shotgun
/ˈʃɑtɡʌn/ verb C2- To inhale from a pipe or other smoking device, followed shortly by an exhalation into someone else’s mouth.
- To verbally lay claim to (something) · I got a day off because I shotgunned it.
- To hit the ball directly back at the pitcher.
- 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.
- 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.
- To employ the technique of shotgun debugging.
He/she/it shotguns · Past shotgunned · Past participle shotgunned · -ing form shotgunning
Verb forms
- Base form
- shotgun
- He/she/it
- shotguns
- Past
- shotgunned
- Past participle
- shotgunned
- -ing form
- shotgunning
An irregular verb: learn its past and past participle by heart.
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Douglas has spent most of his life in America, and this shotgun seems to be an American weapon, it would seem that the private grudge is the more likely theory.
It mentioned that his injuries had been in the head, from the discharge of a shotgun.
Lying across his chest was a curious weapon, a shotgun with the barrel sawed off a foot in front of the triggers.
“No doubt it is an American shotgun,” White Mason continued.
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