English Dictionary

shotgun

/ˈʃɒtɡʌn/

verb

(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)

He shotgunned a beer at the party.

意味（1）

(slang, smoking) To inhale from a pipe or other smoking device, followed shortly by an exhalation into someone else’s mouth.

High as fuck, I light it up / Got pre-rolls for the whole month / She don't smoke but when I roll one / We shotgun the whole blunt

意味（2）

(transitive, informal) To verbally lay claim to (something)

I got a day off because I shotgunned it.

意味（3）

(transitive, baseball) To hit the ball directly back at the pitcher.

意味（4）

(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.

意味（5）

(US, slang) To send out many (requests, answers to a question, etc), especially in the hope that one obtains a positive result (i.e. reveals useful information, is correct, etc), in the manner of a shotgun firing many balls of shot such that one may hit a target.

An actual physical piece of paper shows that you're not just shotgunning out queries to every agent on the planet.

意味（6）

(computing, slang) To employ the technique of shotgun debugging.

Understand the problem before fixing it. About the only scenario where shotgunning is useful is if there is a shorted IC and you cannot tell which one it is.