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

(slang, smoking) To inhale from a pipe or other smoking device, followed shortly by an exhalation into someone else’s mouth. / (transitive, informal) To verbally lay claim to (something)

Third-person singular simple present indicative form of shotgun

plural of shotgun

present participle of shotgun

simple past tense and past participle of shotgun

(genetics) A DNA sequencing technique in which a large number of small fragments of a long DNA strand are generated at random, sequenced, and reassembled to form a sequence of the original strand.

(law) A legal complaint or an answer to a complaint which sets forth an excessive number of facts with no clear organization, and then asserts that those facts describe a cause of action or a defense.

plural of shotgun pleading

(idiomatic) An approach in which the subject is indiscriminate and haphazard, using breadth, spread, or quantity in lieu of accuracy, planning, etc.