: 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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That play was his only deep completion of the game, one of two signs of growth for the uber-talented 23-year-old blessed with a bazooka for a right arm who occasionally can’t resist the temptation to show it off.
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Andrew Callahan, Boston Herald, 30 Sep. 2025
Many have also tried to identify the weapon, with guesses including an M9A1 anti-tank rifle grenade, an M6A3 bazooka rocket, an M7A3 bazooka training rocket or an M7A3 training rocket.
—Mark Price, Miami Herald, 29 Aug. 2025
His next miss came while TCU was working on its bazooka field goal package, a late-game situation where the Horned Frogs rush the field goal team on the field for a last second attempt with no timeouts.
—Steven Johnson, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 17 Aug. 2025
However, the bank’s Head of Research at HSBC Qianhai Securities, Steven Sun, said that the country’s overall economic growth may continue to face pressure with no bazooka stimulus in sight.
—Lee Ying Shan, CNBC, 8 July 2025
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Andrew Callahan, Boston Herald, 30 Sep. 2025
Many have also tried to identify the weapon, with guesses including an M9A1 anti-tank rifle grenade, an M6A3 bazooka rocket, an M7A3 bazooka training rocket or an M7A3 training rocket.
—Mark Price, Miami Herald, 29 Aug. 2025
His next miss came while TCU was working on its bazooka field goal package, a late-game situation where the Horned Frogs rush the field goal team on the field for a last second attempt with no timeouts.
—Steven Johnson, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 17 Aug. 2025
However, the bank’s Head of Research at HSBC Qianhai Securities, Steven Sun, said that the country’s overall economic growth may continue to face pressure with no bazooka stimulus in sight.
—Lee Ying Shan, CNBC, 8 July 2025
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“Bazooka.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/bazooka. Accessed 4 Nov. 2025.
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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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