birdshot
- noun
- /ˈbɜrdˌʃɑt/
- Specialized
- 3.) Mr. Whittington had about 126 pieces of birdshot in his skin and body.
- birdshot pellets
- loaded with birdshot
- fire birdshot
It was it was bird birdshot.
- It was it was bird birdshot.
Examples
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Why use birdshot to reduce fatalities?
Blog text (29) -
"At that range with a shotgun loaded with birdshot, I would have done nothing but piss him off," Fritz said.
Blog text (23) -
One is loaded with birdshot.
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That's what the birdshot is for.
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Come now, you're not gonna fill up a deer with birdshot, are you?
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I have fired birdshot, buckshot, and slugs.
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Spray rattled like birdshot against the wheelhouse windows.
Fiction book (1994) -
People being carried out on stretchers with injuries ranging from birdshot to live gunfire injuries.
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The 12 ga fires a standard 1-1/8 oz load of birdshot, and the 28 ga load weighs 1/4 oz less at 7/8 oz.
Blog text (25) -
The hunter carefully loaded his shotgun with birdshot to ensure he could catch small birds.
Synonyms
A small metal ball fired from a shotgun
Small round lead pellets used in shotgun shells to hunt small birds
Small metal balls put in shotgun shells for hunting ducks
How Powerful
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Surface Forms
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Etymology
Birdshot comes from the two simple words bird and shot, where 'shot' means 'small round pellets' fired from a shotgun to hit birds, so birdshot is the small pellets used for bird hunting.