(American football) An offense in which the quarterback sets up at a distance behind the center and the ball is snapped through the air.

(colloquial) Synonym of shotgun house

(idiomatic, slang) A wedding in which the bride is already pregnant. / (idiomatic) Any similarly reputedly forced partnership, between people or organizations.

(US, idiomatic) To accompany the driver of a vehicle on a journey as an armed escort (originally with a shotgun); (by extension) to accompany someone in order to assist and protect.

Alternative form of shotacon

plural of shotgun

Third-person singular simple present indicative form of shotgun

(idiomatic) An approach in which the subject is indiscriminate and haphazard, using breadth, spread, or quantity in lieu of accuracy, planning, etc.

(genetics) A DNA sequencing technique in which a large number of small fragments of a long DNA strand are generated at random, sequenced, and reassembled to form a sequence of the original strand.

plural of shotgun pleading