BAZOOKA

bazooka

(noun) a portable rocket launcher used by infantrymen as an antitank weapon

Source: WordNet® 3.1


Etymology 1

Noun

bazooka (plural bazookas)

(musical instrument) A primitive trombone having wide tubes.

(weapons) A shoulder-held rocket launcher used as an antitank weapon, developed by America during World War II and so-called from its resemblance to the bazooka musical instrument.

(by extension) Any shoulder-fired rocket grenade launcher.

(slang, sexuality) A woman's breast.

Etymology 2

Noun

bazooka (uncountable)

(slang) Crack cocaine.

Source: Wiktionary



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(adjective) remarkable or out of the ordinary in degree or magnitude or effect; “a great crisis”; “had a great stake in the outcome”


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Coffee Trivia

Coffee has initially been a food – chewed, not sipped. Early African tribes consume coffee by grinding the berries together, adding some animal fat, and rolling the treats into tiny edible energy balls.

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