Shotgun (disambiguation)

A shotgun may refer to:

*Shotgun, a firearm
*Shotgun (cannabis), one of a number of terms in the slang of cannabis users
*"Shotgun" (film), a 1955 B Western starring Sterling Hayden
*"Shotgun", a song by the Canadian alternative rock band Moist
*"Shotgun" (song), recorded by Jr. Walker & the All Stars
*Shotgunning (cold reading), a so-called "psychic" technique
*Riding shotgun, calling for and then being in the passenger seat in a car or other vehicle
*Shotgunning, a method for drinking beer rapidly out of a can by punching a hole in the side of the can near the bottom

It may also refer to:
*Shotgun formation, an offensive formation in American football in which the quarterback receives the snap about five yards/metres behind the center
*Shotgun hill climbing, a type of optimisation algorithm
*Shotgun house, a type of house characterized by a narrow, one-room-wide, rectangular floorplan without halls, the rooms all connecting directly into each other
*Shotgun wedding, a hasty wedding due to unplanned pregnancy
*Shotgun mic, a type of microphone with a long barrel and a narrow acceptance angle
*Shotgun sequencing, a method of sequencing DNA

ee also

*WWF Shotgun Saturday Night, a television series
*Shogun, the correct spelling for the Japanese title