(firearms) A gun which fires loads typically consisting of small metal balls, called shot, from a cartridge.

(slang, smoking) To inhale from a pipe or other smoking device, followed shortly by an exhalation into someone else’s mouth. / (transitive, informal) To verbally lay claim to (something)

plural of shotgun

Third-person singular simple present indicative form of shotgun

simple past tense and past participle of shotgun

present participle of shotgun

(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.