shotgun
To inhale from a pipe or other smoking device, followed shortly by an exhalation into…To inhale from a pipe or other smoking device, followed shortly by an exhalation into someone else’s mouth.
» Tom shot Mary with a shotgun.
Том выстрелил в Мэри из дробовика.
Meaning
6 senses(slang)To inhale from a pipe or other smoking device, followed shortly by an exhalation into someone else’s mouth.
(informal, transitive)To verbally lay claim to (something)
I got a day off because I shotgunned it.
(transitive)To hit the ball directly back at the pitcher.
(US, slang)To 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.
(US, slang)To 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.
(slang)To employ the technique of shotgun debugging.
Examples
99 sentencesTom shot Mary with a shotgun.
ruТом выстрелил в Мэри из дробовика. — odexed
Tom has a double-barreled shotgun.
Do you have the shotgun shells?
Tom and Mary had a shotgun wedding.
ruТом и Мэри поженились по залёту. — sharptoothed
He got in with a shotgun in his hands.
Origin
From shot + gun. Front passenger seat sense comes from ride shotgun.From shot + gun. Front passenger seat sense comes from ride shotgun.
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Forms
shotguns, shotgunning, shotgunned, shotgunned| Base form | shotgun · to shotgun |
|---|---|
| 3rd person singular | shotguns |
| Present participle | shotgunning |
| Past simple | shotgunned |
| Past participle | shotgunned |
irregular
Lessons for this word
3 lessons- A1Present simple — Because it is a verb
- A1Past simple, regular verbs — Because of its past form
- A2Present perfect: introduction — Because of its past participle