shotgun marriage

noun4

1. •
   A marriage beginning with (or resulting from) a shotgun wedding.

   • Others explained that a forced marriage was likely to end in an early divorce, so that the child would suffer more in a shotgun marriage than if born out of wedlock. — 1996
2. •
   Such marriages, or such weddings, taken collectively.
3. •
   Used figuratively.
4. •
   A shotgun wedding itself.