buckshot
Americannoun
noun
Etymology
Origin of buckshot
late Middle English word dating back to 1400–50; see origin at buck 1, shot 1
Example Sentences
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"We now can establish that a pellet that came from the buckshot from the defendant's Mossberg pump-action shotgun was intertwined with the fiber of the vest of the Secret Service officer," Pirro said.
From Barron's ● May 3, 2026
Buster Murdaugh also testified that guns were left around the property “with the safety on” and that he never loaded one shell of larger buckshot and a second shell of smaller birdshot in his shotguns.
From Seattle Times ● Feb. 21, 2023
In Magee’s composition, Shiffler even gestures to the bleeding wound in his side, which looks more like the piercing of a Roman spear than the crater from a blast of buckshot.
From Slate ● Sep. 1, 2021
They scattered like buckshot, turning the well-trodden grass and dirt paths into a highway.
From New York Times ● Aug. 18, 2021
I just don’t want to bite down on buckshot, is all, and I’m checking each piece.
From "Shiloh" by Phyllis Reynolds Naylor
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