blunderbuss
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blunderbuss
- /ˈblʌn.dəˌbʌs/ UK
- /ˈblʌn.dɚˌbʌs/ US
Where it comes from
From Dutch donderbus (“blunderbuss”, literally “thunder gun”), which was altered under the influence of blunder.
noun 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. We fired the blunderbuss several times by way of salute, and soon after landed at the bank near the village of the Mahahas, or Shoe Indians, and were received by a crowd of people, who came to welcome our return.
verb blunderbusses · blunderbussing · blunderbussed
- To shoot with a blunderbuss.
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Talk about this word "blunderbuss." Wiktionary, via Micwyn, micwyn.com/word/blunderbuss. Accessed 6 Nov. 2026. blunderbuss. (n.d.). In Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Retrieved November 6, 2026, from https://micwyn.com/word/blunderbuss "blunderbuss." Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Accessed November 6, 2026. https://micwyn.com/word/blunderbuss.Cite this
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title = {blunderbuss},
howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
year = {2026},
url = {https://micwyn.com/word/blunderbuss},
urldate = {2026-11-06}
}
