Shotgun

//ˈʃɒtɡʌn//

Synonyms for "shotgun" (54 found)

Ranked by relevance and common usage.

Closest matches (11)

Noun(1 words)

scattergun

automatic bagsy blow up blowgun blowpipe brain bring down coerce compel

Verb(1 words)

bagsy

Strong matches (16)

concuss constrain cut down disintegrate drop fell firearm flamethrower force gat gun gun down handgun heater incinerate

Noun(1 words)

death seat

Related words (27)

lay low make musket oblige peashooter piece pistol repeater revolver riddle rifle rod sawed-off shotgun scattergun shoot shoot down shooting iron silence six shooter six-gun

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six-shooter stone vaporize

Noun(4 words)

scatter gun scatter-gun shotgun house shotgun shack

Related word relations

OpenGloss and ConceptNet supply richer edges like generalizations, collocations, and derivations.

9 relation types

More general

8 entries

firearm gun long gun longarm piece ranged weapon small-arm weapon

Synonyms

1 entries

scattergun

coordinate

10 entries

;firearm gat gun handgun iron pellet gun piece pistol rifle

derived

22 entries

double-barrelled shotgun pump-action shotgun ride shotgun sawed-off shotgun sawn-off shotgun shotgun approach shotgun cloning shotgun debugging shotgun double shotgun fungus shotgun marriage shotgun mic shotgun microphone shotgun offense shotgun pleading shotgun proteomics

Showing 16 of 22 words.

derived from

2 entries

gun shot

etymologically related_to

1 entries

ride shotgun

has context

7 entries

american football baseball firearms slang smoking southern us us

is a

5 entries

firearm form of gun gun portable gun weapon

related to

8 entries

dwelling hike lay claim quarterback shotgun wedding snapper stage coach wagon train

Translations

95 translations across 50 languages.

Arabic

2 entries

بُنْدُقِيّة noun (gun)
شوزن noun (gun)

Asturian

1 entries

escopeta noun (gun)

Azerbaijani

1 entries

ov tüfəngi noun (gun)

Bashkir

2 entries

алдағы урын noun (front seat next to driver)
алғы урын noun (front seat next to driver)

Belarusian

1 entries

стрэ́льба noun (gun)

Bulgarian

3 entries

ловджийска пу́шка noun (gun)
предна седалка f в кола noun (front seat next to driver)
пу́шка noun (gun)

Catalan

1 entries

escopeta noun (gun)

Chamicuro

1 entries

shipotos̈hka's̈ho'lochi noun (gun)

Cherokee

1 entries

ᎤᏒᏕᎾ noun (gun)

Chinese Mandarin

3 entries

散彈槍 /散弹枪 noun (gun)
獵槍 /猎枪 noun (gun)
霰彈槍 /霰弹枪 noun (gun)

Czech

1 entries

brokovnice noun (gun)

Danish

1 entries

haglbøsse noun (gun)

Dutch

3 entries

buks noun (gun)
hagelgeweer noun (gun)
jachtgeweer noun (gun)

Esperanto

1 entries

kartoĉa fusilo noun (gun)

Finnish

4 entries

haulikko noun (gun)
matkustajan etupenkki noun (front seat next to driver)
pelkääjän paikka noun (front seat next to driver)
vänskärin paikka noun (front seat next to driver)

French

3 entries

fusil noun (gun)
fusil de chasse noun (gun)
place du mort noun (front seat next to driver)

Galician

1 entries

escopeta noun (gun)

Georgian

1 entries

გლუვლულიანი თოფი noun (gun)

German

3 entries

Beifahrersitz noun (front seat next to driver)
Flinte noun (gun)
Schrotflinte noun (gun)

Hungarian

3 entries

anyósülés noun (front seat next to driver)
utasülés noun (front seat next to driver)
vadászpuska noun (gun)

Icelandic

3 entries

framhlaðningur noun (front seat next to driver)
framsæti noun (front seat next to driver)
haglabyssa noun (gun)

Ido

1 entries

glata fusilo noun (gun)

Indonesian

1 entries

senapan gentel noun (gun)

Irish

2 entries

gránghunna noun (gun)
gunna gráin noun (gun)

Italian

4 entries

carabina noun (gun)
doppietta noun (gun)
fucile a canna liscia noun (gun)
fucile da caccia noun (gun)

Japanese

3 entries

ショットガン noun (gun)
散弾銃 noun (gun)
霰弾銃 noun (gun)

Kalmyk

1 entries

хавал noun (gun)

Korean

2 entries

산탄총 noun (gun)
샷건 noun (gun)

Latvian

1 entries

bise noun (gun)

Macedonian

1 entries

са́чмарка noun (gun)

Malay

1 entries

senapang patah noun (gun)

Maltese

1 entries

senter noun (gun)

Māori

2 entries

pūhoata noun (gun)
pūhōta noun (gun)

Norwegian

1 entries

hagle noun (gun)

Ottoman Turkish

2 entries

آو تفنكی noun (gun)
چیفته noun (gun)

Plautdietsch

1 entries

Schrootflint noun (gun)

Polish

2 entries

siedzenie pasażera noun (front seat next to driver)
strzelba noun (gun)

Portuguese

4 entries

banco da frente noun (front seat next to driver)
banco do carona noun (front seat next to driver)
caçadeira noun (gun)
escopeta noun (gun)

Russian

3 entries

дробови́к noun (gun)
ружьё noun (gun)
сиде́нье noun (front seat next to driver)

San Pedro Amuzgos Amuzgo

1 entries

ndoꞌchon nuan noun (gun)

Serbo-Croatian

4 entries

sačmara noun (gun)
sačmarica noun (gun)
сачмара noun (gun)
сачмарица noun (gun)

Slovak

1 entries

brokovnica noun (gun)

Slovene

2 entries

šibrenica noun (gun)
šibrovka noun (gun)

Spanish

1 entries

escopeta noun (gun)

Swedish

2 entries

framsäte noun (front seat next to driver)
hagelgevär noun (gun)

Tagalog

1 entries

eskopeta noun (gun)

Thai

1 entries

ปืนลูกซอง noun (gun)

Tok Pisin

1 entries

sot gan noun (gun)

Turkish

2 entries

av tüfeği noun (gun)
çifte noun (gun)

Ukrainian

1 entries

рушни́ця noun (gun)

Sample sentences

29 total sentences available.

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The hunter aimed a shotgun at the flock of birds.

Source: tatoeba (34953)

Willie accidentally let off his father's shotgun and made a hole in the wall.

Source: tatoeba (65689)

Tom shot Mary with a shotgun.

Source: tatoeba (1028073)

Tom and Mary had a shotgun wedding.

Source: tatoeba (1095973)

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