Meanings
nounbuckshot (countable and uncountable, plural buckshots)
plural buckshots
- UScountableuncountableLead shot used in shotgun cartridges, made of larger pellets than birdshot and suitable for hunting larger game.
Our men were all well armed with Colt's revolvers and Mississippi yagers, which last, carried a bullet, and two buckshots.
1879, Buffalo Bill, The Life of Hon. William F. Cody, Known as Buffalo Bill, page 58
Synonyms & antonyms
Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.
Origin
Translations
Dutch hagel
- hagellead shot used in shotgun cartridges
Finnish karkea hauli
- karkea haulilead shot used in shotgun cartridges
French chevrotine
- chevrotinelead shot used in shotgun cartridges
Greek σκάγι
- σκάγι (skági)lead shot used in shotgun cartridges
Persian ساچمه
- ساچمه (sâčme)lead shot used in shotgun cartridges
Polish śrut gruby
- śrut grubylead shot used in shotgun cartridges
Russian карте́чь, дробь
- карте́чь (kartéčʹ)lead shot used in shotgun cartridges
- дробь (drobʹ)lead shot used in shotgun cartridges
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APA
buckshot. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/buckshot
MLA
“buckshot.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/buckshot. Accessed November 3, 2026.
Chicago
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “buckshot,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/buckshot.
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