shotgun

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Synonyms: shogun, hotgun, shot gun, shot-gun

Antonyms: shogun, hotgun, shot gun, shot-gun

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Noun

{{senseid|en|Q486396}}{{lb|en|firearms}} A gun which fires loads typically consisting of small metal balls, called shot, from a cartridge.
{{senseid|en|passenger}}{{lb|en|slang}} The front passenger seat in a vehicle, next to the driver; so called because the position of the shotgun-armed guard on a horse-drawn [[stage-coach]], [[wagon train]], or gold transport was next to the driver on a forward-mounted bench seat. Can also be used in situations of claiming other resources such as bedrooms.
{{senseid|en|shack}}{{lb|en|US|especially|Southern US}} A one-story [[dwelling]] with no hallways or corridors, with the rooms arranged in a straight line.
{{senseid|en|offensive formation}}{{lb|en|American football}} An offensive formation in which the [[quarterback]] receives the [[snap]] at a distance behind the [[center]], often with a [[running back]] set to one or both sides of him.
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{{lb|en|slang|smoking}} To inhale from a pipe or other smoking device, followed shortly by an exhalation into someone else’s mouth.
{{lb|en|transitive|informal}} To verbally [[lay claim]] to (something)
{{lb|en|transitive|baseball}} To hit the ball directly back at the pitcher.
{{lb|en|US|slang}} To rapidly drink a beverage from a can by making a hole in the bottom of the can, placing the hole above one's mouth, and opening the top.
{{lb|en|US|slang}} To send out many (requests, answers to a question, etc), especially in the hope that one obtains a positive result (i.e. reveals useful information, is correct, etc), in the manner of a shotgun firing many balls of shot such that one may hit a target.
{{lb|en|computing|slang}} To employ the technique of [[shotgun debugging]].

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