shotgunn.int.

Originally U.S.

a. A smooth-bore gun (fowling-piece) used for firing small-shot, as distinguished from a rifle for firing a bullet.

ΘΚΠ

the world > food and drink > hunting > shooting > shooting equipment > [noun] > shot-gun or fowling-piece

fowling-piece1596

fowling-gun1647

shotgun1828

scattergun1836

society > armed hostility > military equipment > weapon > device for discharging missiles > firearm > small-arm > [noun] > shotgun

turnabout1801

shotgun1828

scattergun1836

seven-bore1859

twelve-bore1859

twelve-gauge1859

twelve1895

pump1928

1828 J. Hall Lett. from West 86 Luck's like a shot-gun, mighty uncertain.

1835 W. Irving Tour on Prairies xi. 86 The lads of the West holding ‘shot-guns’, as they call them, in great contempt, thinking..the rifle the only fire-arm worthy of a hunter.

1892 W. W. Greener Breech-loader 220 The sportsmanlike use of the shot-gun.

b. elliptical for (a) a shotgun building (sense 2b); (b) = shotgun formation n. at Compounds 2 (American Football).

ΘΚΠ

society > inhabiting and dwelling > inhabited place > a building > building of specific internal arrangement > [noun]

pseudodipter1692

pseudodipteron1706

catacomb1884

warren1922

three-decker1942

shotgun1945

triplex1962

bi-level1965

1945 B. A. Botkin Lay My Burden Down 98 They had to go out and live in sod houses and little old boxed shotguns and turn their Negroes loose.

1966 [see shotgun formation n. at Compounds 2].

1976 Time 19 Jan. 43 Staubach's talent is throwing from the shotgun.

1977 New Yorker 10 Oct. 178/2 Buckley, operating from the shotgun, threw some forty, of which some twenty were valid.

a. Passing into adj. Made or done hastily or under pressure of necessity.

ΘΚΠ

society > authority > subjection > obedience > compulsion > [adjective] > done, produced, or obtained by compulsion

threata1400

constraintc1430

compelled1541

compulsed1541

violent?1550

extorted1552

wrested1565

coacted1570

enforced1576

forced1576

compulsory1581

commandeda1586

coactive1596

infortiate1601

extortious1602

coact1610

compulsive1611

exacted1618

necessitous1632

violented1641

necessary1655

on-forced1656

commandatorya1659

extorsive1669

compellable1677

compulsatory1748

obbligato1780

coerced1877

mandatory1891

shotgun1937

the world > action or operation > manner of action > rapidity or speed of action or operation > [adjective] > acting with haste > hasty or hurried > hastily performed or done

subitary1600

breathless1606

shotgun1937

1937 Sun (Baltimore) 18 Aug. 8/2 Shotgun legislation... Measures pushed through in a last-hour rush.

1962 Economist 7 Apr. 73/1 Mr Sandys's shot-gun reorganisation of the aircraft industry.

1977 Observer 13 Mar. 13/2 By the end of last year, 464 men had been forced to quit, 74 after formal proceedings, the remainder in shotgun resignations.

b. Designating a house or other building with rooms set in a line on either side of a long central hallway. U.S.

ΘΚΠ

society > inhabiting and dwelling > inhabited place > a building > building of specific internal arrangement > [adjective]

roomed1596

storeyed1607

wide-roomed1860

staged1884

walkthrough1920

shotgun1938

split-level1952

open plan1954

step-up1958

raised ranch1960

landscaped1968

open-concept1978

1938 J. Stuart Beyond Dark Hills vi. 156 Their faces wore the blank expression of the Armco plant's shotgun dwelling houses.

1944 T. D. Clark Pills, Petticoats & Plows iii. 56 There was no wiser spot on earth than the porches which jutted out from the long shotgun buildings.

1950 Penguin New Writing 40 67 Your Riverbottom Nigras lived in little shotgun houses.

1964 Amer. Folk Music Occas. No. 1. 92 De Ole souf unroll... Dog-trots and shotgun shantys.

1974 Times 14 Jan. 12/3 The American South is still unmistakably southern..grits at breakfast, blacks living in shotgun shacks.

Categories »

c. quasi-adv. to ride shotgun: see ride v. Phrases 2m.

Compounds

C1. General attributive.

shotgun barrel n.

ΚΠ

1892 W. W. Greener Breech-loader 8 The strain to which a shot~gun barrel is ordinarily subjected.

C2.

shotgun formation n. American Football (see quot. 1966); also figurative.

ΘΚΠ

society > leisure > sport > types of sport or game > ball game > football > American football > [noun] > formations

T-formation1930

umbrella defence1950

pocket1955

shotgun formation1967

O-line1971

wishbone1972

1966 K. Rote & J. Winter Lang. Pro Football iii. 137 Shotgun, offensive formation where quarterback sets four or five yards behind center with other backfield men split out as flankers or slot backs; an offensive formation designed to facilitate sending out as many pass receivers as possible while passer is in safer position to throw.]

1967 Wall St. Jrnl. 30 Jan. 8/5 Mr. Hornung's argument [that his accomplishments constituted educational, artistic, scientific and civic achievements] constitutes ‘a shotgun formation’, the court said.

1972 J. Mosedale Football vi. 91 Hickey installed the shotgun formation, putting the quarterback at tailback where he could pass or run.

shotgun marriage n. originally U.S. = shotgun wedding n. below; also figurative.

ΘΚΠ

society > society and the community > kinship or relationship > marriage or wedlock > wedding or nuptials > [noun] > manner of marrying > in haste or under duress

shotgun wedding1927

shotgun marriage1929

1929 E. W. Howe Plain People xxix. 267 Two people cordially disliked me for years because I thought it best to mention very briefly and respectfully their shot gun marriage.

1958 Manch. Guardian 22 Mar. 4/6 There were references to..the possible shotgun marriage of the ‘Daily Herald’ and the ‘News Chronicle’.

1973 ‘H. Carmichael’ Too Late for Tears xv. 179 Shot-gun marriages went out with the advent of the Pill.

shotgun microphone n. (or colloquialshotgun mike) a highly directional microphone with a long barrel that is pointed at a distant source of sound.

ΘΚΠ

the world > physical sensation > hearing and noise > audibility > sound magnification or reproduction > [noun] > microphone

carbon transmitter1878

microphone1878

carbon microphone1879

pantelephone1881

phonoscope1890

mike1911

condenser microphone1921

magnetophone1922

radio microphone1922

ionophone1924

crystal microphone1925

ribbon microphone1925

radio mike1926

laryngophone1927

velocity microphone1931

ribbon mike1933

pressure microphone1934

bug1936

eight ball1937

ribbon1937

throat microphone1937

throat mike1937

rifle microphone1938

parabolic microphone1939

lip microphone1941

intercept1942

spike mike1950

spy-mike1955

spy-microphone1960

mic1961

rifle mike1961

gun microphone1962

spike microphone1962

shotgun microphone1968

Lavallière1972

wire1973

sneaky1974

multi-mikes1990

1968 J. M. Ullman Lady on Fire (1969) viii. 111 Even if they walked around Curley..could pick up the conversation with a shotgun microphone. The device had a range of several hundred feet.

1972 Jrnl. Social Psychol. 86 30 A shotgun microphone was located to one side of the group to record the verbal interactions.

1978 T. Gifford Glendower Legacy (1979) 187 We used that miserable shotgun mike and believe me, Brennan was watching television and sneezing.

shotgun prescription n. Medicine slang a prescription containing a great number of drugs of various properties.

ΘΚΠ

the world > health and disease > healing > pharmacy > [noun] > prescription or recipe > type of prescription

shotgun prescription1891

1891 Cent. Dict. Shotgun prescription.

1898 in New Sydenham Soc. Lexicon

1913 Times 13 Aug. 4/4 The old ‘shotgun’ prescriptions so justly condemned by modern physicians.

shotgun wedding n. originally U.S. a wedding made in haste or under duress by reason of the bride's pregnancy; also figurative.

ΘΚΠ

society > society and the community > kinship or relationship > marriage or wedlock > wedding or nuptials > [noun] > manner of marrying > in haste or under duress

shotgun wedding1927

shotgun marriage1929

1927 S. Lewis Elmer Gantry ix. 134 There were, in those parts and those days, not infrequent ceremonies known as ‘shotgun weddings’.

1946 Sun (Baltimore) 29 Oct. 1/1 Charges that the veto system was a ‘shotgun wedding’ forced upon the small nations.

1974 E. Huxley Gallipot Eyes (1976) 61 She can't have been more than fourteen when she married. A shot-gun wedding, clearly.

Draft additions March 2014

North American colloquial. The front passenger seat in a vehicle; the chance to sit in this seat on a particular journey (also as int.: used to claim this chance). Frequently attributive, esp. in shotgun seat. Cf. to ride shotgun at ride v. Phrases 2m. to call shotgun: to claim the chance to sit in the front passenger seat of a vehicle on a particular journey, esp. by saying the word ‘shotgun’.In quot. 1940 with reference to the practice of travelling next to the driver of a vehicle as an armed guard: see ride v. Phrases 2m(a).

ΘΚΠ

society > travel > means of travel > a conveyance > vehicle > parts and equipment of vehicles generally > [noun] > seat > of specific type or position

driver's seata1726

side seat1742

driving seat1788

back seata1832

aisle seat1838

car seat1850

reclining seat1857

window seat1862

passenger seat1867

seat-board1873

garden seat1884

bucket-seat1908

shotgun1940

Sleeperette1950

sleeper seat1960

1940 Pony Express Courier Feb. 10/3 Why not immortalize men equally as brave who rode the Shotgun seat on the Old Concord?

1966 R. Gover Poor Boy at Party xvii. 226 He got up and staggered to the shotgun seat and tossed me the keys.

1972 G. Lucas et al. Amer. Graffiti (film script) 55 (Joe heads for the driver's side and Ants and Bean both go for the front passenger door.) Bean. Shotgun! Ants. No, I called it!

1980 Washington Post (Nexis) 3 Dec. d1 A lowered '59 Chevy roars by, and the kid in the shotgun position sticks his head out the window.

1991 C. Reynolds in G. Garrett & P. Ruffin Contemp. Southern Short Fiction 79 ‘Let's go,’ Charlie yelled. ‘Shotgun!’ ‘I already cu-cu-called “shotgun”, g-goddamnit,’ Jackpot yelled.

2001 Bodyboarding Mag. Dec. 55 The first couple of days in Cabo, I tried to get shotgun, but then I knew that that wasn't an option so I tried to get a window seat in the back.

2009 L. Spalding Writing Away p. xix You're actually driving, by the way. I call shotgun.

This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1914; most recently modified version published online September 2020).

shotgunv.

Brit.

/ˈʃɒtɡʌn/, U.S.

/ˈʃɑtˌɡən/

Etymology: < shotgun n.

colloquial (originally and chiefly U.S.).

1. transitive. To shoot with a shotgun. (In quot. a1880 with cognate object to shotgun one's way.)

ΘΚΠ

society > armed hostility > military equipment > operation and use of weapons > action of propelling missile > discharge of firearms > use or operation of small arms > use small arms [verb (transitive)] > shoot with shotgun

shotguna1880

a1880 in G. A. Sala Amer. Revisited I. vi. 87 Our people sabred and shot-gunned their way to liberty.

a1961 Webster (at cited word) An enemy who shotgunned him from ambush.

1977 Washington Post 30 Oct. f6/2 I didn't have to worry about some beer-sodden cowboy shotgunning me right through my sleeping bag.

1978 S. Brill Teamsters i. 23 One of the star prosecution witnesses had been shotgunned to death.

1981 J. Wainwright All on Summer's Day 143 He's the murderer. He shotgunned his wife and her fancy man.

1988 Mod. Painters Autumn 64/2 The..cheesecake..is..the perfect antithesis to a backdrop of plywood canvases shotgunned and spraycanned out in the heart of the country.

2. To force as if with a shotgun; to bring about forcibly.

ΘΚΠ

society > authority > subjection > obedience > compulsion > compel [verb (transitive)]

needeOE

straita1340

pressa1393

afforcea1400

stressa1400

coactc1400

coarctc1400

strainc1400

compulse?a1475

cohert1475

oppress1523

compel1526

forcec1540

to tie to the stake1544

urge1576

adact1615

duressa1626

coerce1659

railroad1889

to twist the tail1895

steamroll1900

steamroller1912

shanghai1919

bulldozer1945

shotguna1961

a1961 A. Roth in Webster (at cited word) Shotgunned western Europe into federal unity.

1978 National Westm. Bank Q. Rev. Nov. 10 No matter how dubious their case, domestic forces can affect trade policy, at least at the margin, by ‘shotgunning’ their import complaints through the expanding number of statutory procedures now available to them.

1982 Fortune 22 Mar. 121/1 I shotgunned a marriage of the two firms to design the project. It lasted about two months. They lacked rapport.

Derivatives

ˈshotgunned adj.

ΘΚΠ

the world > health and disease > ill health > injury > [adjective] > wounded > shot

shot1837

gun-shot1879

shot1934

shotgunned1981

1981 Washington Post 2 July b13/1 Members of a motorcycle gang weighted a shotgunned body with cinderblocks and tossed it into the quarry.

ˈshotˌgunner n.

ΘΚΠ

society > armed hostility > warrior > armed man > [noun] > one armed with or using firearm > one bearing or using handgun > shotgun

shotgunner1975

1975 Victorian (Victoria, Brit. Columbia) 24 Sept. 16/1 Shotgunners after wildfowl are unaffected by the ban.

1988 Oxf. Mail 11 Nov. 1/2 PC Shaw said he was selected as the shotgunner who was to fire if Davies made a threatening move.

ˈshotˌgunning n.

ΘΚΠ

society > authority > subjection > obedience > compulsion > [noun] > action of compelling > as if with violence

shotgunning1978

1978 Business Week 5 June 116 f/2 To avoid lawsuits and government fines..they [sc. chemical producers]..are trying to forestall safety and environmental hazards. Legal shotgunning. The threat of litigation alone is ample incentive.

This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1993; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	shotgun
释义	shotgunn.int. Originally U.S. 1. a. A smooth-bore gun (fowling-piece) used for firing small-shot, as distinguished from a rifle for firing a bullet. ΘΚΠ the world > food and drink > hunting > shooting > shooting equipment > [noun] > shot-gun or fowling-piece fowling-piece1596 fowling-gun1647 shotgun1828 scattergun1836 society > armed hostility > military equipment > weapon > device for discharging missiles > firearm > small-arm > [noun] > shotgun turnabout1801 shotgun1828 scattergun1836 seven-bore1859 twelve-bore1859 twelve-gauge1859 twelve1895 pump1928 1828 J. Hall Lett. from West 86 Luck's like a shot-gun, mighty uncertain. 1835 W. Irving Tour on Prairies xi. 86 The lads of the West holding ‘shot-guns’, as they call them, in great contempt, thinking..the rifle the only fire-arm worthy of a hunter. 1892 W. W. Greener Breech-loader 220 The sportsmanlike use of the shot-gun. b. elliptical for (a) a shotgun building (sense 2b); (b) = shotgun formation n. at Compounds 2 (American Football). ΘΚΠ society > inhabiting and dwelling > inhabited place > a building > building of specific internal arrangement > [noun] pseudodipter1692 pseudodipteron1706 catacomb1884 warren1922 three-decker1942 shotgun1945 triplex1962 bi-level1965 1945 B. A. Botkin Lay My Burden Down 98 They had to go out and live in sod houses and little old boxed shotguns and turn their Negroes loose. 1966 [see shotgun formation n. at Compounds 2]. 1976 Time 19 Jan. 43 Staubach's talent is throwing from the shotgun. 1977 New Yorker 10 Oct. 178/2 Buckley, operating from the shotgun, threw some forty, of which some twenty were valid. 2. a. Passing into adj. Made or done hastily or under pressure of necessity. ΘΚΠ society > authority > subjection > obedience > compulsion > [adjective] > done, produced, or obtained by compulsion threata1400 constraintc1430 compelled1541 compulsed1541 violent?1550 extorted1552 wrested1565 coacted1570 enforced1576 forced1576 compulsory1581 commandeda1586 coactive1596 infortiate1601 extortious1602 coact1610 compulsive1611 exacted1618 necessitous1632 violented1641 necessary1655 on-forced1656 commandatorya1659 extorsive1669 compellable1677 compulsatory1748 obbligato1780 coerced1877 mandatory1891 shotgun1937 the world > action or operation > manner of action > rapidity or speed of action or operation > [adjective] > acting with haste > hasty or hurried > hastily performed or done subitary1600 breathless1606 shotgun1937 1937 Sun (Baltimore) 18 Aug. 8/2 Shotgun legislation... Measures pushed through in a last-hour rush. 1962 Economist 7 Apr. 73/1 Mr Sandys's shot-gun reorganisation of the aircraft industry. 1977 Observer 13 Mar. 13/2 By the end of last year, 464 men had been forced to quit, 74 after formal proceedings, the remainder in shotgun resignations. b. Designating a house or other building with rooms set in a line on either side of a long central hallway. U.S. ΘΚΠ society > inhabiting and dwelling > inhabited place > a building > building of specific internal arrangement > [adjective] roomed1596 storeyed1607 wide-roomed1860 staged1884 walkthrough1920 shotgun1938 split-level1952 open plan1954 step-up1958 raised ranch1960 landscaped1968 open-concept1978 1938 J. Stuart Beyond Dark Hills vi. 156 Their faces wore the blank expression of the Armco plant's shotgun dwelling houses. 1944 T. D. Clark Pills, Petticoats & Plows iii. 56 There was no wiser spot on earth than the porches which jutted out from the long shotgun buildings. 1950 Penguin New Writing 40 67 Your Riverbottom Nigras lived in little shotgun houses. 1964 Amer. Folk Music Occas. No. 1. 92 De Ole souf unroll... Dog-trots and shotgun shantys. 1974 Times 14 Jan. 12/3 The American South is still unmistakably southern..grits at breakfast, blacks living in shotgun shacks. Categories » c. quasi-adv. to ride shotgun: see ride v. Phrases 2m. Compounds C1. General attributive. shotgun barrel n. ΚΠ 1892 W. W. Greener Breech-loader 8 The strain to which a shot~gun barrel is ordinarily subjected. C2. shotgun formation n. American Football (see quot. 1966); also figurative. ΘΚΠ society > leisure > sport > types of sport or game > ball game > football > American football > [noun] > formations T-formation1930 umbrella defence1950 pocket1955 shotgun formation1967 O-line1971 wishbone1972 1966 K. Rote & J. Winter Lang. Pro Football iii. 137 Shotgun, offensive formation where quarterback sets four or five yards behind center with other backfield men split out as flankers or slot backs; an offensive formation designed to facilitate sending out as many pass receivers as possible while passer is in safer position to throw.] 1967 Wall St. Jrnl. 30 Jan. 8/5 Mr. Hornung's argument [that his accomplishments constituted educational, artistic, scientific and civic achievements] constitutes ‘a shotgun formation’, the court said. 1972 J. Mosedale Football vi. 91 Hickey installed the shotgun formation, putting the quarterback at tailback where he could pass or run. shotgun marriage n. originally U.S. = shotgun wedding n. below; also figurative. ΘΚΠ society > society and the community > kinship or relationship > marriage or wedlock > wedding or nuptials > [noun] > manner of marrying > in haste or under duress shotgun wedding1927 shotgun marriage1929 1929 E. W. Howe Plain People xxix. 267 Two people cordially disliked me for years because I thought it best to mention very briefly and respectfully their shot gun marriage. 1958 Manch. Guardian 22 Mar. 4/6 There were references to..the possible shotgun marriage of the ‘Daily Herald’ and the ‘News Chronicle’. 1973 ‘H. Carmichael’ Too Late for Tears xv. 179 Shot-gun marriages went out with the advent of the Pill. shotgun microphone n. (or colloquialshotgun mike) a highly directional microphone with a long barrel that is pointed at a distant source of sound. ΘΚΠ the world > physical sensation > hearing and noise > audibility > sound magnification or reproduction > [noun] > microphone carbon transmitter1878 microphone1878 carbon microphone1879 pantelephone1881 phonoscope1890 mike1911 condenser microphone1921 magnetophone1922 radio microphone1922 ionophone1924 crystal microphone1925 ribbon microphone1925 radio mike1926 laryngophone1927 velocity microphone1931 ribbon mike1933 pressure microphone1934 bug1936 eight ball1937 ribbon1937 throat microphone1937 throat mike1937 rifle microphone1938 parabolic microphone1939 lip microphone1941 intercept1942 spike mike1950 spy-mike1955 spy-microphone1960 mic1961 rifle mike1961 gun microphone1962 spike microphone1962 shotgun microphone1968 Lavallière1972 wire1973 sneaky1974 multi-mikes1990 1968 J. M. Ullman Lady on Fire (1969) viii. 111 Even if they walked around Curley..could pick up the conversation with a shotgun microphone. The device had a range of several hundred feet. 1972 Jrnl. Social Psychol. 86 30 A shotgun microphone was located to one side of the group to record the verbal interactions. 1978 T. Gifford Glendower Legacy (1979) 187 We used that miserable shotgun mike and believe me, Brennan was watching television and sneezing. shotgun prescription n. Medicine slang a prescription containing a great number of drugs of various properties. ΘΚΠ the world > health and disease > healing > pharmacy > [noun] > prescription or recipe > type of prescription shotgun prescription1891 1891 Cent. Dict. Shotgun prescription. 1898 in New Sydenham Soc. Lexicon 1913 Times 13 Aug. 4/4 The old ‘shotgun’ prescriptions so justly condemned by modern physicians. shotgun wedding n. originally U.S. a wedding made in haste or under duress by reason of the bride's pregnancy; also figurative. ΘΚΠ society > society and the community > kinship or relationship > marriage or wedlock > wedding or nuptials > [noun] > manner of marrying > in haste or under duress shotgun wedding1927 shotgun marriage1929 1927 S. Lewis Elmer Gantry ix. 134 There were, in those parts and those days, not infrequent ceremonies known as ‘shotgun weddings’. 1946 Sun (Baltimore) 29 Oct. 1/1 Charges that the veto system was a ‘shotgun wedding’ forced upon the small nations. 1974 E. Huxley Gallipot Eyes (1976) 61 She can't have been more than fourteen when she married. A shot-gun wedding, clearly. Draft additions March 2014 North American colloquial. The front passenger seat in a vehicle; the chance to sit in this seat on a particular journey (also as int.: used to claim this chance). Frequently attributive, esp. in shotgun seat. Cf. to ride shotgun at ride v. Phrases 2m. to call shotgun: to claim the chance to sit in the front passenger seat of a vehicle on a particular journey, esp. by saying the word ‘shotgun’.In quot. 1940 with reference to the practice of travelling next to the driver of a vehicle as an armed guard: see ride v. Phrases 2m(a). ΘΚΠ society > travel > means of travel > a conveyance > vehicle > parts and equipment of vehicles generally > [noun] > seat > of specific type or position driver's seata1726 side seat1742 driving seat1788 back seata1832 aisle seat1838 car seat1850 reclining seat1857 window seat1862 passenger seat1867 seat-board1873 garden seat1884 bucket-seat1908 shotgun1940 Sleeperette1950 sleeper seat1960 1940 Pony Express Courier Feb. 10/3 Why not immortalize men equally as brave who rode the Shotgun seat on the Old Concord? 1966 R. Gover Poor Boy at Party xvii. 226 He got up and staggered to the shotgun seat and tossed me the keys. 1972 G. Lucas et al. Amer. Graffiti (film script) 55 (Joe heads for the driver's side and Ants and Bean both go for the front passenger door.) Bean. Shotgun! Ants. No, I called it! 1980 Washington Post (Nexis) 3 Dec. d1 A lowered '59 Chevy roars by, and the kid in the shotgun position sticks his head out the window. 1991 C. Reynolds in G. Garrett & P. Ruffin Contemp. Southern Short Fiction 79 ‘Let's go,’ Charlie yelled. ‘Shotgun!’ ‘I already cu-cu-called “shotgun”, g-goddamnit,’ Jackpot yelled. 2001 Bodyboarding Mag. Dec. 55 The first couple of days in Cabo, I tried to get shotgun, but then I knew that that wasn't an option so I tried to get a window seat in the back. 2009 L. Spalding Writing Away p. xix You're actually driving, by the way. I call shotgun. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1914; most recently modified version published online September 2020). shotgunv. Brit. /ˈʃɒtɡʌn/, U.S. /ˈʃɑtˌɡən/ Etymology: < shotgun n. colloquial (originally and chiefly U.S.). 1. transitive. To shoot with a shotgun. (In quot. a1880 with cognate object to shotgun one's way.) ΘΚΠ society > armed hostility > military equipment > operation and use of weapons > action of propelling missile > discharge of firearms > use or operation of small arms > use small arms [verb (transitive)] > shoot with shotgun shotguna1880 a1880 in G. A. Sala Amer. Revisited I. vi. 87 Our people sabred and shot-gunned their way to liberty. a1961 Webster (at cited word) An enemy who shotgunned him from ambush. 1977 Washington Post 30 Oct. f6/2 I didn't have to worry about some beer-sodden cowboy shotgunning me right through my sleeping bag. 1978 S. Brill Teamsters i. 23 One of the star prosecution witnesses had been shotgunned to death. 1981 J. Wainwright All on Summer's Day 143 He's the murderer. He shotgunned his wife and her fancy man. 1988 Mod. Painters Autumn 64/2 The..cheesecake..is..the perfect antithesis to a backdrop of plywood canvases shotgunned and spraycanned out in the heart of the country. 2. To force as if with a shotgun; to bring about forcibly. ΘΚΠ society > authority > subjection > obedience > compulsion > compel [verb (transitive)] needeOE straita1340 pressa1393 afforcea1400 stressa1400 coactc1400 coarctc1400 strainc1400 compulse?a1475 cohert1475 oppress1523 compel1526 forcec1540 to tie to the stake1544 urge1576 adact1615 duressa1626 coerce1659 railroad1889 to twist the tail1895 steamroll1900 steamroller1912 shanghai1919 bulldozer1945 shotguna1961 a1961 A. Roth in Webster (at cited word) Shotgunned western Europe into federal unity. 1978 National Westm. Bank Q. Rev. Nov. 10 No matter how dubious their case, domestic forces can affect trade policy, at least at the margin, by ‘shotgunning’ their import complaints through the expanding number of statutory procedures now available to them. 1982 Fortune 22 Mar. 121/1 I shotgunned a marriage of the two firms to design the project. It lasted about two months. They lacked rapport. Derivatives ˈshotgunned adj. ΘΚΠ the world > health and disease > ill health > injury > [adjective] > wounded > shot shot1837 gun-shot1879 shot1934 shotgunned1981 1981 Washington Post 2 July b13/1 Members of a motorcycle gang weighted a shotgunned body with cinderblocks and tossed it into the quarry. ˈshotˌgunner n. ΘΚΠ society > armed hostility > warrior > armed man > [noun] > one armed with or using firearm > one bearing or using handgun > shotgun shotgunner1975 1975 Victorian (Victoria, Brit. Columbia) 24 Sept. 16/1 Shotgunners after wildfowl are unaffected by the ban. 1988 Oxf. Mail 11 Nov. 1/2 PC Shaw said he was selected as the shotgunner who was to fire if Davies made a threatening move. ˈshotˌgunning n. ΘΚΠ society > authority > subjection > obedience > compulsion > [noun] > action of compelling > as if with violence shotgunning1978 1978 Business Week 5 June 116 f/2 To avoid lawsuits and government fines..they [sc. chemical producers]..are trying to forestall safety and environmental hazards. Legal shotgunning. The threat of litigation alone is ample incentive. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1993; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.int.1828v.a1880
随便看	seek seek a hare in a hen's nest seek a knot in a bulrush seek a knot in a ring seek a knot or knots in a rush or bulrush seek a livelihood seek a saint or hallow seek after seek again(s seek all the corners of the saddle seek all the seats of the saddle seek asunder seek creeks seek dead seek expression seek find a knot in a bulrush seek for seek for a salmon's nest seek hallows seek matter seek on seek one's best seek one's best avail seek one's fortune seek out