shotgun

== English == === Alternative forms === shot-gun === Etymology === From shot +‎ gun. Front passenger seat sense comes from ride shotgun. === Pronunciation === (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /ˈʃɒtɡʌn/, [ˈʃʰɒtɡʌn] (General American) IPA(key): /ˈʃɑtɡʌn/, [ˈʃʰɑtɡʌn] (General Australian) IPA(key): /ˈʃɔtɡɐ̞n/, [ˈʃʰɔtɡɐ̞n] Rhymes: -ɒtɡʌn Hyphenation: shot‧gun === Noun === shotgun (countable and uncountable, plural shotguns) (firearms) A gun which fires loads typically consisting of small metal balls, called shot, from a cartridge. Synonym: scattergun Hypernyms: long gun, longarm < firearm < gun < ranged weapon < weapon Hyponyms: sawn-off shotgun, sawed-off shotgun, sawed-off Coordinate terms: rifle, pellet gun; handgun, pistol; see also Thesaurus:firearm (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. Synonym: death seat I call shotgun! ― I claim the right to sit in the passenger seat. I call shotgun! ― I claim the right to this bedroom etc. (US, especially Southern US) A one-story dwelling with no hallways or corridors, with the rooms arranged in a straight line. Synonyms: shotgun house, shotgun shack (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. (attributive, as a modifier) Relating to shotguns, either in a present or past sense. Relating to the threat of force or dubious means. Relating to the use of numerous, diverse or indiscriminate means to achieve a particular result. ==== Derived terms ==== ==== Descendants ==== Greek: σότγκαν (sótgkan) Japanese: → 散弾銃 (sandanjū) (calque), → ショットガン (shottogan) → Korean: 샷건 (syatgeon) → Tok Pisin: sot gan ==== Translations ==== === Verb === shotgun (third-person singular simple present shotguns, present participle shotgunning, simple past and past participle shotgunned) (slang, smoking) To inhale from a pipe or other smoking device, followed shortly by an exhalation into someone else’s mouth. (transitive, informal) To verbally lay claim to (something) (transitive, baseball) To hit the ball directly back at the pitcher. (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. (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. (computing, slang) To employ the technique of shotgun debugging. === Further reading === shotgun on Wikipedia.Wikipedia shotgun house on Wikipedia.Wikipedia === Anagrams === gunshot, hotguns, noughts, unghost, hognuts, hutongs, uhtsong == Portuguese == === Etymology === Unadapted borrowing from English shotgun. === Pronunciation === === Noun === shotgun f (plural shotguns) (firearms) shotgun Synonyms: see Thesaurus:caçadeira ==== Usage notes ==== In Brazil, the term is mostly restricted to video games. === Further reading === “shotgun”, in Dicionário infopédia da Lingua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Porto: Porto Editora, 2003–2026