BAZOOKA


Meaning of BAZOOKA in English

/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 instrument so named, invented and played by comedian Bob Burns in the 1930s and 1940s ]

Random House Webster's Unabridged English dictionary.      Полный английский словарь Вебстер - Random House .