Shotgun Wedding Definition

noun

A wedding into which one or both partners are forced, as because of previous sexual intimacy or, esp., pregnancy.

Webster's New World

(idiomatic, slang) A wedding in which the bride is already pregnant.

Wiktionary

(idiomatic) Any similarly reputedly forced partnership, between people or organizations.

Wiktionary

Other Word Forms of Shotgun Wedding

Singular:

shotgun wedding

Plural:

shotgun-weddings

From the implication that the groom was brought to the altar by shotgun-wielding relatives of the bride.

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