SHOTGUN

Shotgun

A shotgun is a firearm that is usually designed to be fired from the shoulder, which uses the energy of a fixed shell to fire a number of small spherical pellets called shot, or a solid projectile called a slug. Shotguns come in a wide variety of sizes, ranging from 5.5 mm bore up to bore, and in a range of firearm operating mechanisms, including breech loading, single-barreled, double or combination gun, pump-action, bolt-, and lever-action, semi-automatic, and even fully automatic variants.

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shotgun

Noun

  1. A gun which fires loads consisting of small metal balls, called shot, from a cartridge.
  2. The front passenger seat in a vehicle, next to the driver; so called because the position of the shotgun-armed guard on a horse-drawn stage-coach, wagon train, or gold transport was next to the driver on a forward-mounted bench seat.
    I call shotgun! (I claim the right to sit in the passenger seat.)
  3. A one-story dwelling with no hallways or corridors, with the rooms arranged in a straight line. Mostly heard in the southern United States.
    Elvis Presley was born in a two-bedroom shotgun in Tupelo, Mississippi.
  4. A play formation in which the quarterback is a few feet behind the snapper when the ball is hiked, ideally allowing for an easier pass play.

Verb

  1. To inhale from a pipe or other smoking device, followed shortly by an exhalation into someone else’s mouth.
  2. To verbally lay claim to (something)
    I got a day off because I shotgunned it.
  3. To hit the ball directly back at the pitcher.
  4. To rapidly drink a beverage from a can by making a hole in the bottom of the can, placing the hole above one's mouth, and opening the top.

Adjective

  1. Of or relating to a shotgun.
    The ground was littered with shotgun shells.
  2. Occurring as a result of the threat of force.
    a shotgun wedding
  3. Utilizing numerous or highly diverse means to achieve a particular result.


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