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shotgun

/ˈʃɑtɡʌn/ verbo C2

En español: beber de golpe perforando la lata, pedirse el asiento delantero

  1. To inhale from a pipe or other smoking device, followed shortly by an exhalation into someone else’s mouth. (slang)
  2. To verbally lay claim to (something) (informal, transitive) · I got a day off because I shotgunned it.
  3. To hit the ball directly back at the pitcher. (transitive)
  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. (US, slang)
  5. 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. (US, slang)
  6. To employ the technique of shotgun debugging. (slang)

He/she/it shotguns · Pasado shotgunned · Participio pasado shotgunned · Forma en -ing shotgunning

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Pasado
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Participio pasado
shotgunned
Forma en -ing
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De la biblioteca

The big man had been wakened by the noise, and had fired both barrels of a shotgun into Nag just behind the hood.
The Jungle Book, p. 76 · B2
It mentioned that his injuries had been in the head, from the discharge of a shotgun.
The Valley of Fear, p. 20 · C1
Lying across his chest was a curious weapon, a shotgun with the barrel sawed off a foot in front of the triggers.
The Valley of Fear, p. 27 · C1
“No doubt it is an American shotgun,” White Mason continued.
The Valley of Fear, p. 35 · C1

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