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blunderbuss
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blun·der·buss  (blndr-bs)
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.
[Alteration of Dutch donderbus : donder, thunder (from Middle Dutch doner; see (s)ten- in Indo-European roots) + bus, gun (from Middle Dutch busse, tube, from Latin buxis, box; see box1).]
blunderbuss [ˈblʌndəˌbʌs]
n
1. (Military / Firearms, Gunnery, Ordnance & Artillery) an obsolete short musket with large bore and flared muzzle, used to scatter shot at short range
2. Informal a clumsy unsubtle person
[changed (through the influence of blunder) from Dutch donderbus; from donder thunder + obsolete bus gun]
ThesaurusLegend:  Synonyms Related Words Antonyms
Noun1.blunderbuss - a short musket of wide bore with a flared muzzleblunderbuss - a short musket of wide bore with a flared muzzle
bell - the flared opening of a tubular device
musket - a muzzle-loading shoulder gun with a long barrel; formerly used by infantrymen
Translations
blunderbuss [ˈblʌndəbʌs] N → trabuco m
blunderbuss
n → Donnerbüchse f
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