Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

double-barrelled shotgun

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 2.30 in modern English

Syllables: dou-ble-bar-relled shot-gun
IPA

32

Scrabble Score

22

Letters

5

Syllables

13

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

A type of shot-firing gun with two long, parallel barrels, allowing the user to fire twice in quick succession.

Inflected Forms

double-barrelled shotguns (plural) double-barreled shotgun (alternative)

Questions

What does double-barrelled shotgun mean?: A type of shot-firing gun with two long, parallel barrels, allowing the user to fire twice in quick succession.

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