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"Shotgun" Definition
noun
A smoothbore gun that fires shot over short ranges. Also called scattergun.
Source: American Heritage Dictionary
Football An offensive formation, used especially for passing, in which the quarterback receives the snap several yards behind the line of scrimmage.
Source: American Heritage Dictionary
Southern U.S. A house whose architecture is characterized by several rooms joined in a straight line from the front to the back: "Shotguns [are] so named because a shotgun fired through the front door of these long, narrow homes could pass straight through the house and out the back door without hitting any barriers” ( Melissa O. Fryauf). See Regional Note at beignet.
Source: American Heritage Dictionary
A smoothbore shoulder weapon for firing shot at short ranges.
Source: Merriam-Webster
An offensive football formation in which the quarterback plays a few yards behind the line of scrimmage and the other backs are scattered as flankers or slotbacks.
Source: Merriam-Webster
adjective
Covering a wide range in a haphazard or ineffective manner: shotgun methods of testing the hypothesis that wasted time and money.
Source: American Heritage Dictionary
Obtained by or involving by coercion: a shotgun compromise.
Source: American Heritage Dictionary
Of, relating to, or using a shotgun.
Source: American Heritage Dictionary
Of, relating to, or using a shotgun.
Source: Merriam-Webster
Involving coercion.
Source: Merriam-Webster
verb-transitive
To shoot at with a shotgun.
Source: American Heritage Dictionary
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