shotguns
Spread-firing long guns
Shotguns are firearms with smooth bores that fire shells containing multiple pellets or a single slug, spreading on impact.
Used for hunting, sport shooting, and home defense.
To shotgun a beer is to puncture the can and drain it rapidly.
Shotgun also means the front passenger seat: I call shotgun!
To shotgun something is to do it all at once or scatter efforts broadly.
Standard of measurement
- pump-actionManual cycling mechanism
- semiautomaticFires once, self-reloads
- over-underBet on point totals
- side-by-sidePositioned next to another
barrel · stock · receiver · trigger · safety · choke · forend · magazine
Protective outer layers
- buckshotCoarse shotgun pellets
- birdshotSmall shotgun pellets
- slugNaked terrestrial mollusk
- cartridgeSealed container for supplies
pellets · wadding · pattern · dispersion · spread · gauge · load · recoil
Birds hunted for sport
- waterfowlSwimming birds collectively
- pheasantLarge ornamental game bird
- duckWaterbird that quacks
- turkeyWattled North American fowl
grouse · quail · dove · blinds · decoys · camouflage · retriever · calls
Shotgun sport, flying clays
- skeetShotgun target sport
- claysFine-grained moldable earths
- doublesPairs or stand-ins
- stationFixed stopping point
pull · target · Olympic · competition · squad · round · straight · crushed
Armed forces collectively
- swatHit something sharply
- breachBreaking of agreement
- combatArmed hostile engagement
- assaultViolent offensive act
riot · enforcement · defense · entry · close-quarters · suppression · raids · flashlight
gauge
Standard of measurement
- pump-actionManual cycling mechanism
- semiautomaticFires once, self-reloads
- over-underBet on point totals
side-by-side · barrel · stock · receiver · trigger · safety · choke · forend · magazine · sling
shells
Protective outer layers
cartridge · pellets · wadding · pattern · dispersion · spread · gauge · load · recoil · brass
gamebirds
Birds hunted for sport
turkey · grouse · quail · dove · blinds · decoys · camouflage · retriever · calls · season
trapshooting
Shotgun sport, flying clays
station · pull · target · Olympic · competition · squad · round · straight · crushed · wobble
military
Armed forces collectively
assault · riot · enforcement · defense · entry · close-quarters · suppression · raids · flashlight · sling
- arms and armorswords, shields, helmets, daggers, axes
- armsrifles, pistols, swords, firearms, carbines
- Weaponryrifles, grenades, missiles, bombs, munitions
- bird huntingduck hunting, goose hunting, pheasant hunting, quail hunting, waterfowl hunting
- gun lawsgun control, gun rights, gun laws, gun safety, gun permits
- Remingtonrifles, hunting rifles, bolt-action rifles, ammunition, cartridges
shotgunssniper rifles
Long-range precision weapons
rifles · bolt-action rifles · carbines · handguns · pistols
- shotgun marriageCompelled wedding due to pregnancy
- riding shotgunOccupying the front passenger seat
- ride shotgunOccupy front passenger seat
- rode shotgunOccupied front passenger position
- shotgun weddingMarriage compelled by pregnancy
- sawed-off shotgunFirearm with truncated barrel