Shotgun

3 definitions found

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Shotgun \Shot"gun`\, n.
     A light, smooth-bored gun, often double-barreled, especially
     designed for firing small shot at short range, and killing
     small game.
     [1913 Webster]



From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  shotgun
       n : firearm that is a double-barreled smoothbore shoulder weapon
           for firing shot at short ranges [syn: {scattergun}]
       [also: {shotgunning}, {shotgunned}]

From Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 [moby-thes]:

  27 Moby Thesaurus words for "shotgun":
     automatic, blowgun, blowpipe, coerce, compel, concuss, constrain,
     firearm, flamethrower, gat, gun, handgun, heater, make, musket,
     oblige, peashooter, piece, pistol, repeater, revolver, rifle, rod,
     sawed-off shotgun, shooting iron, six-gun, six-shooter