noun Download 🔗Share A gun which fires loads typically consisting of small metal balls, called shot, from a cartridge. Examples : "Meat was cooked up within hours after the hunter killed the deer with his shotgun." weapon military machine Chat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
noun Download 🔗Share 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. Examples : "I call shotgun! (I claim the right to sit in the passenger seat.)" vehicle position history Chat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
noun Download 🔗Share A one-story dwelling with no hallways or corridors, with the rooms arranged in a straight line. Examples : "Elvis Presley was born in a two-bedroom shotgun in Tupelo, Mississippi." architecture property building Chat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
noun Download 🔗Share 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. Examples : "The quarterback lined up in the shotgun on fourth down, hoping to get a first down. " sport position game Chat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
noun Download 🔗Share (as a modifier) Relating to shotguns, either in a present or past sense: e.g. shotgun cartridges, shotgun seat. Examples : "My grandfather kept his shotgun shells in a wooden box on the porch. " weapon vehicle Chat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
noun Download 🔗Share (as a modifier) Relating to the threat of force or dubious means: e.g. shotgun wedding, shotgun diplomacy. Examples : "The politician used shotgun tactics to pressure the country into signing the treaty. " politics war government society action attitude law Chat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
noun Download 🔗Share (as a modifier) Relating to the use of numerous, diverse or indiscriminate means to achieve a particular result: e.g. shotgun marketing, a shotgun approach. Examples : "The company used a shotgun approach to attract new customers, trying many different advertising methods at once. " business Chat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
verb Download 🔗Share (smoking) To inhale from a pipe or other smoking device, followed shortly by an exhalation into someone else’s mouth. Examples : ""My friend shotgunned some vapor to me across the table." " action human body entertainment culture Chat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
verb Download 🔗Share To verbally lay claim to (something) Examples : "I got a day off because I shotgunned it." communication language action Chat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
verb Download 🔗Share To hit the ball directly back at the pitcher. Examples : "The batter shotgunned the ball directly back to the pitcher. " sport game Chat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
verb Download 🔗Share 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. Examples : ""After the softball game, Mike decided to shotgun a soda to celebrate their win." " drink entertainment action Chat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
verb Download 🔗Share 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. Examples : "The teacher shotgunned a series of questions to the students, hoping one of them would reveal who had eaten the last cookie. " communication technology internet computing business Chat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
verb Download 🔗Share To employ the technique of shotgun debugging. Examples : "When the website crashed and we didn't know why, we just shotgunned it by restarting the server, hoping that would fix the problem. " computing technology technical Chat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
