shotgun.

A gun which fires loads typically consisting of small metal balls, called shot, from a cartridge.

The farmer's son brought home a Thanksgiving turkey from the wild that he killed with his shotgun.

The front passenger seat in a vehicle, next to the driver; so called because the position of the shotgun-armed guard on a horse-drawn stage-coach, wagon train, or gold transport was next to the driver on a forward-mounted bench seat. Can also be used in situations of claiming other resources such as bedrooms.

I call shotgun!

I call shotgun!

A one-story dwelling with no hallways or corridors, with the rooms arranged in a straight line.

Elvis Presley was born in a two-bedroom shotgun in Tupelo, Mississippi.

An offensive formation in which the quarterback receives the snap at a distance behind the center, often with a running back set to one or both sides of him.

Relating to shotguns, either in a present or past sense.

shotgun cartridges

shotgun seat

Relating to the threat of force or dubious means.

shotgun wedding

shotgun diplomacy

Relating to the use of numerous, diverse or indiscriminate means to achieve a particular result.

shotgun marketing

shotgun approach

To inhale from a pipe or other smoking device, followed shortly by an exhalation into someone else’s mouth.

To verbally lay claim to (something)

I got a day off because I shotgunned it.

To hit the ball directly back at the pitcher.

To rapidly drink a beverage from a can by making a hole in the bottom of the can, placing the hole above one's mouth, and opening the top.

To send out many (requests, answers to a question, etc), especially in the hope that one obtains a positive result (i.e. reveals useful information, is correct, etc), in the manner of a shotgun firing many balls of shot such that one may hit a target.

To employ the technique of shotgun debugging.