Shotgun
noun
A type of gun with a broad firing range.
He used a shotgun to go hunting ducks.
Often appears as...
- sawed-off shotgun
- shotgun shell
noun
The front passenger seat in a vehicle.
I called shotgun, so I get to sit in the front.
Often appears as...
- call shotgun
- ride shotgun
Usage tips
Informal
Colloquial
noun
A method in genetic engineering where DNA is fired into cells.
The shotgun method is used to insert new genetic material into cells.
Often appears as...
- shotgun cloning
- shotgun sequencing
Usage tips
Technical
adjective
Very thin, narrow.
They lived in a shotgun house, which was long and narrow.
Often appears as...
- shotgun apartment
- shotgun floor plan
verb
To drink an entire can of beer quickly by making a hole in the bottom of the can and opening the top to let air in.
At the party, they decided to shotgun a can of beer.
Often appears as...
- shotgun a beer
- shotgun drinking
Usage tips
Informal, Disapproving
Colloquial
noun
A type of gun with a broad firing range.
He used a shotgun to go hunting ducks.
Often appears as...
- sawed-off shotgun
- shotgun shell
noun
The front passenger seat in a vehicle.
I called shotgun, so I get to sit in the front.
Often appears as...
- call shotgun
- ride shotgun
Usage tips
Informal
Colloquial
noun
A method in genetic engineering where DNA is fired into cells.
The shotgun method is used to insert new genetic material into cells.
Often appears as...
- shotgun cloning
- shotgun sequencing
Usage tips
Technical
adjective
Very thin, narrow.
They lived in a shotgun house, which was long and narrow.
Often appears as...
- shotgun apartment
- shotgun floor plan
verb
To drink an entire can of beer quickly by making a hole in the bottom of the can and opening the top to let air in.
At the party, they decided to shotgun a can of beer.
Often appears as...
- shotgun a beer
- shotgun drinking
Usage tips
Informal, Disapproving
Colloquial
Definition 1 of 5
Pro Tip 1/3Hunting Context
Usually referenced in hunting and indicates a wide spread of shot.
Pack your shotgun; the hunting season starts tomorrow.
Pro Tip 2/3Personal Defense
Often used to imply personal defense or home security.
He keeps a shotgun for home defense.
Pro Tip 3/3Cultural References
Commonly seen in Western movies and symbolizes frontier defense.
The cowboy carried a shotgun on his horse.
Pro Tip 1/3Hunting Context
Usually referenced in hunting and indicates a wide spread of shot.
Pack your shotgun; the hunting season starts tomorrow.
Pro Tip 2/3Personal Defense
Often used to imply personal defense or home security.
He keeps a shotgun for home defense.
Pro Tip 3/3Cultural References
Commonly seen in Western movies and symbolizes frontier defense.
The cowboy carried a shotgun on his horse.
Pro Tip 1/3Hunting Context
Usually referenced in hunting and indicates a wide spread of shot.
Pack your shotgun; the hunting season starts tomorrow.
Pro Tip 2/3Personal Defense
Often used to imply personal defense or home security.
He keeps a shotgun for home defense.
Pro Tip 3/3Cultural References
Commonly seen in Western movies and symbolizes frontier defense.
The cowboy carried a shotgun on his horse.
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Video examples
Living Off the Land PIPE...
as powerful as a shotgun really try to take out one of these targets a throwing stick is a handmade wooden tool with a sharpened end when thrown sideways it is an effective hunting weapon for small games such as rabbits sidearm just like a martial arts punch is that spinning action of this
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Big-Ass Rocket PIPE Rocket...
to blow on the parachute we're had if something went wrong you got it my family's a gastronomic got injured because our purse you didn't deploy so believe me I know how important this test is you capturing the Gunpowder where it can compress yes I mean shotgun shells you say it was
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Introducing a New Baby...
of bombshell or shotgun if you like out into the wilderness and they can lose each other very quickly and then they need to find each other very quickly so they have these sort of satellite dish ears that help them to find each other they listen to the sounds they can
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Inside an Antarctic time...
activity earlier this year the researchers lowered the drill an extra hundred feet deeper into the ice every day and another three hundred and sixty five years deeper into the past periodically they remove cylinder of ice like gamekeepers popping a spent shotgun
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Tales from a modern...
law started to trickle through City Hall this is what they do they take them along with all the other muhabba Lou we're talking slot machines brass knuckles shotguns knives counterfeit subway slugs they take them all they put them onto a barge they go
Video examples
Target Practice for...
weren't that steep and I don't know maybe they didn't there's just one problem I've never hunted before this is all new for me and we need a shotgun so they're paying a visit to a neighbor who might be able to help no I know what dad's
Video examples
Making a Deal With a...
He's challenging me to see who's the craziest in the room, is it him or is it me? And as we got deeper into the jungle, we got to a farmhouse. I noticed that there were farm workers who were also carrying shotguns and rifles.
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Lee Hotz: Inside an...
a cylinder of ice, like gamekeepers popping a spent shotgun shell from the barrel of a drill. They inspect it, they check it for cracks, for drill damage, for spalls, for chips. More importantly,
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How to disrupt...
I always felt like my country was cheering me on I don't think today that little black boys and girls living in shotgun shacks or in housing projects in America cities feel like America is
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Shark Repellent...
the repellent by hand there are some pictures done there they're a good a good couple of meters which I don't think I was quite expecting I was expecting to play smaller shotgun
Video examples
Living Off the Land PIPE...
as powerful as a shotgun really try to take out one of these targets a throwing stick is a handmade wooden tool with a sharpened end when thrown sideways it is an effective hunting weapon for small games such as rabbits sidearm just like a martial arts punch is that spinning action of this
Video examples
Big-Ass Rocket PIPE Rocket...
to blow on the parachute we're had if something went wrong you got it my family's a gastronomic got injured because our purse you didn't deploy so believe me I know how important this test is you capturing the Gunpowder where it can compress yes I mean shotgun shells you say it was
Video examples
Introducing a New Baby...
of bombshell or shotgun if you like out into the wilderness and they can lose each other very quickly and then they need to find each other very quickly so they have these sort of satellite dish ears that help them to find each other they listen to the sounds they can
Video examples
Inside an Antarctic time...
activity earlier this year the researchers lowered the drill an extra hundred feet deeper into the ice every day and another three hundred and sixty five years deeper into the past periodically they remove cylinder of ice like gamekeepers popping a spent shotgun
Video examples
Tales from a modern...
law started to trickle through City Hall this is what they do they take them along with all the other muhabba Lou we're talking slot machines brass knuckles shotguns knives counterfeit subway slugs they take them all they put them onto a barge they go
Video examples
Target Practice for...
weren't that steep and I don't know maybe they didn't there's just one problem I've never hunted before this is all new for me and we need a shotgun so they're paying a visit to a neighbor who might be able to help no I know what dad's
Video examples
Making a Deal With a...
He's challenging me to see who's the craziest in the room, is it him or is it me? And as we got deeper into the jungle, we got to a farmhouse. I noticed that there were farm workers who were also carrying shotguns and rifles.
Video examples
Lee Hotz: Inside an...
a cylinder of ice, like gamekeepers popping a spent shotgun shell from the barrel of a drill. They inspect it, they check it for cracks, for drill damage, for spalls, for chips. More importantly,
Video examples
How to disrupt...
I always felt like my country was cheering me on I don't think today that little black boys and girls living in shotgun shacks or in housing projects in America cities feel like America is
Video examples
Shark Repellent...
the repellent by hand there are some pictures done there they're a good a good couple of meters which I don't think I was quite expecting I was expecting to play smaller shotgun
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Quote examples
Jennifer Lawrence
American Actress
My cousin cleaned out a shotgun for me and let me carry it around the house, because he said, 'Anybody who knows anything about guns is going to know in a second if someone has held a gun before.' I didn't want to be that person. I wanted to be practiced.
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Suze Orman
American Author
The prenup needs to be drawn up months before the wedding, not days - it's not something you slap together and sign in the car on the way to the ceremony. A shotgun prenup might not hold up in court.
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Barack Obama
American President
We can't have special interests sitting shotgun. We gotta have middle class families up in front. We don't mind the Republicans joining us. They can come for the ride, but they gotta sit in back.
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Becca Kufrin
American Celebrity
When my dad proposed to my mom, instead of giving her an engagement ring, he gave her an engagement shotgun. Because he loved to hunt and wanted to spend time with her doing that.
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Nick Harkaway
English Novelist
Gone-Away World' was a shotgun blast, an explosion out of the box I'd put myself into writing film scripts. 'Tigerman' is shorter, tighter, more crafted.
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Anson Mount
American Actor
I grew up hunting with shotguns and rifles, and we had a gun in every corner of the living room. I'm not a gun advocate, but that's the way I grew up.
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Norman Schwarzkopf
American General
I've managed to convince my wife that somewhere in the Bible it says, 'Man cannot have too many shotguns and fishing poles.
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Dashiell Hammett
American Author
It's sometimes better to pretend I don't hear the sound of somebody in the nearby woods with a shotgun.
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Terry Rozier
American Athlete
When I say I saw shotguns and pistols in the house, I saw them. It was what I grew up around.
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Liz Smith
American Journalist
All weddings, except those with shotguns in evidence, are wonderful.
Quote examples
Jennifer Lawrence
American Actress
My cousin cleaned out a shotgun for me and let me carry it around the house, because he said, 'Anybody who knows anything about guns is going to know in a second if someone has held a gun before.' I didn't want to be that person. I wanted to be practiced.
Quote examples
Suze Orman
American Author
The prenup needs to be drawn up months before the wedding, not days - it's not something you slap together and sign in the car on the way to the ceremony. A shotgun prenup might not hold up in court.
Quote examples
Barack Obama
American President
We can't have special interests sitting shotgun. We gotta have middle class families up in front. We don't mind the Republicans joining us. They can come for the ride, but they gotta sit in back.
Quote examples
Becca Kufrin
American Celebrity
When my dad proposed to my mom, instead of giving her an engagement ring, he gave her an engagement shotgun. Because he loved to hunt and wanted to spend time with her doing that.
Quote examples
Nick Harkaway
English Novelist
Gone-Away World' was a shotgun blast, an explosion out of the box I'd put myself into writing film scripts. 'Tigerman' is shorter, tighter, more crafted.
Quote examples
Anson Mount
American Actor
I grew up hunting with shotguns and rifles, and we had a gun in every corner of the living room. I'm not a gun advocate, but that's the way I grew up.
Quote examples
Norman Schwarzkopf
American General
I've managed to convince my wife that somewhere in the Bible it says, 'Man cannot have too many shotguns and fishing poles.
Quote examples
Dashiell Hammett
American Author
It's sometimes better to pretend I don't hear the sound of somebody in the nearby woods with a shotgun.
Quote examples
Terry Rozier
American Athlete
When I say I saw shotguns and pistols in the house, I saw them. It was what I grew up around.
Quote examples
Liz Smith
American Journalist
All weddings, except those with shotguns in evidence, are wonderful.
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