Definizione monolingua

shotgun

shotgun (third-person singular simple present shotguns, present participle shotgunning, simple past and past participle shotgunned)

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

   I got a day off because I shotgunned it.

3. (transitive, baseball) To hit the ball directly back at the pitcher.
4. (US, slang) To rapidly drink a beverage from a can by making a hole in the bottom of the can, placing the hole above ones mouth, and opening the top.

shotgun (countable and uncountable; plural shotguns)

1. A gun which fires loads consisting of small metal balls, called shot, from a cartridge.
2. (slang) 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.

   I call shotgun! (I claim the right to sit in the passenger seat.)

3. (US) A one-story dwelling with no hallways or corridors, with the rooms arranged in a straight line. Mostly heard in the southern United States.

   Elvis Presley was born in a two-bedroom shotgun in Tupelo, Mississippi.

4. (American football) A play formation in which the quarterback is a few feet behind the snapper when the ball is hiked, ideally allowing for an easier pass play.

shotgun (not comparable)

1. Of or relating to a shotgun.

   The ground was littered with shotgun shells.

2. Occurring as a result of the threat of force.

   a shotgun wedding

3. Utilizing numerous or highly diverse means to achieve a particular result.

Definizione dizionario shotgun

fucile a canna liscia

fucile da caccia

schioppo

Altri significati:

Utilizing numerous or highly diverse means to achieve a particular result.

(slang) 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.

(US, slang) 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.

(transitive, baseball) To hit the ball directly back at the pitcher.

Occurring as a result of the threat of force.

Front seat

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

(American football) A play formation in which the quarterback is a few feet behind the snapper when the ball is hiked, ideally allowing for an easier pass play.

(US) A one-story dwelling with no hallways or corridors, with the rooms arranged in a straight line. Mostly heard in the southern United States.

(slang, smoking) To inhale from a pipe or other smoking device, followed shortly by an exhalation into someone else’s mouth.

A gun

Of or relating to a shotgun.

(transitive, informal) To verbally lay claim to (something)