dictionary definitions for "shotgun"


From WordNet (r) 2.0 (August 2003) [wn]:

  shotgun
      n : firearm that is a double-barreled smoothbore shoulder weapon
          for firing shot at short ranges [syn: scattergun]

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]


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