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Noun [English]

IPA: /ˈblʌn.dəˌbʌs/ [Received-Pronunciation], /ˈblʌn.dɚˌbʌs/ [General-American] Audio: en-us-blunderbuss.ogg , en-au-blunderbuss.ogg Forms: blunderbusses [plural]
Etymology: From Dutch donderbus (“blunderbuss”, literally “thunder gun”), which was altered under the influence of blunder. Etymology templates: {{der|en|nl|donderbus||blunderbuss|lit=thunder gun}} Dutch donderbus (“blunderbuss”, literally “thunder gun”) Head templates: {{en-noun}} blunderbuss (plural blunderbusses)
  1. An old style of muzzleloading firearm and early form of shotgun with a distinctive short, large caliber barrel that is flared at the muzzle, therefore able to fire scattered quantities of nails, stones, shot, etc. at short range. Categories (topical): Firearms, Weapons Translations (old style of firearm with a distinctive large opening at the muzzle): բլանբերզում (blanberzum) (Armenian), trabuc (Catalan), 雷筒 (léitǒng) (Chinese Mandarin), 雷管 (léiguǎn) (Chinese Mandarin), espingol [common-gender] (Danish), donderbus (Dutch), blunderbuzo (Esperanto), väkipyssy (Finnish), tromblon [masculine] (French), espingole [feminine] (French), trabuco [masculine] (Galician), მუშკეტი (mušḳeṭi) (Georgian), Espingole [feminine] (German), Donnerbüchse [archaic, feminine] (German), τρομπόνι (trompóni) [neuter] (Greek), eskopeto (Ido), funelofusilo (Ido), pemuras (Indonesian), spingarda [feminine] (Italian), trombone [masculine] (Italian), ラッパ銃 (rappa jū) (Japanese), 나팔총 (napalchong) (Korean), pemuras (Malay), muskedunder (Norwegian), garłacz [masculine] (Polish), gardłacz [masculine] (Polish), szturmak [masculine] (Polish), tromblon [masculine] (Polish), bacamarte (Portuguese), мушкето́н (mušketón) [masculine] (Russian), trabuco [masculine] (Spanish), muskedunder [neuter] (Swedish), бештар (beštar) (Tajik), alaybozan (Turkish), мушкетон (mušketon) (Ukrainian)
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Verb [English]

IPA: /ˈblʌn.dəˌbʌs/ [Received-Pronunciation], /ˈblʌn.dɚˌbʌs/ [General-American] Audio: en-us-blunderbuss.ogg , en-au-blunderbuss.ogg Forms: blunderbusses [present, singular, third-person], blunderbussing [participle, present], blunderbussed [participle, past], blunderbussed [past]
Etymology: From Dutch donderbus (“blunderbuss”, literally “thunder gun”), which was altered under the influence of blunder. Etymology templates: {{der|en|nl|donderbus||blunderbuss|lit=thunder gun}} Dutch donderbus (“blunderbuss”, literally “thunder gun”) Head templates: {{en-verb}} blunderbuss (third-person singular simple present blunderbusses, present participle blunderbussing, simple past and past participle blunderbussed)
  1. (transitive) To shoot with a blunderbuss. Tags: transitive
    Sense id: en-blunderbuss-en-verb-tbUs4AV5

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      "word": "나팔총"
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      "word": "alaybozan"
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      "code": "uk",
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