SHOTGUN

n 1. the passenger seat in a vehicle. Origin: the American west (i.e. during the 1800s.) The "shotgun" was the person that sat next to the driver of a wagon with a shotgun, watching for trouble. ("I get shotgun!" or "I get to sit shotgun.") Submitted by Austin Wolf, CA, USA, 04-10-1997. Additions by Emily Marcroft, UC Berkeley, CA, USA, 13-01-1998. 2. a method of smoking marijuana whereby one person inhales from the source and then blows the smoke into someone else's mouth. They inhale it and the chain continues. Apparently, the term can also apply to cigarette smoking. Additional information submitted by Jon, Washington, DC, USA, 21-02-1998. smoke marijuana vehicles (related to)