shotgun

CEFRB1

/ˈʃɒtɡʌn/

noun

Türkçe translations

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In plain English

  1. 01

    noun

    A gun that fires many small pieces of metal at once.

  2. 02

    noun

    Extra detail

    A one-story dwelling with no hallways or corridors, with the rooms arranged in a straight line.

Examples

  • He was charged with possessing a shotgun without a licence.

  • The hunter aimed a shotgun at the flock of birds.

At a glance

Sits at B1 on the CEFR scale

Senses
5
Parts of speech
1
Citations
5
Synonyms
4

Deep Dive

noun

Extra meanings

  1. 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. Can also be used in situa...

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

  3. 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. Can also be used in situations of claiming other resources such as bedrooms.

More examples

In context

  • Willie accidentally let off his father's shotgun and made a hole in the wall.

  • I got a day off because I shotgunned it.

  • The farmer's son brought home a Thanksgiving turkey from the wild that he killed with his shotgun.

Synonyms

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To hunt ducks in the marsh, the man carried a blank that could shoot many small pellets.

Practise this properly in the app, where the word comes back before you forget it.

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Origin

noun

From shot + gun. Front passenger seat sense comes from ride shotgun.