bazooka

A primitive trombone having wide tubes.

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.

Any shoulder-fired rocket grenade launcher.

A woman's breast, especially a large one.

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.”

To shoot with a bazooka.

Crack cocaine.