buckshot
buckshot noun: lead shot used in shotgun cartridges, made of larger pellets than birdshot and suitable for hunting larger game.
Noun
buckshot (countable and uncountable, plural buckshots)
- Lead shot used in shotgun cartridges, made of larger pellets than birdshot and suitable for hunting larger game.
- Our men were all well armed with Colt's revolvers and Mississippi yagers, which last, carried a bullet, and two buckshots.1879, Buffalo Bill, The Life of Hon. William F. Cody, Known as Buffalo Bill, page 58
buckshot meaning in Tamil, Pashto and Persian
buckshot in Tamil
- ரவைத் தோட்டா
buckshot in Pashto
- buckshot
- ساچمه sāčma
buckshot in Persian
- lead shot used in shotgun cartridges
- ساچمه sâčme
Forms of buckshot
| plural | buckshots |
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Origin of buckshot
From buck + shot.
Words formed from buckshot
Questions about buckshot
- What does buckshot mean?
- Buckshot means lead shot used in shotgun cartridges, made of larger pellets than birdshot and suitable for hunting larger game.
- What is buckshot in Tamil?
- Buckshot in Tamil is ரவைத் தோட்டா. See Buckshot meaning in Tamil.
- What part of speech is buckshot?
- Buckshot is a noun.
- What is the plural of buckshot?
- The plural of buckshot is buckshots.
Words near buckshot in the dictionary
Source and license
Adapted from Wiktionary: buckshot (page history and authors); buckshot (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors); ساچمه (Pashto) (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.
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