Definitions
firearm that is a double-barreled smoothbore shoulder weapon for firing shot at short ranges
Word origin
From shot + gun. Front passenger seat sense comes from ride shotgun.
Used in a sentence
“The farmer's son brought home a Thanksgiving turkey from the wild that he killed with his shotgun.”
“You can't talk to a man / With a shotgun in his hand”
“An unusual custom is followed at Llangennith, when shotguns are fired at a wedding - to scare off evil spirits from the newlyweds.”
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01“Scattergun”7 letters
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