# bazooka
## English
### Pronunciation

* (UK) IPA: /bəˈzuːkə/
* Audio (US):(file)
* Rhymes: -uːkə

### Etymology 1

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

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 large 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:Suppose the EFSF buys some bonds. That will push down yields for awhile. 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:“I don’t think [policymakers] 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.”

##### Derived terms

* bazookaist
* bazookaman
* spudzooka

##### Descendants

* → Arabic: بازوكة (bāzūka)
* → Chinese: 巴祖卡 (bāzǔkǎ)
* → French: bazooka
* → Dutch: bazooka
* → Finnish: bazooka
* → German: Bazooka
* → Indonesian: bazoka
* → Japanese: バズーカ (bazūka)
* → Korean: 바주카 (bajuka)
* → Macedonian: базука (bazuka)
* → Maranao: basoka
* → Polish: bazooka
* → Portuguese: bazuca
* → Romanian: bazooka
* → Spanish: bazuca
* → Swedish: bazooka

##### Translations
#### Verb

bazooka (third-person singular simple present bazookas, present participle bazookaing, simple past and past participle bazookaed)
* To shoot with a bazooka.

### Etymology 2

Alteration of Spanish bazuco, basuco, derived from base. Doublet of basuco.

#### Noun

bazooka (uncountable)
* (slang) Crack cocaine.

## Dutch
### Etymology

Borrowed from English bazooka.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˌbaːˈzu.kaː/
* Audio:(file)
* Hyphenation: ba‧zoo‧ka

### Noun

bazooka m (plural bazooka's, diminutive bazookaatje n)
* bazooka (antitank weapon)

## Finnish
### Etymology

Borrowed from English bazooka.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˈbɑsukɑ/, [ˈbɑ̝s̠ukɑ̝]
* Rhymes: -ɑsukɑ
* Hyphenation: ba‧zoo‧ka

### Noun

bazooka
* bazooka (antitank weapon)
* (informal, humorous) Any shoulder-mounted anti-tank weapon.
    Synonyms: sinko, kertasinko, kessi, panssarinyrkki

#### Declension

Possessive forms of bazooka (Kotus type 10/koira, no gradation) :
first-person singular possessor
singular
plural
nominative
bazookani
bazookani
accusative
nom.
bazookani
bazookani
gen.
bazookani
genitive
bazookani
bazookieni bazookaini $^{rare}$
partitive
bazookaani
bazookiani
inessive
bazookassani
bazookissani
elative
bazookastani
bazookistani
illative
bazookaani
bazookiini
adessive
bazookallani
bazookillani
ablative
bazookaltani
bazookiltani
allative
bazookalleni
bazookilleni
essive
bazookanani
bazookinani
translative
bazookakseni
bazookikseni
abessive
bazookattani
bazookittani
instructive
comitative
—bazookineni
second-person singular possessor
singular
plural
nominative
bazookasi
bazookasi
accusative
nom.
bazookasi
bazookasi
gen.
bazookasi
genitive
bazookasi
bazookiesi bazookaisi $^{rare}$
partitive
bazookaasi
bazookiasi
inessive
bazookassasi
bazookissasi
elative
bazookastasi
bazookistasi
illative
bazookaasi
bazookiisi
adessive
bazookallasi
bazookillasi
ablative
bazookaltasi
bazookiltasi
allative
bazookallesi
bazookillesi
essive
bazookanasi
bazookinasi
translative
bazookaksesi
bazookiksesi
abessive
bazookattasi
bazookittasi
instructive
comitative
—bazookinesi
first-person plural possessor
singular
plural
nominative
bazookamme
bazookamme
accusative
nom.
bazookamme
bazookamme
gen.
bazookamme
genitive
bazookamme
bazookiemme bazookaimme $^{rare}$
partitive
bazookaamme
bazookiamme
inessive
bazookassamme
bazookissamme
elative
bazookastamme
bazookistamme
illative
bazookaamme
bazookiimme
adessive
bazookallamme
bazookillamme
ablative
bazookaltamme
bazookiltamme
allative
bazookallemme
bazookillemme
essive
bazookanamme
bazookinamme
translative
bazookaksemme
bazookiksemme
abessive
bazookattamme
bazookittamme
instructive
comitative
—bazookinemme
second-person plural possessor
singular
plural
nominative
bazookanne
bazookanne
accusative
nom.
bazookanne
bazookanne
gen.
bazookanne
genitive
bazookanne
bazookienne bazookainne $^{rare}$
partitive
bazookaanne
bazookianne
inessive
bazookassanne
bazookissanne
elative
bazookastanne
bazookistanne
illative
bazookaanne
bazookiinne
adessive
bazookallanne
bazookillanne
ablative
bazookaltanne
bazookiltanne
allative
bazookallenne
bazookillenne
essive
bazookananne
bazookinanne
translative
bazookaksenne
bazookiksenne
abessive
bazookattanne
bazookittanne
instructive
comitative
—bazookinenne
third-person possessor
singular
plural
nominative
bazookansa
bazookansa
accusative
nom.
bazookansa
bazookansa
gen.
bazookansa
genitive
bazookansa
bazookiensa bazookainsa $^{rare}$
partitive
bazookaansa
bazookiaan bazookiansa
inessive
bazookassaan bazookassansa
bazookissaan bazookissansa
elative
bazookastaan bazookastansa
bazookistaan bazookistansa
illative
bazookaansa
bazookiinsa
adessive
bazookallaan bazookallansa
bazookillaan bazookillansa
ablative
bazookaltaan bazookaltansa
bazookiltaan bazookiltansa
allative
bazookalleen bazookallensa
bazookilleen bazookillensa
essive
bazookanaan bazookanansa
bazookinaan bazookinansa
translative
bazookakseen bazookaksensa
bazookikseen bazookiksensa
abessive
bazookattaan bazookattansa
bazookittaan bazookittansa
instructive
comitative
—bazookineen bazookinensa :

## French
### Etymology

Borrowed from English bazooka.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ba.zu.ka/
* Audio:(file)

### Noun

bazooka m (plural bazookas)
* bazooka (rocket launcher)

### Further reading

* “bazooka”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.

## Polish
### Etymology

Unadapted borrowing from English bazooka.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /baˈzu.ka/
* Audio:(file)
* Rhymes: -uka
* Syllabification: ba‧zoo‧ka

### Noun

bazooka f
* (weaponry) bazooka (shoulder-held rocket launcher used as an antitank weapon)

#### Declension
### Further reading

* bazooka in Polish dictionaries at PWN

## Romanian
### Etymology

Unadapted borrowing from English bazooka.

### Noun

bazooka f (plural bazooka)
* (weaponry) bazooka

## Swedish
### Noun

bazooka c
* (weaponry) a bazooka

#### Declension
### References

* bazooka in Svensk ordbok (SO)
* bazooka in Svenska Akademiens ordlista (SAOL)