bazooka
English edit
Pronunciation edit
Etymology 1 edit
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 edit
bazooka (plural bazookas)
- (music) A primitive trombone having wide tubes.
- (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.
- (by extension) Any shoulder-fired rocket grenade launcher.
- (slang) A woman's breast, especially a big one.
- (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.”
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Verb edit
bazooka (third-person singular simple present bazookas, present participle bazookaing, simple past and past participle bazookaed)
Etymology 2 edit
Alteration of Spanish bazuco, basuco, derived from base. Doublet of basuco.
Noun edit
bazooka (uncountable)
Dutch edit
Etymology edit
Borrowed from English bazooka.
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
bazooka m (plural bazooka's, diminutive bazookaatje n)
- bazooka (antitank weapon)
Finnish edit
Etymology edit
Borrowed from English bazooka.
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
bazooka
- bazooka (antitank weapon)
- (informal, humorous) Any shoulder-mounted anti-tank weapon.
- Synonyms: sinko, kertasinko, kessi, panssarinyrkki
Declension edit
Inflection of bazooka (Kotus type 10/koira, no gradation) | ||||
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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 bazookainrare | ||
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. |
French edit
Etymology edit
Borrowed from English bazooka.
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
bazooka m (plural bazookas)
- bazooka (rocket launcher)
Further reading edit
- “bazooka”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.
Polish edit
Etymology edit
Unadapted borrowing from English bazooka.
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
bazooka f
Declension edit
Further reading edit
- bazooka in Polish dictionaries at PWN
Romanian edit
Etymology edit
Unadapted borrowing from English bazooka.
Noun edit
bazooka f (plural bazooka)
Swedish edit
Noun edit
bazooka c
Declension edit
Declension of bazooka | ||||
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Singular | Plural | |||
Indefinite | Definite | Indefinite | Definite | |
Nominative | bazooka | bazookan | bazookor | bazookorna |
Genitive | bazookas | bazookans | bazookors | bazookornas |