n.
Pronunciation: ' shät- ˌ g ə n
Function: noun
Date: 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 transitive verb
– shot · gun · ner \ - ˌ g ə -n ə r \ noun