bazooka
noun
ba·zoo·ka
| \ bə-ˈzü-kə
\
\
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
Examples of bazooka in a Sentence
Recent Examples on the Web
Yet 800 miles to the west, Wisconsinites are still looking down the barrel of a bazooka. — Tim Culpan | Bloomberg, Washington Post, "New York Dodged an Amazon Bullet. Wisconsin Still Faces a Bazooka.," 15 Feb. 2019 Mahomes has taken that trend and blasted it to smithereens with the bazooka attached to the right side of his torso. — Andrew Beaton, WSJ, "Patrick Mahomes Is Conquering the NFL," 16 Sep. 2018 In the video's denouement, the fidget spinner bazooka is launched into a can of lighter fluid, which, unsurprisingly, causes a massive explosion and fire. — Sophie Weiner, Popular Mechanics, "This Guy Built a 99,000 RPM Fidget Spinner Bazooka," 9 June 2017 In Nansamba’s fields, however, bazooka has flourished. — Christopher Bendana, The Christian Science Monitor, "Drought-tolerant corn offers Uganda's farmers a lifeline," 22 Dec. 2017 Moore and Lucas use it like a bazooka to kill a housefly. — Joey Morona, cleveland.com, "Gabrielle Union's 'Bad Boys' spinoff picked up by NBC," 1 Nov. 2017 In one image, an older civilian is trained how to use a bazooka. — Rachelle Krygier, Washington Post, "Venezuela’s government is turning Trump’s threats into a call to arms," 8 Sep. 2017 The bazooka, an important tactical weapon, was also tested here. — John Hanc, New York Times, "A Bygone Time Captured Through the Lens of Walker Evans MARCH 15, 2016," 16 Mar. 2016 Finding errors in Dan Brown’s works is like shooting fish in a barrel, with a bazooka. — David Hambling, WIRED, "Da Vinci Code Scribe Takes on Tasers, Gets Zapped," 23 Sep. 2009These example sentences are selected automatically from various online news sources to reflect current usage of the word 'bazooka.' Views expressed in the examples do not represent the opinion of Merriam-Webster or its editors. Send us feedback.
Keep scrolling for more
Keep scrolling for more
More Definitions for bazooka
bazooka
noun
English Language Learners Definition of bazooka
: a military weapon that rests on a person's shoulder and fires small rockets at tanks
See the full definition for bazooka in the English Language Learners Dictionary
bazooka
noun
ba·zoo·ka
| \ bə-ˈzü-kə
\
\
Kids Definition of bazooka
: a portable gun that rests on a person's shoulder and consists of a tube open at both ends that shoots an explosive rocket
Keep scrolling for more