Transcription
-
- US Pronunciation
- US IPA
- UK Pronunciation
- UK IPA
-
- [shot-guhn]
- /ˈʃɒtˌgʌn/
- /ˈʃɒt.ɡʌn/
-
- US Pronunciation
- US IPA
-
- [shot-guhn]
- /ˈʃɒtˌgʌn/
Definitions of shotgun word
- noun shotgun a smoothbore gun for firing small shots to kill birds and small quadrupeds, though often used with buckshot to kill larger animals. 1
- noun shotgun Football. an offensive formation, designed primarily for passing situations, in which the backfield is spread out with the quarterback positioned a few yards behind the center and the other backs, as potential pass receivers, positioned as slotbacks or flankers. 1
- adjective shotgun of, pertaining to, used in, or carried out with a shotgun: a shotgun murder; shotgun pellets. 1
- adjective shotgun covering a wide area in an irregularly effective manner without concern for details or particulars; tending to be all-inclusive, nonselective, and haphazard; indiscriminate in choice and indifferent to specific results: He favored the shotgun approach in his political attacks. 1
- adjective shotgun seeking a desired result through the use or inclusion of a wide variety of elements. 1
- adjective shotgun having all the rooms opening one into the next in a line from front to back: shotgun apartment; shotgun cottage. 1
Information block about the term
Origin of shotgun
First appearance:
before 1770 One of the 46% newest English words
An Americanism dating back to 1770-80; shot1 + gun1
Historical Comparancy
Parts of speech for Shotgun
noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
shotgun popularity
A common word. It’s meaning is known to most children of preschool age. About 95% of English native speakers know the meaning and use the word.
Most Europeans know this English word. The frequency of it’s usage is somewhere between "mom" and "screwdriver".
shotgun usage trend in Literature
This diagram is provided by Google Ngram ViewerSynonyms for shotgun
noun shotgun
- anlace — a medieval short dagger with a broad tapering blade
- arbalest — a large medieval crossbow, usually cocked by mechanical means
- archery — Archery is a sport in which people shoot arrows at a target using a bow.
- assegai — a southern African cornaceous tree, Curtisia faginea, the wood of which is used for making spears
- atlatl — a wooden implement used to throw a spear or similar weapon at a greater speed or distance as used by Native Americans
verb shotgun
- babysit — If you babysit for someone or babysit their children, you look after their children while they are out.
- chambered — having a chamber inside it in which the body of an important person was laid to rest
- chambering — a room, usually private, in a house or apartment, especially a bedroom: She retired to her chamber.
- coerce — If you coerce someone into doing something, you make them do it, although they do not want to.
- compel — If a situation, a rule, or a person compels you to do something, they force you to do it.
Top questions with shotgun
- how to shotgun a beer?
- what distance should be used to pattern a shotgun?
- how to clean a shotgun?
- what is a shotgun wedding?
- how to load a semi auto shotgun?
- how to shoot a shotgun?
- how to shotgun a beer fast?
- what is a shotgun house?
- how to hold a shotgun?
- how to pattern a shotgun?
- how to draw a shotgun?
- how to shotgun beer?
- what does shotgun mean?
See also
Matching words
- Words starting with s
- Words starting with sh
- Words starting with sho
- Words starting with shot
- Words starting with shotg
- Words starting with shotgu
- Words starting with shotgun