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shotgun

Definition

  • noun: a gun with a long barrel that shoots a large number of small metal balls (called buckshot)
  • noun: a smoothbore shoulder weapon for firing shot at short ranges

Examples

  • You can drive, but only if I can 'ride shotgun'.

Movie clips

Movie quotes

  • (..) - "we're gonna kill her." - Did it work? PUMPKIN: Fucking way, it works. That's what I'm talking about! Knucklehead walks into a bank with a telephone... not a pistol, not a shotgun... a fucking phone. Cleans the place out. They don't even lift a fucking finger. Did they hurt the little girl? (..)
    1994 Pulp Fiction