plural of shotgun pleading

(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.

A narrow shack with a door at each end, common in the Southern United States from the end of the Civil War until the 1920s.

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

(colloquial) Synonym of shotgun house

(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)

(American football) An offense in which the quarterback sets up at a distance behind the center and the ball is snapped through the air.

(idiomatic, slang) A wedding in which the bride is already pregnant. / (idiomatic) Any similarly reputedly forced partnership, between people or organizations.

(US, idiomatic) To accompany the driver of a vehicle on a journey as an armed escort (originally with a shotgun); (by extension) to accompany someone in order to assist and protect.