Shotgun vs Gunshot - What's the difference?

As nouns the difference between shotgun and gunshot

is that shotgun is (label) a gun which fires loads typically consisting of small metal balls, called shot, from a cartridge while gunshot is the act of discharging a firearm.

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-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.

Anagrams

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gunshot

English

Noun

(en noun)

The act of discharging a firearm.

The sound made by a discharging firearm.

The distance to which shot can be thrown from a gun; the reach or range of a gun.

* The Hind and the Panther , John Dryden

For those, who are come over to the royal party, are consequently supposed to be out of gunshot .