Dictionary entry

Shotgun wedding

Pronunciation

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Myanmar Meaning

သတို့သမီး၏ ကိုယ်ဝန်ကြောင့် အတင်းအကြပ် လုပ်ရသည့် လက်ထပ်ပွဲ။

Definition

shotgun /'ʃɒtgʌn/ n ေျပာင္းေခ်ာေသနတ္။ a shotgun blast ❍ a double-barrelled shotgun. ❍ GUN ❏ shotgun wedding n ( dated ) (ကိုယ္ဝန္ရိွေန၍) ကတိုက္ က႐ိုက္ လက္ထပ္လိုက္ရေသာ မဂၤလာပြဲ။

Examples

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