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1. (n.) shotgun
a smoothbore gun for firing small shot to kill birds and small quadrupeds, though often used with buckshot to kill larger animals.
2. shotgun
a football passing formation in which the quarterback lines up several yards behind the line of scrimmage.
3. (adj.) shotgun
pertaining to, or carried out with a shotgun.
4. shotgun
gained or characterized by coercive methods.
5. shotgun
tending to be wide-ranging, but haphazard:
the shotgun approach to buying stocks.
6. shotgun
having all the rooms in a line from front to back:
a shotgun apartment.
7. (v.t.) shotgun
to fire a shotgun at.
Etymology: (1770–80)
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| Definition of 'shotgun' |
Princeton's WordNet |
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1. (noun) shotgun, scattergun
firearm that is a double-barreled smoothbore shoulder weapon for firing shot at short ranges
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| Definition of 'shotgun' |
Webster Dictionary |
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1. (noun) shotgun
a light, smooth-bored gun, often double-barreled, especially designed for firing small shot at short range, and killing small game
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Sense: a type of rifle that fires shot
a double-barrelled shotgun.
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 Afrikaans: haelgeweer |
 Arabic: بُنْدُقِيَّة صَيْد |
 Bulgarian: ловждийска пушка |
 Brazilian: espingarda |
 Czech: brokovnice |
 German: die Schrotflinte |
 Danish: haglgevær |
 Greek: κυνηγετικό όπλο |
 Spanish: escopeta |
 Estonian: haavlipüss |
 Farsi: تفنگ دولول |
 Finnish: haulikko |
 French: fusil de chasse |
 Hebrew: רוֹבֵה צַיִד |
 Hindi: कंधे वाली बंदूक |
 Croatian: sačmarica |
 Hungarian: (sörétes) vadászpuska |
 Indonesian: senapan berburu |
 Icelandic: haglabyssa |
 Italian: (fucile da caccia) |
 Japanese: 散弾銃 |
 Korean: 산탄총, 엽총 |
 Lithuanian: šautuvas |
 Latvian: bise |
 Malay: senapang patah |
 Dutch: jachtgeweer |
 Norwegian: haglbørse |
 Polish: strzelba |
 Persian: تفنگ دولول |
 Pashto: ښكاري توپك، لنډتوپك |
 Portuguese: espingarda |
 Romanian: puşcă de vânătoare |
 Russian: дробовик |
 Slovak: brokovnica |
 Slovenian: lovska puška |
 Serbian: sačmara |
 Swedish: hagelgevär, -bössa |
 Thai: ปืนล่าสัตว์ |
 Turkish: av tüfeği, çifte |
 Taiwanese: 散彈槍 |
 Ukrainian: дробовик |
 Urdu: تھوڑی مار کی سپال نال وال |
 Vietnamese: súng săn |
 Chinese: 霰弹枪，鸟枪 |
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