關於Shotgun的意思和用法的提問

A: To be sitting in the front passenger seat

A: It’s basically saying “I get to sit in the passenger seat.” It’s called “shotgun” because of something back in the old days

A: It means you want to ride in the front seat next to the driver.

For example,
Person 1: Let's go. I'll drive.
Person 2: I call shotgun!
Person 3: No fair! You always get to ride up front!

It originates from the idea of committing a crime and running away in the car. There's the person who drives and the person who shoots out the window at the pursuers.

A: it is an enforced or hurried wedding, especially because the bride is pregnant

A: It is the passenger seat of the car. In other words, the front seat next to the driver! :)

A: I want to ride shotgun on your first drive in your new car.

A: I call shotgun!
I like riding shotgun.
I always call shotgun before my little brother.

A: A shotgun is a rifle that shoots one bullet at a time.

Ex my dad shot a deer with a shotgun

A: We got married young in a typical shotgun marriage.

A: he shotgunned the beer

A: A shotgun uses a shotgun shell. It contains a number of smaller pellets that exit the barrel all at the same time.
A rifle requires two hands to operate like a shotgun. It fires a single projectile and is typically much more accurate/precise.
A handgun/pistol fires a single bullet like a rifle, but it can be used with one hand.
As a general term for that kind of device, all of them are guns.

A: "to ride shotgun" means to ride in a car next to somebody in the passenger seat. In this case, it means "accompanies" or even plainly "interviews"

A: "to ride shotgun" means to sit in the front passenger seat of a car

A: If you are trying to claim shotgun you just say shotgun. In your sentence you would say, "I rode shotgun with Harry to the party last Friday night."

A: "being phased by something" is to have something affect you. In this case, it means not afraid of it, not caring at all.

A: remove "the", and it's good

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A: @hmhuang:
"(slang) The front passenger seat in a vehicle, next to the driver; so called because the position of the shotgun-armed guard on a horse-drawn stage-coach, wagon train, or gold transport was next to the driver on a forward-mounted bench seat. I call shotgun! (I claim the right to sit in the passenger seat.)"

A: Shotgun is a popular term for the front passenger seat of a car. If there are more than 2 people it is popular to call "shotgun!" before going somewhere in a car, as a way of deciding who gets the front passenger seat.

Although this is a slang term, it is very common in the U.S. and would be understood by nearly any American watching a movie like The Hangover.