English

Alternative spellings
shot-gun

Etymology
From shot + gun.

Noun
en-noun|s|-

1. A gun which fires loads consisting of small metal balls, called shot, from a cartridge.
2. context|slang The front passenger seat in a vehicle, next to the driver.

#: I've got shotgun! (I will sit in the passenger seat.)

1. US 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.

1. fb 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.

Derived terms
double-barrelled shotgun
ride shotgun
sawn-off shotgun / sawed-off shotgun
shotgun sequencing
shotgun shack
shotgun wedding
shotty

Translations
trans-top|A gun
Bulgarian: (ловджий�ка) п��ка f
Danish: haglbøsse c
Dutch: jachtgeweer n
German: Flinte f
Icelandic: haglabyssa f
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Japanese: �弾� (�������, sandanjū)
Korean: ��� (santanchong)
Norwegian: hagle c
Russian: д�обовик (drobovík) m
Spanish: escopeta f
Swedish: hagelgevär n
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trans-top|Front seat
Bulgarian: п�една �едалка f в кола (до �о��о�а) (2)
Icelandic: framhlaðningur m, framsæti n (often with def article)
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Bulgarian: едное�ажна к��а f � п�е�одни поме�ени�, под�едени в �еди�а (3)
Finnish: haulikko
Galician: escopeta f
Hebrew: ר��� צ�� f
Maori: pū hoata
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Polish: strzelba f
Serbian: sa�mara f
Slovene: Å¡ibrenica f
Thai: THchar|�ื�ลู��อ� (bpeun lôok song)
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Verb
en-verb|shotgun|n|ing

1. slang|smoking To inhale from a pipe or other smoking device, followed shortly by an exhalation into someone else�s mouth.
2. informal|transitive To verbally lay claim to (something)

#: I got a day off because I shotguned it.

1. baseball|transitive To hit the ball directly back at the pitcher.
2. US|idiom|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.

Derived terms
shotgun a beer

Adjective
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1. rfd-sense Of or relating to a shotgun.

#: The ground was littered with shotgun shells.

1. Occuring as a result of the threat of force.
2. Utilizing numerous or highly diverse means to achieve a particular result.
3. rfd-sense|This sense is included in "utilizing numerous or highly diverse means to achieve a particular result", newly added context|biology Of laboratory methods applied to a broad spectrum of samples without expecting any particular result.

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