bazooka

noun

1. A primitive trombone having wide tubes.
2. 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.
3. (broadly)Any shoulder-fired rocket grenade launcher.
4. (slang)A woman's breast, especially a large one.
5. (slang)A large rescue or stimulus package.

   “Suppose the EFSF buys some bonds. That will push down yields for awhile.^([sic]) But what happens when the money starts to run out? Yields will go back up. A firebreak/firewall/bazooka needs unlimited funds to work.”

   ““I don’t think [policymakers]^([sic]) realise it’s not enough,” said a veteran fixed-income investor in Hong Kong. “You need some big bazooka action to improve sentiment as a whole.””

6. (slang, uncountable)Crack cocaine.

verb

1. To shoot with a bazooka.