Synonyms for Shotgun:
n.
creel, one-trigger, hammerless, full-choke, drift net, sawed-off, automatic, single-barreled, fishing rod, cockpit, fishing line, decoy, hand-loading, dragnet, drifter, magazine, bait, modified choke, two-trigger, pump, barb, single shot, double-barreled, self-loading. •firearm (noun)weapon, revolver, pistol, rifle, musket, handgun.
•gun (noun)
peashooter, ordnance, mortar, piece, howitzer, cannon.
•shotgun (noun)
scattergun.
•weapon (noun)
machine gun, handgun, firearm, artillery, piece, repeater, sword, ax, carbine, bullet, spear, rifle, cutlass, mace, browning, club, knife, lance, javelin, arrow, blunderbuss, weaponry, revolver, mortar, sidewinder, saber, luger, boomerang, bomber, bazooka, torpedo, colt, weapon, broadsword, gun, dagger, claymore, missile, peashooter, trigger, shell, scimitar, machete, shooter, ammunition, battery, blowgun, rocket, muzzle, heater, stiletto, Bilbo, pistol, musket, Remington, bayonet, winchester, howitzer, bow and arrow, ordnance, cannon, rapier, armament, blowpipe, flamethrower.
Other synonyms:
•n.
firearm, gun, handgun, howitzer, mortar, piece, revolver, weapon, peashooter.
Usage examples for shotgun
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Take a shotgun yes, and you can take a revolver along if you want to very much. – The Boy With the U. S. Survey by Francis Rolt-Wheeler
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He run right under Nate's feet and down went Nate sprawlin' and both barrels of the shotgun bust loose like a couple of cannon. – The Depot Master by Joseph C. Lincoln
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The General, his feet firmly planted, had unlimbered a huge ten- bore shotgun so as to be ready for anything. – The Killer by Stewart Edward White