ALL meanings of shotgun wedding
shot·gun wed·ding
S s - noun shotgun wedding marriage due to pregnancy 1
- noun shotgun wedding a wedding occasioned or precipitated by pregnancy. 1
- noun shotgun wedding Informal. a compromise, merger, accord, etc., occasioned by necessity: The coalition government was obviously a shotgun wedding. 1
- countable noun shotgun wedding A shotgun wedding is a wedding that has to take place quickly, often because the woman is pregnant. 0
- countable noun shotgun wedding A shotgun wedding is a merger between two companies which takes place in a hurry because one or both of the companies is having difficulties. 0
- noun shotgun wedding a wedding into which one or both partners are coerced, usually because the woman is pregnant 0
- noun shotgun wedding a wedding into which one or both partners are forced, as because of previous sexual intimacy or, esp., pregnancy 0