DUST SHOT Definition & Meaning

dust shot

noun

the smallest size of shot for use in a shotgun.

dust shot

noun

the smallest size of shot for a shotgun

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Origin of dust shot¹

First recorded in 1790–1800

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A swirl of dust shot toward the nearest horse.

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Times theater critic Charles McNulty has a tribute: “One of a kind, Channing was a like a cross between Marilyn Monroe and Gracie Allen, with a personality voice that could make a tune completely her own. When she sang, pixie dust shot into the air. She was an Al Hirschfeld cartoon sprung into swooning life.”

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When she sang, pixie dust shot into the air.

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She pushed the saw through a long piece of wood, and dust shot into the air.

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Puffs of dust shot between the hastily stacked and mortared logs.

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