Barrel vs Shotgun - What's the difference?
barrel | shotgun |
(countable) A round vessel or cask, of greater length than breadth, and bulging in the middle, made of staves bound with hoops, and having flat ends or heads. Sometimes applied to a similar cylindrical container made of metal, usually called a drum.
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A solid drum, or a hollow cylinder or case;
A metallic tube, as of a gun, from which a projectile is discharged.
(archaic) A tube.
(zoology) The hollow basal part of a feather.
(music) The part of a clarinet which connects the mouthpiece and upper joint, and looks rather like a barrel (1).
(surfing) A wave that breaks with a hollow compartment.
A waste receptacle.
The ribs and belly of a horse or pony.
(obsolete) A jar.
* Bible , 1 Kings 17:12, King James Version:
*:: compare the New International Version:
*::: "As surely as the LORD your God lives," she replied, "I don't have any bread--only a handful of flour in a jar and a little olive oil in a jug.
(biology) Any of the dark-staining regions in the somatosensory cortex of rodents, etc., where somatosensory inputs from the contralateral side of the body come in from the thalamus.
To put or to pack in a barrel or barrels.
To move quickly or in an uncontrolled manner.
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(label) A gun which fires loads typically consisting of small metal balls, called shot, from a cartridge.
(slang) The front passenger seat in a vehicle, next to the driver; so called because the position of the shotgun-armed guard on a horse-drawn stage-coach, wagon train, or gold transport was next to the driver on a forward-mounted bench seat.
(US) A one-story dwelling with no hallways or corridors, with the rooms arranged in a straight line. Mostly heard in the southern United States.
(American football) A play formation in which the quarterback is a few feet behind the snapper when the ball is hiked, ideally allowing for an easier pass play.
(slang, smoking) To inhale from a pipe or other smoking device, followed shortly by an exhalation into someone else’s mouth.
(informal) To verbally lay claim to (something)
(baseball) To hit the ball directly back at the pitcher.
(US, slang) To rapidly drink a beverage from a can by making a hole in the bottom of the can, placing the hole above one's mouth, and opening the top.
Of or relating to a shotgun.
Occurring as a result of the threat of force.
Utilizing numerous or highly diverse means to achieve a particular result.
As nouns the difference between barrel and shotgun
is that barrel is (countable) a round vessel or cask, of greater length than breadth, and bulging in the middle, made of staves bound with hoops, and having flat ends or heads sometimes applied to a similar cylindrical container made of metal, usually called a drum while shotgun is (label) a gun which fires loads typically consisting of small metal balls, called shot, from a cartridge.As verbs the difference between barrel and shotgun
is that barrel is to put or to pack in a barrel or barrels while shotgun is (slang|smoking) to inhale from a pipe or other smoking device, followed shortly by an exhalation into someone else’s mouth.As an adjective shotgun is
of or relating to a shotgun.barrel
English
(wikipedia barrel) of a winery in (Trnava), (Slovakia).Noun
(en noun)Yesterday’s fuel, passage=The dawn of the oil age was fairly recent. Although the stuff was used to waterproof boats in the Middle East 6,000 years ago, extracting it in earnest began only in 1859 after an oil strike in Pennsylvania. The first barrels of crude fetched $18 (around $450 at today’s prices).}}
- And she said, As the Lord thy God liveth, I have not a cake, but an handful of meal in a barrel , and a little oil in a cruse:
See also
* cooperVerb
- He came barrelling around the corner and I almost hit him.
- Snow shattered and spilled down the slope. Within seconds, the avalanche was the size of more than a thousand cars barreling down the mountain and weighed millions of pounds.
shotgun
English
Alternative forms
* shot-gunNoun
- I call shotgun ! (I claim the right to sit in the passenger seat.)
- Elvis Presley was born in a two-bedroom shotgun in Tupelo, Mississippi.
Synonyms
* (gun which fires loads of small metal balls) scattergunDerived terms
* double-barrelled shotgun * ride shotgun * sawn-off shotgun / sawed-off shotgun * shotgun sequencing * shotgun shack * shotgun wedding * shottyVerb
(shotgunn)- I got a day off because I shotgunned it.
Adjective
(-)- The ground was littered with shotgun shells.
- a shotgun wedding