SHOTGUN

I. noun Date: 1776 a smoothbore shoulder weapon for firing shot at short ranges, 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, ~ transitive verb ~ner noun II. adjective Date: 1892 of, relating to, or using a ~, involving coercion, covering a wide field with hit-or-miss effectiveness