Bazooka

Quick meaning: Bazooka is a noun meaning (music) A primitive trombone having wide tubes.

Meaning

(music) A primitive trombone having wide tubes.

More Meanings

1. (by extension) Any shoulder-fired rocket grenade launcher.
2. (finance slang) A large rescue or stimulus package.
3. To shoot with a bazooka.
4. (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.
5. (slang) A woman's breast, especially a large one.
6. (slang) Crack cocaine.

Example Sentences

“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.”

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.

Word Forms

• bazookas
• bazookaing
• bazookaed

Related Words

Related dictionary entries include bombardon, bombardo, tubax, blunderbuss, tromboon, bigophone.

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