bazooka

bazooka · noun, verb¹

1. Dutch · derived frombazuin“trumpet”
2. English todaybazooka

From an extension of the word bazoo (“mouth, boastful talk”), which ultimately probably stems from Dutch bazuin (“trumpet”). In the finance sense first used by policymakers during the European debt crisis (2010).

bazooka · noun²

1. Spanish · derived frombazuco, basuco
2. English todaybazooka

Alteration of Spanish bazuco, basuco, derived from base. Doublet of basuco.

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