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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
shotguns
verbpresent tense third-person singular of shotgun
Synonyms of shotguns (Entry 2 of 2)
as in pistols
Synonyms & Near Synonyms for shotguns
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