blunderbuss

blun·der·buss

B0351500 (blŭn′dər-bŭs′)n.1. A short musket of wide bore and flaring muzzle, formerly used to scatter shot at close range.2. A person regarded as clumsy and stupid.

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[Alteration of Dutch donderbus : donder, thunder (from Middle Dutch doner; see (s)tenə- in Indo-European roots) + bus, gun (from Middle Dutch busse, tube, from Latin buxis, box; see box¹).]

blunderbuss

(ˈblʌndəˌbʌs) n1. (Firearms, Gunnery, Ordnance & Artillery) an obsolete short musket with large bore and flared muzzle, used to scatter shot at short range2. informal a clumsy unsubtle person[C17: changed (through the influence of blunder) from Dutch donderbus; from donder thunder + obsolete bus gun]

blun•der•buss

(ˈblʌn dərˌbʌs)

n. 1. a short musket of wide bore with expanded muzzle to scatter shot, bullets, or slugs at close range. 2. an insensitive, blundering person. [1645–55; < Dutch donderbus (=donder thunder + bus gun, box¹) with donder replaced by blunder]

Thesaurus

Noun

1.

blunderbuss - a short musket of wide bore with a flared muzzlebell - the flared opening of a tubular devicemusket - a muzzle-loading shoulder gun with a long barrel; formerly used by infantrymen

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