SHOTGUN (shotgunned, shotgunning)

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Irregular inflected forms: shotgunned    , shotgunning   

 Dictionary entry overview: What does shotgun mean? 

• SHOTGUN (noun)
  The noun SHOTGUN has 1 sense:

1. firearm that is a double-barreled smoothbore shoulder weapon for firing shot at short ranges

  Familiarity information: SHOTGUN used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• SHOTGUN (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Firearm that is a double-barreled smoothbore shoulder weapon for firing shot at short ranges

Classified under:

Nouns denoting man-made objects

Synonyms:

scattergun; shotgun

Hypernyms ("shotgun" is a kind of...):

firearm; piece; small-arm (a portable gun)

Meronyms (parts of "shotgun"):

pump action; slide action (action mechanism in a modern rifle or shotgun; a back and forward motion of a sliding lever ejects the empty shell case and cocks the firearm and loads a new round)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "shotgun"):

fowling piece (a light shotgun used for fowling)

sawed-off shotgun (a shotgun with short barrels)

 Context examples 

The bisulfite-treated sample is subjected to another round of amplification and subsequently analyzed by shotgun sequencing.

(MethylC-Seq, NCI Thesaurus)

Oilskins and sea-boots were hanging from the walls, and here and there rifles and shotguns rested securely in the racks.

(The Sea-Wolf, by Jack London)

The hunters have experimented and practised with their rifles and shotguns till they are satisfied, and the boat-pullers and steerers have made their spritsails, bound the oars and rowlocks in leather and sennit so that they will make no noise when creeping on the seals, and put their boats in apple-pie order—to use Leach’s homely phrase.

(The Sea-Wolf, by Jack London)