shotgun
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4.1
- noun
- /ˈʃɑtˌɡʌn/
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escopeta
- The men emerge walking swiftly but not running, shotguns tight to their sides.
- use a shotgun
- aim a shotgun
- double-barreled shotgun
This this guy got shot in the neck with the shotgun, right?
- This this guy got shot in the neck with the shotgun, right?
- How many people died from shotguns or guns in the United States?
- So Donald Trump racks the shotgun all the time, OK?
- And man, it looked like I blew a shotgun through her chest.
- Literally blown in half with two shotgun blasts.
- And before I knew it there was a boot and a shotgun in the back of my head and neck.
- Three guys turn up and he came out with a shotgun.
- Not big game, but shotguns, Yeah.
- Oh my God, that that the shotgun shot.
- Sean with the shotgun, Sean with the bulletproof skin.
- And I mean, they also the flips of him trying to load a shotgun was hysterical.
Examples
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One pulls a sawed-off shotgun from beneath a jacket and aims it toward the eaters.
Fiction book (1990) -
The doctor stood up and put the shotgun in the corner behind the dresser.
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And when she died, we found out that she had a shotgun under her bed.
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I'm sitting by the door with my shotgun, you know?
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But I was gifted a shotgun by my dad.
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There's a guy sitting there with a shotgun in full view.
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Where your daddy's old shotgun is.
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I own a gun, a semi automatic shotgun bro, for home defense.
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I have a Kriegoff hunting shotgun right here.
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He bought a shotgun for hunting deer in the woods.
Synonyms
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1.0
A weapon that fires bullets or shells at high speed
258
4.5
A gun a person can hold and fire by hand
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8.2
A gun with very short barrels that shoots many small metal balls at close range
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7.1
A short-range gun that fires many small pellets
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9.9
A slang word for a shotgun
Compounds
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8.2
A gun with very short barrels that shoots many small metal balls at close range
- Specialized
7
3.8
A small case filled with many small metal balls that is fired from a shotgun
- Specialized
A long narrow microphone that picks up sound from one direction, often from far away
- Specialized
A long, narrow microphone that records sound clearly from one direction
How Lethal
- NSFW
101
3.5
525
3.2
324
4.1
268
2.1
- NSFW
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1.0
Surface Forms
Morphology
Etymology
The word shotgun comes from two simple parts: shot meaning 'small metal balls' and gun meaning 'a weapon'. It is a gun that fires many 'shots' at once, which is why it is used at short range.