English Explanatory Dictionary

blunderbuss

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. An old style of muzzleloading firearm and early form of shotgun with a distinctive short, large caliber barrel that is flared at the muzzle, therefore able to fire scattered quantities of nails, stones, shot, etc. at short range.
verb
  1. To shoot with a blunderbuss.

Pronunciation

/ˈblʌn.dəˌbʌs/ /ˈblʌn.dɚˌbʌs/ en-us-blunderbuss.ogg en-au-blunderbuss.ogg

Word forms

blunderbuss blunderbusses blunderbussing blunderbussed

Etymology

From Dutch donderbus (“blunderbuss”, literally “thunder gun”), which was altered under the influence of blunder.

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