Reading vs Shotgun - What's the difference?
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The process of interpreting written language.
The process of interpreting a symbol, a sign or a measuring device.
A value indicated by a measuring device.
A meeting where written material is read aloud.
An interpretation.
One of several stages a bill passes through before becoming law.
(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 a proper noun reading
is .As a noun shotgun is
(label) a gun which fires loads typically consisting of small metal balls, called shot, from a cartridge.As a verb 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.reading
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Verb
(head)Noun
(wikipedia reading)- a speedometer reading .
- a poetry reading .
- a reading of the current situation .
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* English heteronymsshotgun
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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