SHOTGUN WEDDING


Meaning of SHOTGUN WEDDING in English

1. a wedding occasioned or precipitated by pregnancy.

2. Informal. a compromise, merger, accord, etc., occasioned by necessity: The coalition government was obviously a shotgun wedding.

Also, shotgun marriage .

[ 1925-30, Amer. ]

Random House Webster's Unabridged English dictionary.      Полный английский словарь Вебстер - Random House .