shotgun
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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
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