shotgun
101shotgun approach — noun An approach in which the subject is indiscriminate and haphazard, using breadth, spread, or quantity in lieu of accuracy, planning, etc. She seems to take the shotgun approach to holiday shopping, buying many smaller, generic gifts for… …
102shotgun wedding — noun a) A wedding in which the bride is already pregnant. b) Any similarly reputedly forced partnership, between people or organizations. See Also: shotgun marriage …
103Shotgun Clause — A buy sell provision used by related parties in a business venture which gives an investor within the partnership the right to offer his/her portion to a partner at a specified price. If the partner does not buy the offered interest at this price …
104shotgun wedding — np A wedding forced by pregnancy. The marriage didn t last because it started out in a shotgun wedding. 1930s …
105shotgun\ marriage — Usually a marriage when the bride is pregnant under threat. A forced marriage. Andrew, you and Wilhelmina will have a shotgun marriage if ya try that again, ya hear! …
106shotgun\ marriage — Usually a marriage when the bride is pregnant under threat. A forced marriage. Andrew, you and Wilhelmina will have a shotgun marriage if ya try that again, ya hear! …
107shotgun marriage — (also shotgun wedding) noun informal an enforced or hurried wedding, especially because the bride is pregnant …
108shotgun mike — /ʃɒtgʌn ˈmaɪk/ (say shotgun muyk) noun a highly directional microphone used in recording, having a long barrel which is pointed at the source of sound …
109shotgun wedding — /ʃɒtgʌn ˈwɛdɪŋ/ (say shotgun weding) noun a wedding hastened or forced by the pregnancy of the bride. {US English (1920s) …
110shotgun approach — A marketing campaign without a specific target audience/goal. ► “But many analysts remain skeptical about its [Rubbermaid’s] vaunted growth plans, including doubling to 30% its foreign sales as a percent of total sales by 1998. . . .‘It’s an… …
