blunderbuss
(noun) a short musket of wide bore with a flared muzzle
Source: WordNet® 3.1
blunderbuss (plural blunderbusses)
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.
blunderbuss (third-person singular simple present blunderbusses, present participle blunderbussing, simple past and past participle blunderbussed)
(transitive) To shoot with a blunderbuss.
Source: Wiktionary
Blun"der*buss, n. Etym: [Either fr. blunder + D. bus tube, box, akin to G. bĂĽchse box, gun, E. box; or corrupted fr. D. donderbus (literally) thunder box, gun, musket.]
1. A short gun or firearm, with a large bore, capable of holding a number of balls, and intended to do execution without exact aim.
2. A stupid, blundering fellow.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
16 November 2024
(verb) go and leave behind, either intentionally or by neglect or forgetfulness; “She left a mess when she moved out”; “His good luck finally left him”; “her husband left her after 20 years of marriage”; “she wept thinking she had been left behind”
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