A shotgun is a type of firearm.

  • Sawed-off shotgun/Boomstick

Shotgun may also refer to:

Science and technology

  • Shotgun hill climbing, a type of mathematical optimization algorithm in computer science
  • Shotgun house, a type of narrow, rectangular house
  • Shotgun sequencing, a method of sequencing DNA
  • Shotgunning (cold reading), a "mind-reading" technique
  • Shotgun mic, a type of microphone with a long barrel
  • Shotgun debugging or shotgunning, a technique in system troubleshooting, debugging, or repair
  • Shotgun Software, a project management software for creative studios owned by Autodesk

Slang

  • Riding shotgun, a passenger sitting beside the driver in a car or other vehicle
  • Shotgun wedding, a hasty wedding due to unplanned pregnancy
  • Shotgunning, a method for rapidly drinking beer out of a can by punching a hole in it
  • to shotgun weed or a joint, when one person forces marijuana smoke into the mouth of another person

Sport

  • Shotgun (shooting sports), a shooting sports discipline
  • Shotgun, nickname ("Escopeta" in Spanish) of Sergio Roitman (born 1979), professional tennis player from Argentina
  • Shotgun formation, an offensive formation in American football
  • "The Shotgun", a nickname for snooker player Jamie Cope
  • WWF Shotgun Saturday Night, a television series

Film and television

  • Shotgun (1955 film), an American Western film
  • Shotgun, 1989 film with Rif Hutton
  • Shotgun, retitled After Everything, a 2018 American comedy-drama film
  • "Shotgun" (Breaking Bad), a 2011 television episode
  • "Shotgun" (Juliet Bravo), a 1980 television episode

Literature

  • "Shotgun" (comics), a fictional villain in Marvel Comics works
  • Shotgun (novel), a novel by Ed McBain
  • Shotgun News (Firearms News since 2016), an American shooting and firearms interest publication

Music

  • Shotgun (funk band), American funk band from Detroit, Michigan
  • Shotgun (rock band), 1970s American rock band from Dallas, Texas
  • Shotgun (Jamie J. Morgan album), 1990
  • Shotgun, a 2004 album by Tony Lucca

Songs

  • "Shotgun" (Christina Aguilera song), 2015
  • "Shotgun" (George Ezra song), 2018
  • "Shotgun" (Junior Walker & the All Stars song), 1965
  • "Shotgun" (Limp Bizkit song), 2011
  • "Shotgun" (Psychic Fever song), 2024
  • "Shotgun" (Sheryl Crow song), 2014
  • "Shotgun" (Yellow Claw song), 2013
  • "Shotgun", a song by the Dave Matthews Band
  • "Shotgun", a song by Selena
  • "Shotgun", a song by Soccer Mommy from Sometimes, Forever
  • "Shotgun", a song by Reks from REBELutionary
  • "Shotgun", an instrumental by W&W, 2012

See also

  • Shogun, a Japanese title
  • Shotgun wedding (disambiguation)