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
(..) Good night, sir. -Hit it, sweetheart. -Sir, aye, aye, sir. Right shoulder. That is not your daddy's shotgun, Cowboy. Left shoulder. Move the rifle around your head, not your head around the rifle. Port. Four inches from your chest, Pyle. (..)