[shot.gun] n (1776) 1: a smoothbore shoulder weapon for firing shot at short ranges
2: an offensive football formation in which the quarterback plays a few yards behind the line of scrimmage and the other backs are scattered as flankers or slotbacks -- shotgun vt -- shot.gun.ner n
[2]shotgun adj (1892) 1: of, relating to, or using a shotgun
2: involving coercion
3: covering a wide field with hit-or-miss effectiveness