- a long gun that fires a lot of small metal bullets (called shot) and is used especially for shooting birds or animals
- The farmer kept a shotgun for killing crows and foxes.
- the barrel of a shotgun
Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadjective- 12-bore
- 12-gauge
- double-barrelled/double-barreled
- …
- cock
- fire
- be armed with
- …
- licence
- cartridge
- pellet
- …
- of a/the shotgun
- with a shotgun
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Idioms
See shotgun in the Oxford Advanced American Dictionaryride shotgun
- (especially North American English, informal) to ride in the front passenger seat of a car or truck
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