blunderbuss

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.

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[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).]

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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]

Thesaurus

Noun

1.

blunderbuss - 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