shotgun

shot·gun  (shtgn)

n.

1. A smoothbore gun that fires shot over short ranges. Also called scattergun.

2. Football An offensive formation, used especially for passing, in which the quarterback receives the snap several yards behind the line of scrimmage.

3. Southern U.S. A house whose architecture is characterized by several rooms joined in a straight line from the front to the back: "Shotguns [are] so named because a shotgun fired through the front door of these long, narrow homes could pass straight through the house and out the back door without hitting any barriers" (Melissa O. Fryauf). See Regional Note at beignet.

adj.

1. Of, relating to, or using a shotgun.

2. Obtained by or involving by coercion: a shotgun compromise.

3. Covering a wide range in a haphazard or ineffective manner: shotgun methods of testing the hypothesis that wasted time and money.

tr.v. shot·gunned, shot·gun·ning, shot·guns

To shoot at with a shotgun.

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shotgun [ˈʃɒtˌgʌn]

n

1. (Military / Firearms, Gunnery, Ordnance & Artillery)

a.  a shoulder firearm with unrifled bore designed for the discharge of small shot at short range and used mainly for hunting small game

b.  (as modifier) shotgun fire

2. (Team Sports / American Football) American football an offensive formation in which the quarterback lines up for a snap unusually far behind the line of scrimmage

adj

1. Chiefly US involving coercion or duress a shotgun merger

2. Chiefly US involving or relying on speculative suggestions, etc. a shotgun therapy

vb -guns, -gunning, -gunned

(Military / Firearms, Gunnery, Ordnance & Artillery) (tr) US to shoot or threaten with or as if with a shotgun

Thesaurus

Noun

1.

shotgun - firearm that is a double-barreled smoothbore shoulder weapon for firing shot at short ranges scattergun firearm, small-arm, piece - a portable gun; "he wore his firearm in a shoulder holster" fowling piece - a light shotgun used for fowling pump action, slide action - action mechanism in a modern rifle or shotgun; a back and forward motion of a sliding lever ejects the empty shell case and cocks the firearm and loads a new round sawed-off shotgun - a shotgun with short barrels

Translations

shotgun [ˈʃɒtgʌn]

A. N → escopeta f

B. CPD shotgun marriage, shotgun wedding N → casamiento m a la fuerza
to have a shotgun wedding → casarse a la fuerza, casarse de penalty

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shotgun [ˈʃɒtgʌn]

n → fusil m de chasse

modif [blast, pellets] → de fusil de chasse; [wound] → causé(e) par un coup de fusil de chasse
shotgun wedding n → mariage souvent dû au fait que la mariée est enceinte)m précipité >
shot put n → lancer m du poids
shot putter n → lanceur/euse m/f de poids
shot silk n → soie f changeante

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shotgun [ˈʃɒtˌgʌn] n → fucile m da caccia

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shotgun [ˈʃɒtˌgʌn] n → fucile m da caccia

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shotgun → بندقية رش puška haglgevær Schrotflinte κυνηγετικό όπλο escopeta haulikko fusil puška fucile da caccia 散弾銃 산탄총 jachtgeweer hagle śrutówka espingarda дробовик hagelbössa ปืนล่าสัตว์ kısa menzilli silah súng săn 短枪