Shotgun vs Buckshot - What's the difference?
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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 shotgun and buckshot
is that shotgun is (label) a gun which fires loads typically consisting of small metal balls, called shot, from a cartridge while buckshot is (chiefly|us) lead shot used in shotgun cartridges.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.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
