweater puppies, tatas, teats, tiddies, tits, titters, titties, threepenny bits, top bollocks, torpedos, twin peaks, twins, udders, waps, watermelons, yabos, zoomers
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noun
A large rescue or stimulus package.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: slang
Topics: business, finance
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noun
Crack cocaine.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: slang, uncountable
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verb
To shoot with a bazooka.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
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noun
a portable rocket launcher used by infantrymen as an antitank weapon
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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Broader terms: launcher, rocket launcher
History
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).
Alteration of Spanish bazuco, basuco, derived from base. Doublet of basuco.
Across languages
34 source translations are retained for this English entry.
