BAZOOKA LAUNCHER

BAZOOKA LAUNCHER
قاذفة بازوكا

English-Arabic military dictionary. 2015.

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  • bazooka — metal tube rocket launcher, 1942, from name of a junkyard musical instrument used (c.1935) as a prop by U.S. comedian Bob Burns (1896 1956); extension of bazoo, slang for mouth or boastful talk (1877), probably from Du. bazuin trumpet …   Etymology dictionary

  • bazooka — ► NOUN 1) a short range rocket launcher used against tanks. 2) a kazoo shaped like a trumpet. ORIGIN apparently from US slang bazoo in the sense «kazoo» …   English terms dictionary

  • Bazooka — Infobox Weapon name= Launcher, Rocket, Antitank, M 9 Series caption= M9A1 Bazooka with larger M20 Super Bazooka origin=flagcountry|United States type= Recoilless rocket antitank weapon is ranged=yes is explosive=yes is artillery=yes service=… …   Wikipedia

  • bazooka — /beuh zooh keuh/, n. Mil. a tube shaped, portable rocket launcher that fires a rocket capable of penetrating several inches of armor plate, as of a tank or other armored military vehicle. [1930 35, Amer.; from its resemblance to a musical… …   Universalium

  • Bazooka — Pour les articles homonymes, voir Bazooka (homonymie). Soldats américains pendant la Guerre de Corée …   Wikipédia en Français

  • bazooka — noun a) a primitive trombone having wide tubes b) an American shoulder held rocket launcher used as an antitank weapon, used in World War II …   Wiktionary

  • bazooka — ba·zoo·ka || bÉ™ zuːkÉ™ n. portable tube shaped rocket launcher that fires high power ammunition …   English contemporary dictionary

  • bazooka — noun 1》 a short range tubular rocket launcher used against tanks. 2》 a kazoo shaped like a trumpet. Origin 1930s: appar. from bazoo in the original sense kazoo …   English new terms dictionary

  • bazooka — ba•zoo•ka [[t]bəˈzu kə[/t]] n. pl. kas mil a tube shaped, portable rocket launcher that fires a missile capable of penetrating the armor plate of a tank • Etymology: 1940–45, amer.; so called from its resemblance to a musical instrument so named …   From formal English to slang

  • bazooka — /bəˈzukə / (say buh zoohkuh) noun a cylindrical rocket launcher, an individual infantry weapon that fires a rocket capable of penetrating several centimetres of armour plate, used to destroy tanks and other armoured military vehicles. {earlier… …  

  • bazooka — n. 1 a tubular short range rocket launcher used against tanks. 2 a crude trombone like musical instrument. Etymology: app. f. bazoo mouth, of unkn. orig …   Useful english dictionary

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