Shotgun means: A gun which fires loads typically consisting of small metal balls, called shot, from a cartridge. Related words include firearm or piece. Below you'll find 20 example sentences showing how to use Shotgun in practice.
Shotgun in a sentence
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Shotgun meaning
- A gun which fires loads typically consisting of small metal balls, called shot, from a cartridge.
- 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. Can also be used in situations of claiming other resources such as bedrooms.
- A one-story dwelling with no hallways or corridors, with the rooms arranged in a straight line.
Example sentences (20)
Raiola, who is committed to play for Kirby Smart and the Bulldogs, lined up in the shotgun at his own 48-yard-line.
After a three-year hiatus, Driving with Colleen Charity Golf Outing returns June 11 with a shotgun start at 1:30 pm.
A search was conducted and one single-barrel shotgun with no serial number and three 12-gauge cartridges were found.
I stood as he placed Dolly’s bridle, the shotgun, and a shovel on the ground then hugged him as tightly as possible.
Alderton was the only occupant and "he volunteered that the shotgun was in the motorhome which it was", Mr Gair said.
Shipley prattles on a bit more but the conversation is cut short as he throws his phone down and fires a shotgun.
Doncaster teen Mangham was jailed after he fired a shotgun at a house which had a baby and five children inside.
Looking out of the car window in Deborah’s neighborhood, Angela saw abandoned vehicles and brick shotgun houses.
Shota starts with a shotgun dropkick to Naito as he fired away on Naito in the corner – and shoved the ref away.
At this point the defendant turned round and pointed the shotgun at the customers and told them to stand still.
On Tuesday night, a man was arrested after allegedly throwing shotgun cartridges into the grounds of Buckingham Palace.
It’s like saying the fact you don’t get unlimited use of the shotgun in Resident Evil is an unnecessary flaw.
One night dispatching, I took a call from someone whose stepdad was drunk and chased them through the yard with a shotgun.
It is said that after Shotgun got married to Poonam Sinha, Reena found herself dealing with a broken heart.
Ms Jeacock said: “I showed them the only two forms of photo ID I have which is a national carers card and my shotgun licence.
Back from that break, Danielson hit some elbows and a shotgun dropkick on Kingston, the latter of which came off the top rope.
The 46-year-old admitted possession of a revolver and a shotgun but denies possessing both weapons with intent to endanger life.
A gay, shotgun-wielding stickup artist cruising the fringes on one of the best television shows ever.
A lot of teams are running short-yardage plays out of the shotgun these days and in this instance, it was a zone read for Fields.
A masked gunman blasted a shotgun through the front door of a mum's home in an alleged plot to murder her partner, a court heard.
Common combinations with shotgun
These word pairs occur most frequently in English texts:
- the shotgun 31×
- shotgun and 23×
- with shotgun 21×
- and shotgun 11×
- shotgun shells 10×
- of shotgun 9×
- shotgun in 8×
- shotgun start 7×
- shotgun dropkick 7×
- shotgun at 6×
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The 20 examples on this page contain the complete word shotgun. Duplicate, incomplete, unusually short and technically noisy sentences are removed automatically. The definition is sourced from Wiktionary. Read more about our sources and checks on the About Voorbeeldzinnen.info page or see how to report a correction.