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shotgun

UK /ˈʃɒtɡʌn/US /ˈʃɑtɡʌn/

noun7

  1. a gun loaded with many small metal pieces that spread apart in the air after it is fired
  2. [before a noun] Relating to shotguns, either in a present or past sense.
  3. (slang) 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. Can also be used in situations of claiming other resources such as bedrooms.
  4. [before a noun] Relating to the threat of force or dubious means.
  5. [before a noun] Relating to the use of numerous, diverse or indiscriminate means to achieve a particular result.
  6. An offensive formation in which the quarterback receives the snap at a distance behind the center, often with a running back set to one or both sides of him.
  7. (US, Southern-US) A one-story dwelling with no hallways or corridors, with the rooms arranged in a straight line.

verb6

  1. (US, slang) 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.
  2. (informal) To verbally lay claim to (something)
  3. (slang) To inhale from a pipe or other smoking device, followed shortly by an exhalation into someone else’s mouth.
  4. (US, slang) To send out many (requests, answers to a question, etc), especially in the hope that one obtains a positive result (i.e. reveals useful information, is correct, etc), in the manner of a shotgun firing many balls of shot such that one may hit a target.
  5. To hit the ball directly back at the pitcher.
  6. (slang) To employ the technique of shotgun debugging.
forms

shotgunned · shotgunning · shotguns

Phrases with shotgun

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