to shotgun
1
7.5
- verb
- /ˈʃɑtˌɡʌn/
- Informal
:
pedir el asiento del copiloto
- You can ride with us, man, but you're ridin' in the back 'cause I ain't gonna shotgun you.
Examples
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But if I say we running the shotgun, I'm not interested in your opinions anymore.
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Get ready to move, shotgun.
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Then you know, sitting shotgun is the LS, right?
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I let a couple go shotgun, let a couple go at the front of the car.
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OK, shotgun doing your face first.
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So I think what we're saying is in all aspects of life, we would like to have that box where we could shotgun, shotgun life.
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- You ever shotgun?
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So when you're a passenger in a car and you're riding shotgun and the person that's driving is a terrible driver.
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Before we leave, I called shotgun so I could sit in the front passenger seat.
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He always calls shotgun first when we go for a drive with friends.
Antonyms
Compounds
7
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
Surface Forms
Etymology
The word shotgun used to call the front passenger seat comes from the old practice on horse-drawn coaches where a guard sat next to the driver carrying a shotgun to protect the coach. That's why shouting 'shotgun' means you want the front seat.