buckshot
a large size of lead shot used in shotgun shells for hunting game, as pheasants or ducks.
Origin of buckshot
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How to use buckshot in a sentence
Instantly he ran with all speed to the cabin for the shot-gun, which he kept loaded with buckshot.
Gold-Seeking on the Dalton Trail | Arthur R. ThompsonPa's got a few buckshot in him; but he don't mind it 'cuz he don't weigh much, anyway.
Adventures of Huckleberry Finn, Complete | Mark Twain (Samuel Clemens)buckshot hailed from a hundred guns, and the poker fell, but soon it came again and this time flat upon the gun.
An Arkansas Planter | Opie Percival ReadThe gun barked twice in rapid succession, and two charges of buckshot rattled against the bells.
The Riddle of the Mysterious Light | Mary E. HanshewAs he lay in the heap of wounded men a buckshot buried itself in the side of his head near the temple.
The Everett massacre | Walker C. Smith
British Dictionary definitions for buckshot
/ (ˈbʌkˌʃɒt) /
lead shot of large size used in shotgun shells, esp for hunting game
Origin of buckshot
1Collins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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