bazookan.
/bəˈzuːkə/, U.S. /bəˈzukə/ Originally U.S.
1. (See quot. 1935.)
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bazooka1935
1935 News-week 14 Dec. 29/2 Burns peps up his lengthy yarns with periodic outbursts on his own invention, the bazooka, a trombone-like instrument confected of two gas-pipes and a whisky funnel.
1945 Notes & Queries 19 May 215/2 Each broadcast Mr. Burns renders a bazooka solo.
1956 R. Nettel Seven Cent. Pop. Song xiv. 229 During the troubles of 1926 a group of miners..formed themselves into a band. The instruments they used were called in the musical trade ‘kazoos’ and by the miners themselves ‘bazoukas’.
2. A tubular anti-tank rocket-launcher.
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society > armed hostility > military equipment > weapon > device for discharging missiles > firearm > small-arm > [noun] > portable mortars and rocket-launchers
rocket gun1827
widowmaker1855
stovepipe1920
bazooka1943
Stalin organ1955
1943 War Illustr. 15 Oct. 297 (caption) American anti-tank rocket thrower.., known as the ‘bazooka’.
1944 Britannica Bk. of Year 769/2 Bazooka, a firearm, consisting of a metal tube slightly over 50 inches long and under 3 inches in diameter.
1945 Notes & Queries 10 Mar. 106/2 The world's fastest fighting plane..carries six bazooka tubes.
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