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bazooka

[ buh-zoo-kuh ]

noun

Military.
  1. a tube-shaped, portable rocket launcher that fires a rocket capable of penetrating several inches of armor plate, as of a tank or other armored military vehicle.


bazooka

/ ²úəˈ³ú³ÜË°ìÉ™ /

noun

  1. a portable tubular rocket-launcher that fires a projectile capable of piercing armour: used by infantrymen as a short-range antitank weapon
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged†2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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Origin of bazooka1

An Americanism dating back to 1930–35; from its resemblance to a musical instrument so named, invented and played by comedian Bob Burns in the 1930s and 1940s
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˜yÐÄvlog History and Origins

Origin of bazooka1

C20: named after a pipe instrument invented by Bob Burns (1896–1956), American comedian
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According to NBC News, the league has prohibited all its players from any "violent gestures" that mimic "the firing of a pistol or a shotgun or a bazooka."

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You are asking me to make a prediction and I don't know which gun I've got - a bazooka or a water pistol.

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"Y'all heard that bazooka that was dropped on the game, right? Boy, I must have had a thousand missed calls. Texts flooded."

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Conservatives in both the US and UK need a "bigger bazooka" to fight the left, former Prime Minister Liz Truss has told an event in Washington DC.

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If this was France's backlash to what happened to them against Ireland in Marseille then it was more popgun than bazooka.

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