shotgun
shot·gun
noun
1.
firearm that is a double-barreled smoothbore shoulder weapon for firing shot at short ranges
Origin
From shot + gun. Front passenger seat sense comes from ride shotgun.
Phrases
- double-barrelled shotgun
- pump-action shotgun
- ride shotgun
- sawed-off shotgun
- sawn-off shotgun
- shotgun approach
- shotgun cloning
- shotgun debugging
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