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UK
/vˈɑːmɪnt/
]
[ US /ˈvɑɹmɪnt/ ]
[ US /ˈvɑɹmɪnt/ ]
NOUN
- any usually predatory wild animal considered undesirable; e.g., coyote
- an irritating or obnoxious person
How To Use varmint In A Sentence
- I have a .22 for varmints, a 12 gauge for hunting and a .45 for "exigencies". Rifle Shooting's 10 Most Significant Developments of the Decade
- The long punishing jaws of a borzoi can snatch up small and not-so-small varmints both wild or domestic with lightning speed.
- `You wouldn't use your serious weapons for varmint control, Victoria. THE MOAT AROUND MURCHESON'S EYE
- There is some conventional wisdom that says, for varmint rifles, simply seat the bullet to touch the rifling.
- Whilst baiting up I inadvertently stood next to a wasp's nest, and was attacked by dozens of the varmints, getting stung about 10 times on various parts of my body.
- The poor footing provided by the metal and the heat radiated by it should discourage the varmints from using your roof for their track meets.
- The sixgun is now available and should be extremely popular for hunting varmints and small game, as well as for the greatest of all handgun sports, plinking.
- Mammy arter him with the broom-stick as fur as the door, but seein 'the dog has got the start, she shakes the stick at him, and hollers,' You sassy, aigsukkin ', roguish, gnatty, flop-eared varmint! take it along! take it along! The Wit and Humor of America, Volume V. (of X.)
- Now, for the first time, handgun manufacturers began offering hot, small-bore centerfire cartridges for small game and varmints.
- For rifle enthusiasts who practice regularly, who shoot varmints or targets at long range, a 300 yard shot on a big game animal is not difficult.