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Shot gun

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Noun

a smoothbore gun for firing small shot to kill birds and small quadrupeds, though often used with buckshot to kill larger animals.
Football . an offensive formation, designed primarily for passing situations, in which the backfield is spread out with the quarterback positioned a few yards behind the center and the other backs, as potential pass receivers, positioned as slotbacks or flankers.

Adjective

of, pertaining to, used in, or carried out with a shotgun
a shotgun murder; shotgun pellets.
covering a wide area in an irregularly effective manner without concern for details or particulars; tending to be all-inclusive, nonselective, and haphazard; indiscriminate in choice and indifferent to specific results
He favored the shotgun approach in his political attacks.
seeking a desired result through the use or inclusion of a wide variety of elements.
having all the rooms opening one into the next in a line from front to back
shotgun apartment; shotgun cottage.
gained or characterized by coercive methods.

Verb (used with object)

to fire a shotgun at. ?

Idiom

ride shotgun
(formerly) to ride atop a stagecoach as a shotgun-bearing guard.
to protect or keep a watchful eye on something
riding shotgun over the nation's economy.

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