bazooka
See also: bazooką
English
Pronunciation
- (UK) IPA(key): /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”).
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, sexuality) A woman's breast, especially a big one.
Translations
American shoulder fired rocket grenade launcher
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any shoulder fired rocket grenade launcher
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Verb
bazooka (third-person singular simple present bazookas, present participle bazookaing, simple past and past participle bazookaed)
Etymology 2
Alteration of Spanish bazuco, basuco, derived from base. Doublet of basuco.
Dutch
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˌbaːˈzu.kaː/
Audio (file) - Hyphenation: ba‧zoo‧ka
Finnish
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈbɑsukɑ/, [ˈbɑs̠ukɑ]
- Rhymes: -ɑsukɑ
- Syllabification(key): ba‧zoo‧ka
Noun
bazooka
- bazooka (antitank weapon)
- (informal, humorous) Any shoulder-mounted anti-tank weapon.
- Synonyms: sinko, kertasinko, kessi, panssarinyrkki
Declension
| 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 | ||
| instructive | — | bazookin | ||
| abessive | bazookatta | bazookitta | ||
| comitative | See the possessive forms below. | |||
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French
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ba.zu.ka/
Audio (file)
Further reading
- “bazooka”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.
Polish
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /baˈzu.ka/
Audio (file) - Rhymes: -uka
- Syllabification: ba‧zoo‧ka
Declension
Declension of bazooka
| singular | plural | |
|---|---|---|
| nominative | bazooka | bazooki |
| genitive | bazooki | bazook |
| dative | bazooce | bazookom |
| accusative | bazookę | bazooki |
| instrumental | bazooką | bazookami |
| locative | bazooce | bazookach |
| vocative | bazooko | bazooki |
Romanian
Swedish
Declension
| Declension of bazooka | ||||
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| Singular | Plural | |||
| Indefinite | Definite | Indefinite | Definite | |
| Nominative | bazooka | bazookan | bazookor | bazookorna |
| Genitive | bazookas | bazookans | bazookors | bazookornas |
References
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