shot gunning
noun
1.
2.
Football. an offensive formation, designed primarily for passing situations, in which the backfield is spread out with the quarterback positioned a few yards behind the center and the other backs, as potential pass receivers, positioned as slotbacks or flankers.
adjective
3.
of, pertaining to, used in, or carried out with a shotgun: a shotgun murder; shotgun pellets.
4.
covering a wide area in an irregularly effective manner without concern for details or particulars; tending to be all-inclusive, nonselective, and haphazard; indiscriminate in choice and indifferent to specific results: He favored the shotgun approach in his political attacks.
5.
seeking a desired result through the use or inclusion of a wide variety of elements.
6.
having all the rooms opening one into the next in a line from front to back: shotgun apartment; shotgun cottage.
7.
gained or characterized by coercive methods.
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verb (used with object)
Idioms 8.
to fire a shotgun at.
9.
ride shotgun,
a.
(formerly) to ride atop a stagecoach as a shotgun-bearing guard.
b.
to protect or keep a watchful eye on something: riding shotgun over the nation's economy.
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shotgun (ˈʃɒtˌɡʌn) ![[Click for IPA pronunciation guide]](http://static.sfdict.com/dictstatic/g/d/dictionary_questionbutton_default.gif) | |
| —n | |
| 1. | a. a shoulder firearm with unrifled bore designed for the discharge of small shot at short range and used mainly for hunting small game |
| b. (as modifier): shotgun fire | |
| 2. | American football an offensive formation in which the quarterback lines up for a snap unusually far behind the line of scrimmage |
| —adj | |
| 3. | chiefly (US) involving coercion or duress: a shotgun merger |
| 4. | chiefly (US) involving or relying on speculative suggestions, etc: a shotgun therapy |
| —vb , -guns, -gunning, -gunned | |
| 5. | (US) (tr) to shoot or threaten with or as if with a shotgun |
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