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wadcutter

wadcutter noun: a special-purpose bullet designed for shooting paper targets, usually at close range and at subsonic velocities.

Noun

wadcutter (plural wadcutters)

  1. a special-purpose bullet designed for shooting paper targets, usually at close range and at subsonic velocities.

Forms of wadcutter

pluralwadcutters

Origin of wadcutter

From wad + cutter.

Questions about wadcutter

What does wadcutter mean?
Wadcutter means a special-purpose bullet designed for shooting paper targets, usually at close range and at subsonic velocities.
What part of speech is wadcutter?
Wadcutter is a noun.
What is the plural of wadcutter?
The plural of wadcutter is wadcutters.

Words near wadcutter in the dictionary

  1. Wadati-Benioff zone
  2. Wadati-Benioff zones
  3. Wadawurrung
  4. Wadbilliga
  5. Wadborough
  6. wadcutter
  7. wadcutters
  8. wadd
  9. wadda
  10. Waddamana
  11. Waddams

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