Main Entry: ¹shot·gun

Pronunciation: \ˈshät-ˌgən\

Function: noun

Date: 1776

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