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shotguns

noun

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plural of shotgun

Synonyms of shotguns

(Entry 1 of 2)

as in muskets, flintlocks

Synonyms & Near Synonyms for shotguns

blunderbusses,
breechloaders,
culverins,
fieldpieces,
firelocks,
flintlocks,
harquebuses
(or arquebuses),
matchlocks,
muskets,
smoothbores,
twenty-twos
(or .22s)

arms,
firearms,
heat
[slang],
pieces,
small arms

derringers,
forty-fives
(or .45s),
gats
[slang],
handguns,
pistols,
revolvers,
rods
[slang],
roscoes
[slang],
sidearms,
six-guns,
six-shooters,
zip guns

self-loaders,
semiautomatics

AK-47s,
assault rifles,
assault weapons,
automatics,
carbines,
machine guns,
machine pistols,
repeaters,
submachine guns,
tommy guns

spearguns

shotguns

verb

present tense third-person singular of shotgun

Synonyms of shotguns (Entry 2 of 2)

as in pistols

Synonyms & Near Synonyms for shotguns

pistols

blasts (at),
fires (at)

machine-guns,
tommy-guns

blazes,
peppers,
potshots,
snipes (at)

croaks
[slang],
destroys,
dispatches,
does in,
fells,
ices
[slang],
kills,
slays

blows away,
brings down,
drops,
picks off,
shoots down

annihilates,
blots out,
butchers,
decimates,
massacres,
slaughters,
wipes out

drills,
guns,
plugs,
pops,
shoots

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Thesaurus Entries Near shotguns

shotgunning

shotguns

shot in the arm

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