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Rifled vs Shotgun - What's the difference?

rifled | shotgun |

As adjectives the difference between rifled and shotgun

is that rifled is (firearms) having a spiral on the interior of a gun bore to make a fired bullet spin in flight to improve range and accuracy while shotgun is of or relating to a shotgun.

As verbs the difference between rifled and shotgun

is that rifled is (rifle) 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 a noun shotgun is

(label) a gun which fires loads typically consisting of small metal balls, called shot, from a cartridge.

rifled

English

Adjective

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  • (firearms) Having a spiral on the interior of a gun bore to make a fired bullet spin in flight to improve range and accuracy.
  • Antonyms

    * smoothbore * unrifled

    Verb

    (head)
  • (rifle)
  • shotgun

    English

    Alternative forms

    * shot-gun

    Noun

  • (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.
  • I call shotgun ! (I claim the right to sit in the passenger 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.
  • Elvis Presley was born in a two-bedroom shotgun in Tupelo, Mississippi.
  • (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.
  • Synonyms

    * (gun which fires loads of small metal balls) scattergun

    Derived terms

    * double-barrelled shotgun * ride shotgun * sawn-off shotgun / sawed-off shotgun * shotgun sequencing * shotgun shack * shotgun wedding * shotty

    Verb

    (shotgunn)
  • (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)
  • I got a day off because I shotgunned it.
  • (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.
  • Adjective

    (-)
  • Of or relating to a shotgun.
  • The ground was littered with shotgun shells.
  • Occurring as a result of the threat of force.
  • a shotgun wedding
  • Utilizing numerous or highly diverse means to achieve a particular result.
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