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Definition of shotgun wedding noun from the Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary

shotgun wedding

noun
 
/ˌʃɒtɡʌn ˈwedɪŋ/
 
/ˌʃɑːtɡʌn ˈwedɪŋ/
(also shotgun marriage)
(old-fashioned, informal)
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  1. a wedding that has to take place quickly because the woman is pregnantTopics Life stagesc2
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