From Longman Dictionary of Contemporary Englishbazookaba‧zoo‧ka /bəˈzuːkə/ noun [countable] PMWa long light gun that rests on your shoulder and is used for shooting at tanks
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bazooka• Somebody up there had employed a bazooka.• What was the point of owning a bazooka if the law made you hunt with a bow and arrow?• I threw my gun away, and pulled a bazooka out of the air.• He raised his bazooka and took his stance.• She'd bring her own bazookas.• So, when you held it, it looked like a toy bazooka.• It does matter that children don't leave a drama lesson believing that Cromwell's army used bazookas and machine guns!• A commando unit, wearing black jerseys, gloves and skull-caps, armed with bazookas, marched past.Origin bazooka (1900-2000) bazooka type of simple musical instrument ((1900-2000)), from bazoo similar instrument ((19-20 centuries)), probably from its sound 