Definitions from Wiktionary (shotgun)
▸ noun: (firearms) A gun which fires loads typically consisting of small metal balls, called shot, from a cartridge.
▸ noun: (slang) 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.
▸ noun: (US, especially Southern US) A one-story dwelling with no hallways or corridors, with the rooms arranged in a straight line.
▸ noun: (American football) 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.
▸ noun: (attributive, as a modifier) Relating to shotguns, either in a present or past sense.
▸ noun: (attributive, as a modifier) Relating to the threat of force or dubious means.
▸ noun: (attributive, as a modifier) Relating to the use of numerous, diverse or indiscriminate means to achieve a particular result.
▸ verb: (slang, smoking) To inhale from a pipe or other smoking device, followed shortly by an exhalation into someone else’s mouth.
▸ verb: (transitive, informal) To verbally lay claim to (something)
▸ verb: (transitive, baseball) To hit the ball directly back at the pitcher.
▸ verb: (US, 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.
▸ verb: (US, slang) 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.
▸ verb: (computing, slang) To employ the technique of shotgun debugging.
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▸ noun: (firearms) A gun which fires loads typically consisting of small metal balls, called shot, from a cartridge.
▸ noun: (slang) 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.
▸ noun: (US, especially Southern US) A one-story dwelling with no hallways or corridors, with the rooms arranged in a straight line.
▸ noun: (American football) 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.
▸ noun: (attributive, as a modifier) Relating to shotguns, either in a present or past sense.
▸ noun: (attributive, as a modifier) Relating to the threat of force or dubious means.
▸ noun: (attributive, as a modifier) Relating to the use of numerous, diverse or indiscriminate means to achieve a particular result.
▸ verb: (slang, smoking) To inhale from a pipe or other smoking device, followed shortly by an exhalation into someone else’s mouth.
▸ verb: (transitive, informal) To verbally lay claim to (something)
▸ verb: (transitive, baseball) To hit the ball directly back at the pitcher.
▸ verb: (US, 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.
▸ verb: (US, slang) 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.
▸ verb: (computing, slang) To employ the technique of shotgun debugging.
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scattergun,
shot-gun,
shot,
shotshell,
birdshot,
shotty,
one-shot,
round shot,
cartouche,
solid shot,
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