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

  • (..) 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. (..)
    1987 Full Metal Jacket
  • (..) - "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
  • (..) for the next days. I want you to check it every hour, because last-minute moves pop up every minute, such as we're shotgunning it in three hours. Mmm-hmm. Three hours. I'll let you know when I'm briefed. This was a private family compound (..)
    2016 13 Hours