First Known Use: 1943
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bazooka
noun ba·zoo·ka \bə-ˈzü-kə\
: a military weapon that rests on a person's shoulder and fires small rockets at tanks
Full Definition of BAZOOKA
: a light portable antitank weapon consisting of an open-breech smoothbore firing tube that launches an armor-piercing rocket and is fired from the shoulder
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Origin of BAZOOKA
bazooka (a crude musical instrument made of pipes and a funnel)
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bazooka
noun ba·zoo·ka \bə-ˈzü-kə\
Definition of BAZOOKA for Kids
: a portable gun that rests on a person's shoulder and consists of a tube open at both ends that shoots an explosive rocket
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