shotgun (redirected from shotguns)

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

Noun

a gun for firing a charge of shot at short range

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 [ˈʃɔtgʌn] n → escopeta

shotgun [ˈʃɔtgʌn] shot n → fusil m de chasse

shotgun [ˈʃɔtgʌn] shot n → Schrotflinte f

shotgun [ˈʃɔtgʌn] n → fucile m da caccia