Hypertext Webster Gateway: "shotgun"
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Shotgun \Shot"gun`\, n.
A light, smooth-bored gun, often double-barreled, especially
designed for firing small shot at short range, and killing
small game.
From WordNet (r) 1.7 (wn)
shotgun
n : firearm that is a double-barreled smoothbore shoulder weapon
for firing shot at short ranges [syn: {scattergun}]
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