shotgun

¹shot·gun

noun \ˈshät-ˌgən\

Definition of SHOTGUN

1

: a smoothbore shoulder weapon for firing shot at short ranges

2

: an offensive football formation in which the quarterback plays a few yards behind the line of scrimmage and the other backs are scattered as flankers or slotbacks

— shotgun transitive verb

— shot·gun·ner \-ˌgə-nər\ noun

First Known Use of SHOTGUN

1776

Rhymes with SHOTGUN

air gun, big gun, blowgun, Bull Run, burp gun, chaconne, Chaplin, dry run, earned run, end run, finespun, first-run, flashgun, forerun, godson, grandson, handgun, hard-won, have done, hired gun, home run, homespun, inrun, long run, milk run, outgun, outrun, popgun, pressrun, rerun, sea-run, short run, six-gun, speargun, spray gun, squirt gun, stepson, stun gun, top gun, trial run, undone, V-1, well-done, Xiamen, zip gun