shotgun

Từ điển Oxford Advanced Learner 8th

shot·gun [shotgun shotguns] BrE [ˈʃɒtɡʌn] NAmE [ˈʃɑːtɡʌn] noun
a long gun that fires a lot of small metal bullets (called ↑shot) and is used especially for shooting birds or animals
see also ↑sawn-off shotgun, see ride shotgun at ↑ride _v.

Example Bank:
•He tried to blow his brains out with a shotgun.
•The cause of death was a shotgun blast at close range.
•The men were armed with sawn-off shotguns.
•The shotgun was pointed at me.
•the barrel of a shotgun
•The farmer kept a shotgun for killing crows and foxes.