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call shotgun	To claim the front seat in a car.	Rate it: (5.00 / 1 vote)
poachers gun	A small bore shotgun hidden in a walking cane.	Rate it: (5.00 / 2 votes)
ride shotgun	Probably arose in early-20th-century Western fiction and movies to describe an employee armed with a rifle or shotgun riding next to a stagecoach driver for protection.	Rate it: (5.00 / 2 votes)
ride shotgun	To ride in the front passenger seat of a vehicle, next to the driver.	Rate it: (5.00 / 1 vote)
ride shotgun	To assist and protect.	Rate it: (3.67 / 3 votes)
shotgun	A one-story dwelling with no hallways or corridors, with the rooms arranged in a straight line. Mostly heard in the southern United States.	Rate it: (1.00 / 1 vote)
shotgun	A gun which fires loads consisting of small metal balls, called shot, from a cartridge.	Rate it: (0.00 / 0 votes)
shotgun	A play formation in which the quarterback is a few feet behind the snapper when the ball is hiked, ideally allowing for an easier pass play.	Rate it: (0.00 / 0 votes)
shotgun	The front passenger seat in a vehicle, next to the driver.	Rate it: (0.00 / 0 votes)
shotgun approach	An approach in which the subject is indiscriminate and haphazard, using breadth, spread, or quantity in lieu of accuracy, planning, etc.	Rate it: (5.00 / 2 votes)
shotgun shack	A house with no internal barrier between the front and back doors.	Rate it: (0.00 / 0 votes)
shotgun wedding	A wedding in which the bride is already pregnant.	Rate it: (0.00 / 0 votes)