blunderbuss

blun·der·buss

noun \ˈblən-dər-ˌbəs\

Definition of BLUNDERBUSS

1

: a muzzle-loading firearm with a short barrel and flaring muzzle to facilitate loading

2

: a blundering person

Examples of BLUNDERBUSS

1. <leave it to that blunderbuss to bungle a job that a child could do>

Illustration of BLUNDERBUSS

Origin of BLUNDERBUSS

by folk etymology from obsolete Dutch donderbus, from Dutch donder thunder + obsolete Dutch bus gun

First Known Use: 1654

Related to BLUNDERBUSS

Synonyms: butcher, blunderer, botcher, bumbler, bungler, fumbler, screwup

Related Words: incompetent, muddler

Near Antonyms: ace, adept, crackerjack (also crackajack), expert, maestro, master, virtuoso, wizard

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Rhymes with BLUNDERBUSS

autobus, Gloomy Gus, harquebus, microbus, minibus, motor bus, omnibus, overplus, trolleybus