shotty

English

Etymology

Clipping of shotgun.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈʃɒti/
• (General American) IPA^(key): /ˈʃɑti/, [ˈʃɑɾi]

• Audio (General Australian):

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• Homophones: shawty (cot–caught merger); shoddy (cot–caught merger, flapping)

  Rhymes: -ɒti

Noun

shotty (countable and uncountable, plural shotties)

1. (countable) A gauzeless pipe for smoking cannabis, more like a Vietnamese Duc Lau than a bong.
2. (slang, countable) A shotgun.
3. (slang, uncountable) Buckshot.

Adjective

shotty (comparative more shotty, superlative most shotty)

1. (of lymph nodes) Small, inflamed; the name refers to the resemblance of shotty lymph nodes to buckshot pellets.