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

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(1) There are rumblings that some high up in the organization will encourage the new coaching staff to include the shotgun formation in the offense.(2) In simple terms, it was a shotgun formation with two receivers to each side.(3) He's signalling to the ref that they are to shotgun the beers!(4) On offer are two handguns, a shotgun , a machine gun, a Gatling gun, a grenade launcher, a rocket launcher and a plasma rifle.(5) If you're using a shotgun at short range you'll generally score a hit, but with a handgun at long range you end up wasting ammo more than anything else.(6) In the first week of the amnesty, eight weapons were surrendered to Bolton police, including a rifle, a shotgun , three air rifles, two air pistols and an imitation gun.(7) So with seven yards needed for the first down, the offense lined up in a shotgun formation and went for it.(8) He also believes the shotgun can disrupt a quarterback's rhythm with his receivers.(9) Two firearms, a shotgun and a rifle, were confiscated at the scene.(10) He was captured with an assault rifle, a shotgun , and two pistols.(11) Early in the season, Moore struggled with snaps out of the shotgun formation.(12) Final returns are still being evaluated, but the haul includes hand guns, rifles, shotguns , air guns and imitation firearms.(13) I quoted a player who'd been shotgunned by drug dealers; the next time I saw him, he was in a wheelchair with two broken legs.(14) At his home they found two shotguns , two assault rifles, two revolvers, a ballistic helmet, a flak jacket, a gas mask and white supremacist paraphernalia.(15) They include revolvers, rifles, shotguns , air pistols, airsoft pistols, air rifles, blank-firers, replicas and toy handguns.(16) So now the authorities will try to gather evidence to find out where the haul of rifles, shotguns , revolvers and pistols ended up.
Related Words
(1) shotgun wedding
(2) sawn-off shotgun
(3) sawed-off shotgun
(4) shotgun marriage
Synonyms
Noun
1. scattergun


📺 Word Example from TV Shows

This dude was coming
right at me with a shotgun.

This dude was coming right at me with a SHOTGUN.

Breaking Bad Season 4, Episode 5


Shotgun.

SHOTGUN.

The Big Bang Theory Season 4, Episode 21


- Shotgun.
- No, no, no.

- SHOTGUN. - No, no, no.

The Big Bang Theory Season 1, Episode 10


with a 12-gauge shotgun

with a 12-gauge SHOTGUN

The Big Bang Theory Season 5, Episode 6


Because I called shotgun, remember?

Because I called SHOTGUN, remember?

The Big Bang Theory Season 4, Episode 2


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