shotgun wedding

US pronunciation

American soundshotgun wedding

shotgunwedding

Syllables: 2 syllables
Stress: Use the US audio for stress
Vowel: Spelling-based estimate
Ending: Final ng sound

shotgun - wedding -> shotgun wedding

Myanmar meaning

သတို့သမီး၏ ကိုယ်ဝန်ကြောင့် အတင်းအကြပ် လုပ်ရသည့် လက်ထပ်ပွဲ။

Full entry

shotgun /'ʃɒtgʌn/ n

ပြောင်းချောသေနတ်။ a shotgun blast ❍ a double-barrelled shotgun. ❍ GUN
❏ shotgun wedding n (dated ) (ကိုယ်ဝန်ရှိနေ၍) ကတိုက် ကရိုက် လက်ထပ်လိုက်ရသော မင်္ဂလာပွဲ။

More examples

‘He was captured with an assault rifle, a shotgun, and two pistols.’
‘Kimmitt said troops at the scene found a variety of weapons, including shotguns, handguns, rifles and machine guns.’
‘Security guards were robbed at gunpoint by raiders wielding a sawn-off shotgun and a pistol.’
‘The suspected burglar fled the farm but was later discovered nearby with a minor wound in his leg caused by shotgun pellets.’
‘In the first week of the amnesty, eight weapons were surrendered to Bolton police, including a rifle, three air rifles, two air pistols and an imitation gun.’
‘If you're using a shotgun at short range you'll generally score a hit, but with a handgun at long range you end up wasting ammo more than anything else.’
‘Final returns are still being evaluated, but the haul includes hand guns, rifles, shotguns, air guns and imitation firearms.’
‘Few firearms are as visually intimidating as a double-barreled shotgun.’
‘One thug brandishing a shotgun kept watch while the other three, armed with a machete and an iron bar, rushed inside and grabbed hundreds of Rolex, Omega and Cartier watches.’
‘Spent shotgun cartridges have been recovered from the scene.’
‘Did anyone check to see if the shotgun was loaded?’
‘With the advent of the self-contained cartridge, repeating rifles, shotguns and handguns replaced single shots.’
‘Two firearms, a shotgun and a rifle, were confiscated at the scene.’
‘He reloaded his shotgun to fire the second shot.’
‘The car's driver and shotgun seats are all manually controlled, which is to be expected in an all electric vehicle.’
‘If I was pitching that day, my warmup would generally consist of throwing someone's socks to the shotgun seat from the back.’
‘I can only imagine that when Zack takes his friends places, he gets both the driver's seat and shotgun.’
‘I told him to strap himself in and then slid into the driver's seat as Nana took shotgun.’
‘Juan takes shotgun and is supposed to be in charge of the tunes while making sure I don't get lost.’
‘I had a '60 Ford Galaxie back in the 60s that had a rust hole behind the "shotgun" seat.’

Synonyms

ammunition, anlace, apply, arbalest, archery, arm, armament, arrow, assegai, assure, atlatl, attend, ax, axe, baby-sit, backsword, ballista, ban, banderilla, bar, barong, bat, baton, battle-ax, bayonet, bazooka, be alert, be careful, be on guard, be wary, bear down, bear hard on, beset, beware, billy club, bind, blackjack, blackmail, blade, blaster, blowgun, bludgeon, blue book, bomb, boomerang, bottle up, bow and arrow, bowie knife, brass knuckles, bridle, bring about, bring pressure to bear upon, browbeat, bulldoze, bully, bulwark, burden, cannon, care for, catapult, cause, chain, chamber, champion, chaperon, chaperone, charge, check, check out, choke, cleaver, club, coerce, command, compel, conceal, concuss, conduct, confine, conscript, conserve, constrain, constrict, contract, convoy, cool off, cork, cover, cover all bases, cover up, cow, crack down, crossbow, cruise, cudgel, curb, cushion, cutlass, dagger, dart, defend, demand, deny, deprive, difference, dirk, disallow, draft, drag, dragoon, drive, effect, enforce, enjoin, equalizer, escort, exact, exam, examination, extort, fend, firearm, fix, flamethrower, flintlock, force, force; restrain, forty-five, foster, give cover, give refuge, give sanctuary, give shelter, go to bat for, guard, gun, handgun, harbor, hardware, harpoon, hatchet, have a care, haven, heads up, hearken, heat, hedge, hem in, high pressure, hinder, hog-tie, hold back, hold down, hold in, horn in, house, howitzer, hunting knife, hustle, immure

Antonyms

abandon, aid, allow, answer, assist, attack, be mean, block, calculate, check, crush, delay, demote, deny, desert, destroy, deter, disallow, discourage, disregard, dissuade, encourage, endanger, fail, forget, free, give, give up, halt, harm, help, hinder, hurt, ignore, impede, indulge, injure, lay bare, leave, leave alone, let go, let off, liberate, loosen, lose, measure, neglect, obstruct, open, permit, prevent, raze, refuse, refute, release, renounce, reply, repress, reveal, ruin, squander, stop, suppress, surrender, uncover, veto, waste, yield

Cross references

ammunition anlace apply arbalest archery arm armament arrow assegai assure atlatl attend ax axe baby-sit backsword ballista ban banderilla bar barong bat baton battle-ax bayonet bazooka be alert be careful