shot-gun

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

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Meanings

nounshot-gun (countable and uncountable, plural shot-guns)

plural shot-guns

  1. alternativecountableuncountableAlternative spelling of shotgun.

    He gave Kitty advice about everything; he tramped the hills with the dogs, carrying a shot-gun that he never used; and he adventured upon a recently recommended diet of buttermilk and hickory-nuts.

    1919, Zöe Akins, chapter V, in Cake Upon the Waters, New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., →OCLC, page 85
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Chicago

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