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SHOTGUN
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Irregular inflected forms: shotgunned , shotgunning
I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
Firearm that is a double-barreled smoothbore shoulder weapon for firing shot at short ranges
Synonyms:
scattergun; shotgun
Classified under:
Nouns denoting man-made objects
Hypernyms ("shotgun" is a kind of...):
firearm; piece; small-arm (a portable gun)
Meronyms (parts of "shotgun"):
pump action; slide action (action mechanism in a modern rifle or shotgun; a back and forward motion of a sliding lever ejects the empty shell case and cocks the firearm and loads a new round)
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "shotgun"):
fowling piece (a light shotgun used for fowling)
sawed-off shotgun (a shotgun with short barrels)
