Definitions for blunderbusses

blunderbusses blun·der·buss

Spelling: [bluhn-der-buhs]
IPA: /ˈblʌn dərˌbʌs/

Blunderbusses is a 13 letter English word. It's valid Scrabble word worth 16 points. It's valid Words with friends word worth 22 points.

You can make 575 anagrams from letters in blunderbusses (bbdeelnrsssuu).

Definitions for blunderbusses

noun

  1. a short musket of wide bore with expanded muzzle to scatter shot, bullets, or slugs at close range.
  2. an insensitive, blundering person.

Origin of blunderbusses

1645-55; Dutch donderbus (equivalent to donder thunder + bus gun, box1) with donder replaced by blunder<

Examples for blunderbusses

No, no,—my blunderbuss is loaded, and 66 the villains cannot escape.

Garcia came up, and fired his blunderbuss full into his face.

“I almost believe that the blunderbuss was the tool of the Hill crowd,” she said angrily.

This is a short spear, and is shot out of a gun like a blunderbuss.

But always this man stolidly faced me with the yawning mouth of the blunderbuss.

However, a sensible man holds no long discussions with a blunderbuss.

If Navarro wakes up, he'll snatch at his blunderbuss, and then look out for yourself!

"Here approaches Strammers in quest of his blunderbuss," she answered calmly.

The blunderbuss came to see her more and more often as the term went on.

With this hurried adjuration, he cocked his blunderbuss, and stood on the offensive.

Word Value for blunderbusses
Scrable

16

Words with friends

22

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