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pellet

pellet

23 4.9
A small metal ball fired from a shotgun
  • noun
  • /ˈpɛlɪt/
: perdigón
  • If he had used a shotgun, pellets might have hit other patrons.
  • firing pellets
  • lead pellets

And I think, well, OK, yeah, it was a pellet gun.

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Examples

  • The hunter loaded the shotgun with steel pellets to hunt ducks.

  • Zavala's shot had gone off to one side, and the shotgun pellets gouged a head-level chunk from the door jamb.

    Fiction book (1999)

  • Sometimes, it is hard to remember whether you have loaded the pellet or not.

    The Favourite (2018)

  • Loads one pellet at a time.

    Blue Sunshine (1977)

  • We hear the sound of an air gun pellet hitting the bars.

    Fiction book (1998)

  • A few pellets hit Trivas in the shoulder, dots of red on his white shirt.

    Fiction book (1999)

  • Barton, who was riddled with 25 shotgun pellets, is still recovering from some nerve damage.

    Blog text (8)

  • At last, Retsler's blue sedan pulled into the turnout, spraying gravel like shotgun pellets.

    Fiction book (1999)

  • After the shot was fired, several pellets scattered across the field.

  • The child was excited to see the shiny pellet from the BB gun stuck in the fence.

Synonyms

bullet
vspellet
∞ 2.2

A small metal object fired from a gun

is usually used as many small pieces in a shell rather than a single shot
projectile
vspellet
46 6.6

An object thrown or fired through the air, often used as a weapon

is the specific small solid type often found inside shotgun cartridges
BB
vspellet
19 7.8

A small metal pellet fired from an air gun

is a small solid usually fired from firearms and often in shotgun cartridges
buckshot
vspellet
  • Specialized
18 7.0

Small lead pellets a shotgun fires to hunt large animals like deer

is smaller and more numerous than these larger balls used for big game
birdshot
vspellet
  • Specialized
4 5.7

Small round metal pellets used in shotguns for hunting birds

is a small solid fired from firearms often within shotgun cartridges
bird shot
vspellet
  • Specialized
1 5.8

Small round lead pellets used in shotgun shells to hunt small birds

is a small solid fired from firearms often within shotgun cartridges
duck shot
vspellet
  • Specialized
7.2

Small metal balls put in shotgun shells for hunting ducks

is a general small solid used in shotgun cartridges rather than a named type
BB shot
vspellet
7.7

A small round metal pellet fired from an air gun

is the small solid more commonly associated with shotgun cartridges and firearms

How Big

shell
  • Specialized
218 8.4
slug
45 7.2
bullet
∞ 2.2
pellet
23 4.9

Surface Forms

pellet singular
pellets plural

Etymology

Pellet comes from an old French word pelote meaning 'small ball', and from the Latin word pila meaning 'ball'. So a pellet is literally a 'little ball', which fits its use for the small round projectile fired from a shotgun.