Wiktionary
vb. (present participle of shotgun English)
WordNet
n. firearm that is a double-barreled smoothbore shoulder weapon for firing shot at short ranges [syn: scattergun]
[also: shotgunning, shotgunned]
See shotgun
Wikipedia
Shotgunning is a means of consuming a beverage, particularly beer, very quickly by punching a hole in the side of the can, near the bottom, placing the mouth over the hole, and pulling the tab to open the top. The beer quickly drains, and is quickly consumed.
A related technique, strawpedoing or snorkeling, is used for containers not easily punctured such as a glass bottle. A straw is inserted into the bottle to similar effect.
The technique increases beverage delivery since the extra hole allows the liquid to leave while air enters simultaneously through the main hole. The bottleneck, created where air entering the container must travel through the same orifice as liquid leaving, is removed.
Usage examples of "shotgunning".
Turner grimaced"Sometimes I think we spend more time spying on each other than on the oppositionThe more the machines take over, the more time we have to bootlick and backstab over promotionsThere's noth-ing some of my fellow vice-presidents would like better than to steal my ideas or have advance information so they could do a little shotgunning at the planning ses-sionsI didn't get where I am today by trusting peo-ple.