Definitions for petards
petards
pe·tard
Spelling: [pi-tahrd]
IPA: /pɪˈtɑrd/
Petards is a 7 letter English word.
It's valid Scrabble word worth 9 points.
It's valid Words with friends word worth 10 points.
You can make 351 anagrams from letters in petards (adeprst).
Definitions for petards
noun
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an explosive device formerly used in warfare to blow in a door or gate, form a breach in a wall, etc.
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a kind of firecracker.
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(initial capital letter). Also called Flying Dustbin. a British spigot mortar of World War II that fired a 40-pound (18 kg) finned bomb, designed to destroy pillboxes and other concrete obstacles.
Idioms
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hoist by / with one's own petard, hurt, ruined, or destroyed by the very device or plot one had intended for another.
Origin of petards
1590-1600; Middle French, equivalent to pet(er) to break wind (derivative of pet Latin pēditum a breaking wind, orig. neuter of past participle of pēdere to break wind) + -ard