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shotgun
(ʃɒtgʌn)
Word forms: plural shotguns
countable noun
A shotgun is a gun used for shooting birds and animals which fires a lot of small metal balls at one time.
shotgun in British English
(ˈʃɒtˌɡʌn)
noun
1.
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. American football
an offensive formation in which the quarterback lines up for a snap unusually far behind the line of scrimmage
adjective
3. mainly US
involving coercion or duress
a shotgun merger
4. mainly US
involving or relying on speculative suggestions, etc
a shotgun therapy
verbWord forms: -guns, -gunning or -gunned
5. (transitive) US
to shoot or threaten with or as if with a shotgun
shotgun in American English
(ˈʃɑtˌgʌn)
noun
1.
a smoothbore gun, usually used for firing a charge of shot at short range, as in hunting small game
2. American Football
an offensive formation, esp. for passing, in which the quarterback takes the snap while standing several yards behind the line of scrimmage
: often shotgun formation verb transitive, verb intransitive
3.
to shoot, force, or threaten with a shotgun
adjective
4.
done or made under duress
5.
with no fixed direction or target
6.
designating a long, narrow house, apartment, etc. with rooms arranged one behind the other
Idioms:
ride shotgun
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Terms used in American football, gunIn other languagesshotgun
British English: shotgun /ˈʃɒtˌɡʌn/ NOUN
A shotgun is a gun which fires a lot of small metal balls at one time.
- American English: shotgun
- Arabic: بُنْدُقِيَّةٌ رَشّ
- Brazilian Portuguese: espingarda
- Chinese: 霰弹枪
- Croatian: sačmarica
- Czech: puška
- Danish: haglgevær
- Dutch: jachtgeweer
- European Spanish: escopeta
- Finnish: haulikko
- French: fusil
- German: Schrotflinte
- Greek: κυνηγετικό όπλο
- Italian: fucile da caccia
- Japanese: 散弾銃
- Korean: 산탄총
- Norwegian: hagle
- Polish: śrutówka
- European Portuguese: espingarda
- Romanian: pușcă
- Russian: дробовик
- Latin American Spanish: escopeta
- Swedish: hagelbössa
- Thai: ปืนล่าสัตว์
- Turkish: kısa menzilli silah
- Ukrainian: дробовик
- Vietnamese: súng săn
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Chinese translation of 'shotgun'
shotgun
(ˈʃɔtɡʌn)
n (c)
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霰弹(彈)枪(槍)
(xiàndànqiāng) (支, zhī)