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buckshotnoun(chiefly US) Lead shot used in shotgun cartridges, made of larger pellets than birdshot and suitable for hunting larger game. [from 18th c.]
shotnounThe result of launching a projectile or bullet.
lead shotnounSmall balls of lead, used as projectiles in shotguns, and as a weight in angling, etc.
shot-gunnounAlternative spelling of shotgun. [(firearms) A gun which fires loads typically consisting of small metal balls, called shot, from a cartridge.]
shotgunnoun(firearms) A gun which fires loads typically consisting of small metal balls, called shot, from a cartridge.
shotshellnoun(countable) A shotgun cartridge.
shottynoun(slang, countable) A shotgun.
bucknounA male deer, antelope, sheep, goat, rabbit, hare, and sometimes the male of other animals such as the hamster, ferret, salmonid, shad and kangaroo.
snake shotnounAlternative form of snakeshot. [Synonym of shotshell.]
mustard seednounA small, round seed of the mustard plant.
swan shotnounA large size of shot used in fowling.
swan-shotnounAlternative spelling of swan shot. [A large size of shot used in fowling.]
round shotnoun(military, weaponry) A solid, usually iron, spherical projectile fired from a smoothbore cannon.
slugnounAny of many gastropod mollusks, having no (or only a rudimentary) shell.
slungshotnounA maritime tool consisting of a weight (the "shot") affixed to the end of a long cord, used to cast line from one location to another and sometimes as an improvised weapon.
solid shotnoun(military, weaponry, dated) A solid round shot or cannonball.
grapeshotnoun(historical) A cluster of small iron balls, put together in a canvas bag in order to be used as a charge for a cannon.
shootletnoun(botany) A small shoot.
shootnounThe emerging stem and embryonic leaves of a new plant.
shot cupnounSynonym of shot glass.

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