|
|
Definition of BB shot
1. Noun. A small pellet fired from an air rifle or BB gun.
Lexicographical Neighbors of BB Shot
| BBL BBN BBP BBQ BBQed BBQer BBQers BBQing BBS BBSer | BBSers BBW BBWs BB gun BB guns BB shot (current term) BC BCA BCBS BCC | BCD BCDs BCE BCF BCG BCG vaccine BCGs BCL BCN BCNU |
Literary usage of BB shot
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Junior General Science by Daniel Russell Hodgdon (1922)
"If an electron were enlarged to the size of an air-rifle BB shot, ... It would
BBShot Actual size FIG. 6.—If a BB shot were enlarged to the size of the ..."
2. The Principles of Agriculture Through the School and the Home Garden by Cyril Adelbert Stebbins (1913)
"The BB shot represents the sand particles; the small shot takes the place of the
clay. (Teacher experiments.) How do you account for the result ? ..."
3. The Child Labor Bulletin by National Child Labor Committee (U.S.) (1914)
"... he had worn packages of BB shot in his pockets when he came to this ordeal.
... then, Ikey had been found out and the BB shot unfeelingly removed, ..."
4. The Sky Movies by Gaylord Johnson (1922)
"Our BB shot, or Mercury, needs to be 62 feet from the "sun-melon" in ... So Paul
put down the BB shot and stuck up a twig in the dirt to mark the place. ..."
5. Summarized Proceedings ... and a Directory of Members by American Association for the Advancement of Science (1881)
"8 shot has 72 feet per second velocity over No. 10 shot, and No. 6 has 46 feet
over No. 8, while No. 3 has only 23 feet over No. 6, and BB shot gains only ..."
Other Resources:
