shotgun
/ˈʃɑtɡʌn/ noun C1- A gun which fires loads typically consisting of small metal balls, called shot, from a cartridge. · The farmer's son brought home a Thanksgiving turkey from the wild that he killed with his shotgun.
- 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. · I call shotgun!· I call shotgun!
- A one-story dwelling with no hallways or corridors, with the rooms arranged in a straight line. · Elvis Presley was born in a two-bedroom shotgun in Tupelo, Mississippi.
- 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.
- Relating to shotguns, either in a present or past sense. · shotgun cartridges· shotgun seat
- Relating to the threat of force or dubious means. · shotgun wedding· shotgun diplomacy
- Relating to the use of numerous, diverse or indiscriminate means to achieve a particular result. · shotgun marketing· shotgun approach
Plural shotguns
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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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