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- [muhs-kit]
- /ˈmʌs kɪt/
- /ˈmʌs.kɪt/
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- [muhs-kit]
- /ˈmʌs kɪt/
Definitions of musket word
- noun musket a heavy, large-caliber smoothbore gun for infantry soldiers, introduced in the 16th century: the predecessor of the modern rifle. 1
- noun musket the male sparrow hawk, Accipiter nisus. 1
- noun musket An infantryman's light gun with a long barrel, typically smooth-bored, muzzleloading, and fired from the shoulder. 1
- noun musket large military rifle 1
- countable noun musket A musket was an early type of gun with a long barrel, which was used before rifles were invented. 0
- noun musket a long-barrelled muzzle-loading shoulder gun used between the 16th and 18th centuries by infantry soldiers 0
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Origin of musket
First appearance:
before 1580 One of the 35% oldest English words
1580-90; < Middle French mousquet < Italian moschetto crossbow arrow, later musket, orig. kind of hawk, equivalent to mosch(a) fly (< Latin musca) + -etto -et
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Parts of speech for Musket
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musket popularity
A common word. It’s meaning is known to most children of preschool age. About 95% of English native speakers know the meaning and use the word.
This word is included in each student's vocabulary. Most likely there is at least one movie with this word in the title.
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This diagram is provided by Google Ngram ViewerSynonyms for musket
noun musket
- rifle — a shoulder firearm with spiral grooves cut in the inner surface of the gun barrel to give the bullet a rotatory motion and thus a more precise trajectory.
- weapon — any instrument or device for use in attack or defense in combat, fighting, or war, as a sword, rifle, or cannon.
- firearm — a small arms weapon, as a rifle or pistol, from which a projectile is fired by gunpowder.
- carbine — A carbine is a light automatic rifle.
- fusil — a light flintlock musket.
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