NOUN
  • Definition - A gun which fires loads typically consisting of small metal balls, called shot, from a cartridge.
  • Example - Meat was cooked up within hours after the hunter killed the deer with his shotgun.
  • Definition - The front passenger seat in a vehicle, next to the driver; so called because the position of the shotgun-armed guard on a horse-drawn stage-coach, wagon train, or gold transport was next to the driver on a forward-mounted bench seat.
  • Example - I call shotgun! (I claim the right to sit in the passenger seat.)
  • Definition - A one-story dwelling with no hallways or corridors, with the rooms arranged in a straight line.
  • Example - Elvis Presley was born in a two-bedroom shotgun in Tupelo, Mississippi.
  • Definition - An offensive formation in which the quarterback receives the snap at a distance behind the center, often with a running back set to one or both sides of him.
  • Example - Elvis Presley was born in a two-bedroom shotgun in Tupelo, Mississippi.
  • Definition - (as a modifier) Relating to shotguns, either in a present or past sense: e.g. shotgun cartridges, shotgun seat.
  • Example - Elvis Presley was born in a two-bedroom shotgun in Tupelo, Mississippi.
  • Definition - (as a modifier) Relating to the threat of force or dubious means: e.g. shotgun wedding, shotgun diplomacy.
  • Example - Elvis Presley was born in a two-bedroom shotgun in Tupelo, Mississippi.
  • Definition - (as a modifier) Relating to the use of numerous, diverse or indiscriminate means to achieve a particular result: e.g. shotgun marketing, a shotgun approach.
  • Example - Elvis Presley was born in a two-bedroom shotgun in Tupelo, Mississippi.
VERB
  • Definition - (smoking) To inhale from a pipe or other smoking device, followed shortly by an exhalation into someone else’s mouth.
  • Example - Elvis Presley was born in a two-bedroom shotgun in Tupelo, Mississippi.
  • Definition - To verbally lay claim to (something)
  • Example - I got a day off because I shotgunned it.
  • Definition - To hit the ball directly back at the pitcher.
  • Example - I got a day off because I shotgunned it.
  • Definition - To rapidly drink a beverage from a can by making a hole in the bottom of the can, placing the hole above one's mouth, and opening the top.
  • Example - I got a day off because I shotgunned it.
  • Definition - To send out many (requests, answers to a question, etc), especially in the hope that one obtains a positive result (i.e. reveals useful information, is correct, etc), in the manner of a shotgun firing many balls of shot such that one may hit a target.
  • Example - I got a day off because I shotgunned it.
  • Definition - To employ the technique of shotgun debugging.
  • Example - I got a day off because I shotgunned it.
Words in your word
7 Letter Words
gunshot 11 hognuts 11 noughts 11 shotgun 11
6 Letter Words
hognut 10 nought 10 oughts 10 shogun 10 sought 10 thongs 10 toughs 10
5 Letter Words
ghost 9 goths 9 hongs 9 ought 9 sough 9 thong 9 thugs 9 tough 9 hunts 8 shout 8 shunt 8 south 8 thous 8 gouts 6 gusto 6 stung 6 tongs 6 tungs 6 ungot 6 nutso 5 snout 5 tonus 5
4 Letter Words
gosh 8 goth 8 gush 8 hogs 8 hong 8 hugs 8 hung 8 shog 8 sugh 8 thug 8 ughs 8 hons 7 host 7 hots 7 huns 7 hunt 7 huts 7 nosh 7 shot 7 shun 7 shut 7 soth 7 thou 7 thus 7 tosh 7 tush 7 gnus 5 gout 5 guns 5 gust 5 guts 5 nogs 5 nugs 5 snog 5 snug 5 song 5 sung 5 togs 5 tong 5 tugs 5 tung 5 nous 4 nuts 4 onus 4 oust 4 outs 4 snot 4 stun 4 tons 4 tuns 4
3 Letter Words
hog 7 hug 7 ugh 7 hon 6 hos 6 hot 6 hun 6 hut 6 noh 6 nth 6 ohs 6 sho 6 soh 6 tho 6 gnu 4 gos 4 got 4 gun 4 gut 4 nog 4 nug 4 tog 4 tug 4 nos 3 not 3 nus 3 nut 3 ons 3 out 3 son 3 sot 3 sou 3 sun 3 ton 3 tun 3 uns 3 uts 3
2 Letter Words
ho 5 oh 5 sh 5 uh 5 go 3 no 2 nu 2 on 2 os 2 so 2 to 2 un 2 us 2 ut 2
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