(n.) A coarse leaden shot, larger than swan shot, used in hunting deer and large game.
Example Sentences:
(1) Pagetoid infiltration of the epidermis by melanocytes, also termed 'buckshot spread', is regarded by some as being essential for the confident histopathological diagnosis of primary cutaneous melanoma.
(2) A buckshot gun, a pellet grenade, a “non-lethal weapon”, we were told.
(3) A rare case of myocardial infarction produced by a buckshot lodged in the right coronary artery is presented.
(4) And at the Lib Dems' spring conference over the weekend, he fired some rhetorical buckshot at his new quarry. "
(5) The type of shot (size and weight of pellets) used also determines the type of injury, with more serious injuries produced by the larger type of buckshot (greater than 0.14 inches in diameter).
(6) Mucha makes mucha of a shoulder barge by Quagliarella, and with the ball out of play, rolls around like he's just been peppered with buckshot on the business end of his tig.
(7) Ureteral obstruction by intramural bullet, buckshot, or related missle following penetrating abdominal trauma is rare; a search of the literature revealed only 4 previously described cases [1-4].
(8) The response to the 2008 breach, codenamed Buckshot Yankee, ran over three years and directly led to America’s current cybersecurity defence network.
(9) Larger pellets are referred to as "buckshot," whereas smaller pellets are called "birdshot."
(10) The medium's big-ticket blockbusters reinforce the viewpoint with their cacophonies of buckshot and Michael Bay-esque blooms of explosion.
(11) This case is unusual because buckshot entered the renal collecting system, and subsequently passed through the urinary tract in the urine, causing "bullet colic."
(12) The lethality of buckshot wounds is discussed, four clinical cases are described, and the wounding mechanisms are briefly outlined.
(13) That's exactly the reason the White House should stop proposing policies as if it is scattering buckshot and focus with intensity on the domestic tasks it wants to accomplish, one at a time.
(14) 6 shot and 00 Buckshot to portray some of the "wounding" characteristics of these popular shotgun loads.
(15) The differences between wounds due to conventional shotgun (shot) injuries and those inflicted by buckshot are inadequately appreciated by most clinicians.
(16) Photograph: Kobal Notorious bounty hunter Buckshot Roberts (Brian Keith) turns up for the famous gunfight at Blazer's Mills.
Shot
Definition:
(imp. & p. p.) of Shoot
() imp. & p. p. of Shoot.
(a.) Woven in such a way as to produce an effect of variegation, of changeable tints, or of being figured; as, shot silks. See Shoot, v. t., 8.
(v. t.) A share or proportion; a reckoning; a scot.
(pl. ) of Shot
(n.) The act of shooting; discharge of a firearm or other weapon which throws a missile.
(n.) A missile weapon, particularly a ball or bullet; specifically, whatever is discharged as a projectile from firearms or cannon by the force of an explosive.
(n.) Small globular masses of lead, of various sizes, -- used chiefly for killing game; as, bird shot; buckshot.
(n.) The flight of a missile, or the distance which it is, or can be, thrown; as, the vessel was distant more than a cannon shot.
(n.) A marksman; one who practices shooting; as, an exellent shot.
(v. t.) To load with shot, as a gun.
Example Sentences:
(1) Villagers, including one man who has been left disabled and the relatives of six men who were killed, are suing ABG in the UK high court, represented by British law firm Leigh Day, alleging that Tanzanian police officers shot unarmed locals.
(2) Lead levels in contents and shells of eggs laid by hens dosed with all-lead shot were about twice those in eggs laid by hens dosed with lead-iron shot.
(3) At first it looked as though the winger might have shown too much of the ball to the defence, yet he managed to gain a crucial last touch to nudge it past Phil Jones and into the path of Jerome, who slipped Chris Smalling’s attempt at a covering tackle and held off Michael Carrick’s challenge to place a shot past an exposed De Gea.
(4) A further 23 Syrian Kurds , among them women and children, were shot dead in the nearby village of Barkh Butan, the group said.
(5) Osman had gone close before that, flashing a shot over from seven yards after a corner.
(6) "They couldn't understand until I said 'No, because I'm a big shot now, because I am in Wild Wild West and I have, like, 10 covers coming out, and I want a bigger part.'
(7) Slager, 33, was a patrolman first class for the North Charleston police department when he fatally shot Scott, 50, following a struggle that led from a traffic stop when the officer noticed that one of Scott’s car tail lights was broken.
(8) That’s why I thought: ‘I hope Tyson wins – even if he never gives me a shot.’ As long as the heavyweight titles are out of Germany we could have some interesting fights.
(9) The grand patriarch, battling dissent and delusion, coming in for another shot, a new king on the throne, an impossible future to face down.
(10) In 2009, a US army major shot 13 dead in Fort Hood, Texas .
(11) Gibbs was sent off in the first half at Stamford Bridge for handball, despite replays clearly showing it was his team-mate Alex Oxlade-Chamberlain who illegally deflected an Eden Hazard shot.
(12) At least Depay departed having had a shot on target, something his manager will probably offer as proof United are improving.
(13) I have the BBC app on my phone and it updates me, and I saw the wire ‘Malaysian flight goes missing over Ukraine.’ I’m like, well it’s probably the Russians who shot it down.
(14) When you’ve got a man with a longer jab, you can’t throw single shots.
(15) Two officers who witnessed the shooting of unarmed 43-year-old Samuel DuBose in Cincinnati will not face criminal charges, despite seemingly corroborating a false claim that DuBose’s vehicle dragged officer Ray Tensing before he was fatally shot.
(16) Michael Brown’s parents, appearing on the Today show on Tuesday, said they believe the unrest in Ferguson, Missouri, would be alleviated by the prosecution of the officer who shot and killed their son.
(17) Learn from the masters The best way to recognise a good shot is to look at lots of other photographs.
(18) His shot, though, was pawed on to the inside of the post by David Marshall and it was left to Victor Wanyama to lash the loose ball into the empty net.
(19) Lion cubs fathered by Cecil, the celebrated lion shot dead in Zimbabwe , may already have been killed by a rival male lion and even if they were still alive there was nothing conservationists could do to protect them, a conservation charity has warned.
(20) The film was shot in Monastir, Tunisia, for $4m, with financing from George Harrison's HandMade Films company, and each of the Pythons plays at least three roles.