Birdshot
Definition, Meaning & Examples
Part of speech noun
Quick meaning: Birdshot is a noun meaning Small lead or steel shot, as pieces of ammunition, used in shotgun shells.
Meaning
Small lead or steel shot, as pieces of ammunition, used in shotgun shells.
More Meanings
- A rifle or pistol cartridge containing small shot instead of a single larger projectile.
Example Sentences
In the first shooting, four of the teenagers were sitting on a porch and were peppered with birdshot from a shotgun fired from a passing car around 2:30 p.m., Sheriff John Rutherford said.
“Eyes were hit by birdshot pellets and it was deliberate, they are shooting to kill,” said the Tehran doctor. A colleague added that they had removed “20 pellets” from the body of a single protester.
Word Forms
- birdshots
Related Words
Related dictionary entries include buckshot, shot-gun, shotgun, shotshell, shotty, buck.
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