: 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
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But the government has yet to unveil solid plans for a big fiscal bazooka that will put more money in consumers’ pockets to revive demand.
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Jason Ma, Fortune, 12 Oct. 2024
Those expectations were too high as the NDRC doesn’t have the ability to announce the fiscal stimulus bazooka, which kind of begs the question, why host it?
—Brendan Ahern, Forbes, 9 Oct. 2024
That’s because there’s a patient with unexploded ammunition in his chest—and a terrified paramedic, played by Christina Ricci, has her hand inside, holding the homemade bazooka steady.
—Annabel Gutterman, TIME, 26 Sep. 2024
Set them up for success with chopsticks, a rice paddle, sauce dishes, a sushi knife, a sushi bazooka, and more.
—Megan Ulu-Lani Boyanton, Better Homes & Gardens, 16 Sep. 2024
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Jason Ma, Fortune, 12 Oct. 2024
Those expectations were too high as the NDRC doesn’t have the ability to announce the fiscal stimulus bazooka, which kind of begs the question, why host it?
—Brendan Ahern, Forbes, 9 Oct. 2024
That’s because there’s a patient with unexploded ammunition in his chest—and a terrified paramedic, played by Christina Ricci, has her hand inside, holding the homemade bazooka steady.
—Annabel Gutterman, TIME, 26 Sep. 2024
Set them up for success with chopsticks, a rice paddle, sauce dishes, a sushi knife, a sushi bazooka, and more.
—Megan Ulu-Lani Boyanton, Better Homes & Gardens, 16 Sep. 2024
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bazooka
noun
ba·zoo·ka
bə-ˈzü-kə 
: a light portable shoulder weapon that consists of an open tube and shoots an explosive rocket able to pierce the armor of tanks
Etymology
from bazooka, name of a homemade musical instrument consisting of pipes and a funnel
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