[noun] [C] - a long gun which fires a large number of small metal bullets at one time, which is intended for the shooting of birds and animalsThe robbers used a (UK and ANZ) sawn-off/(US) sawed-off shotgun in the raid.(informal dated) A shotgun wedding/(US also) shotgun marriage is a marriage which is arranged very quickly and suddenly because the woman is pregnant.
SHOTGUN
Meaning of SHOTGUN in English
Cambridge English vocab. Кембриджский английский словарь. 2012