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1.nounA gun which fires loads typically consisting of small metal balls, called shot, from a cartridge."Meat was cooked up within hours after the hunter killed the deer with his shotgun."
2.nounThe 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."I call shotgun! (I claim the right to sit in the passenger seat.)"
3.nounA one-story dwelling with no hallways or corridors, with the rooms arranged in a straight line."Elvis Presley was born in a two-bedroom shotgun in Tupelo, Mississippi."
4.nounAn 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.
5.noun(as a modifier) Relating to shotguns, either in a present or past sense: e.g. shotgun cartridges, shotgun seat.
6.noun(as a modifier) Relating to the threat of force or dubious means: e.g. shotgun wedding, shotgun diplomacy.
7.noun(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.
8.verb(smoking) To inhale from a pipe or other smoking device, followed shortly by an exhalation into someone else’s mouth.
9.verbTo verbally lay claim to (something)"I got a day off because I shotgunned it."
10.verbTo hit the ball directly back at the pitcher.
11.verbTo 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.
12.verbTo 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.
13.verbTo employ the technique of shotgun debugging.