shotgun in Marathi मराठी
shotgun in English
- shotgun⇄adj. 1. (Informal.) random; haphazard; hit-or-miss.
Ex. shotgun recommendations. The Virgin Lands campaign was a shotgun attempt to grow wheat on the cheap (Time).
2. (U.S.) long; boxlike.
Ex. a shotgun house, building, or cabin. The t - shotgun⇄expr. ride shotgun,
a. to ride on a vehicle as an armed guard or escort.
Ex. I saw an Australian soldier and I asked him to jump in with me and ride shotgun until we got to the American military police (Frank Palmos).
b. (Slang.) to a - shotgun⇄noun a gun with no grooves in its barrel, for firing cartridges filled with bird shot or buckshot. It is used for killing birds and small mammals.
- shotgun⇄shotgun, noun, adjective, verb, -gunned,-gunning.
- shotgun⇄v.t. 1. to shoot with a shotgun.
Ex. (Figurative.) The destroyer hunted back and forth, shotgunning depth charges left and right (Time).
2. (U.S. Informal.) to force, as into a shotgun marriage.
Ex. We distinguish between grooms who ma