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Meaning of "shotgun marriage" in the English dictionary

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PRONUNCIATION OF SHOTGUN MARRIAGE

shotgun marriage  [ˈʃɒtˌɡʌn ˈmærɪdʒ] play
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GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF SHOTGUN MARRIAGE

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
Shotgun marriage is a noun.
A noun is a type of word the meaning of which determines reality. Nouns provide the names for all things: people, objects, sensations, feelings, etc.

WHAT DOES SHOTGUN MARRIAGE MEAN IN ENGLISH?

shotgun marriage

Forced marriage

Forced marriage is a marriage in which one or both of the parties is married without his or her consent or against his or her will. A forced marriage differs from an arranged marriage, in which both parties consent to the assistance of their parents or a third party in identifying a spouse, although the difference between the two may be indistinct. Forced marriage is still practiced in parts of South Asia, East Asia and Africa and among immigrants to the West from these regions. Some scholars object to use of the term "forced marriage" because it invokes the consensual legitimating language of marriage for an experience that is precisely the opposite. A variety of alternatives exist, including forced conjugal association, and conjugal slavery. The United Nations views forced marriage as a form of human rights abuse, since it violates the principle of the freedom and autonomy of individuals. The Universal Declaration of Human Rights states that a woman's right to choose a spouse and enter freely into marriage is central to her life and dignity, and equality as a human being.

WORDS THAT RHYME WITH SHOTGUN MARRIAGE


arriage
ˈærɪdʒ
average
ˈævərɪdʒ
bridge
brɪdʒ
Cambridge
ˈkeɪmbrɪdʒ
carriage
ˈkærɪdʒ
coverage
ˈkʌvərɪdʒ
disparage
dɪˈspærɪdʒ
encourage
ɪnˈkʌrɪdʒ
forecarriage
ˈfɔːˌkærɪdʒ
inmarriage
ˈɪnˌmærɪdʒ
intermarriage
ˌɪntəˈmærɪdʒ
marriage
ˈmærɪdʒ
miscarriage
mɪsˈkærɪdʒ
mismarriage
mɪsˈmærɪdʒ
out-marriage
ˈaʊtˌmærɪdʒ
parage
ˈpærɪdʒ
premarriage
priːˈmærɪdʒ
remarriage
ˌriːˈmærɪdʒ
storage
ˈstɔːrɪdʒ
undercarriage
ˈʌndəˌkærɪdʒ

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE SHOTGUN MARRIAGE

shot in the dark
shot noise
shot put
shot putter
shot silk
shot tower
shot-blasting
shote
shotfirer
shotgun
shotgun wedding
shotgunned
shotgunner
shotgunning
shotmaker
shotmaking
Shotokan
shotproof
shott
shotted

WORDS THAT END LIKE SHOTGUN MARRIAGE

arranged marriage
baby carriage
bailliage
civil marriage
common-law marriage
commuter marriage
doll carriage
ferriage
foliage
group marriage
gun carriage
horseless carriage
mixed marriage
multiage
open marriage
Pullman carriage
railway carriage
triage
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Synonyms and antonyms of shotgun marriage in the English dictionary of synonyms

SYNONYMS

Translation of «shotgun marriage» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF SHOTGUN MARRIAGE

Find out the translation of shotgun marriage to 25 languages with our English multilingual translator.
The translations of shotgun marriage from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «shotgun marriage» in English.

Translator English - Chinese

奉子成婚
1,325 millions of speakers

Translator English - Spanish

matrimonio forzado
570 millions of speakers

English

shotgun marriage
510 millions of speakers

Translator English - Hindi

शॉटगन शादी
380 millions of speakers
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Translator English - Arabic

زواج قسري
280 millions of speakers

Translator English - Russian

ружье брак
278 millions of speakers

Translator English - Portuguese

casamento forçado
270 millions of speakers

Translator English - Bengali

শটগন বিয়ে
260 millions of speakers

Translator English - French

mariage forcé
220 millions of speakers

Translator English - Malay

Perkahwinan senapang patah
190 millions of speakers

Translator English - German

Schrotflinte Ehe
180 millions of speakers

Translator English - Japanese

散弾銃の結婚
130 millions of speakers

Translator English - Korean

산탄 총 결혼
85 millions of speakers

Translator English - Javanese

Perkawinan shotgun
85 millions of speakers
vi

Translator English - Vietnamese

hôn nhân shotgun
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

துப்பாக்கி சூடு திருமணம்
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

बंदिज विवाह
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

Av tüfeği evliliği
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

matrimonio fucile
65 millions of speakers

Translator English - Polish

shotgun ślub
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

рушниця шлюб
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

căsătorie pusca
30 millions of speakers
el

Translator English - Greek

κυνηγετικό όπλο γάμο
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

haelgeweer huwelik
14 millions of speakers
sv

Translator English - Swedish

hagelgevär förbindelse
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

hagle ekteskap
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of shotgun marriage

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TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «SHOTGUN MARRIAGE»

The term «shotgun marriage» is normally little used and occupies the 145.554 position in our list of most widely used terms in the English dictionary.
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FREQUENCY OF USE OF THE TERM «SHOTGUN MARRIAGE» OVER TIME

The graph expresses the annual evolution of the frequency of use of the word «shotgun marriage» during the past 500 years. Its implementation is based on analysing how often the term «shotgun marriage» appears in digitalised printed sources in English between the year 1500 and the present day.

Examples of use in the English literature, quotes and news about shotgun marriage

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10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «SHOTGUN MARRIAGE»

Discover the use of shotgun marriage in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to shotgun marriage and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
1
Shotgun Marriage
She'd married for love—now all she had to do was convince her stubborn husband! "Day Leclaire's books are a joy to read…" —Sandra Marton FAIRYTALE WEDDINGS
Day Leclaire, 2011
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A Shotgun Marriage of Convenience: The U.S. Military and ...
Since the fall of the Berlin Wall and the end of the Cold War, an increasing number of violent conflicts, confrontations, and man-made disasters have tragically marred expectations of an age of peace.
Michael A. Burton, Army War College (U.S.), Mershon Center for Education in National Security, 1994
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Coercion
For a general discussion, see L. Neville Brown, "The Shotgun Marriage,” 42 Tulane Law Review 837 (1968). 3 As cited in L. Neville Brown, "The Shotgun Marriage,” 839. 4 As with most cases of contractual duress, a marriage made under ...
Alan Wertheimer, 2014
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Explorations in Pragmatic Economics: Selected Papers of ...
As a result, the rise in welfare benefits in the 1960s may have had only a small impact on the white shotgun rate but resulted in a significant decrease in the black shotgun marriage rate. D. Survey Results Our technology shock theory posits ...
George A. Akerlof, 2005
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Popular Italian Cinema: Culture and Politics in a Postwar ...
In fact, article 544 of the 1931 Rocco Penal Code admitted the so-called matrimonio riparatore (shotgun marriage), because sexual violence was legally defined as an offence against morality, not against a person. According to this article, ...
Flavia Brizio-Skov, 2011
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Rethinking the Liberal Peace: External Models and Local ...
Is the relationship between democracy and security a shotgun marriage in which (to adopt Hobbes) guns are trumps – and democracy (like development) is inexorably 'securitized'? During the Cold War it used to be claimed that it was in the ...
Shahrbanou Tadjbakhsh, 2011
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A Closer Look at Unmarried Parenthood: Relationships, ...
Second, the forced nature of shotgun marriage showcased marriage as a public institution based in the community. Other people cared whether the couple married or not, and the behavior of the expectant parents could bring judgment upon ...
Joanna Miranda Reed, 2008
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The Meaning of Marriage
... likely to agree to a shotgun marriage in the event of a premarital pregnancy than they would have been before the arrival of the Pill and abortion. Thus, many of the traditional and especially moderate women ended up having sex and having ...
Jean Bethke Elshtain, 2006
9
From Partners to Parents: The Second Revolution in Family Law
tribute the increasing nonmarital birthrate (to be precise, three-quarters of the white increase and two-fifths of the increase for African- Americans) to the declining practice of "shotgun marriage." Like Coontz, they note that shotgun marriages ...
June Carbone, 2000
10
Cinderella Dreams: The Allure of the Lavish Wedding
Only after the wealthy had adopted the lavish wedding in the nineteenth century did a new standard for nuptials emerge. In its wake, the shotgun marriage, the elopement, and common-law marriage all became second-class ways of marrying.
Cele Otnes, Elizabeth Hafkin Pleck, 2003

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «SHOTGUN MARRIAGE»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term shotgun marriage is used in the context of the following news items.
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Lanny Keller: A shotgun marriage is still holding together
But the shotgun marriage of almost a decade ago has turned into a more enduring union than the skeptics thought. Lanny Keller is an editorial writer for The ... «The Advocate, Apr 15»
2
Inside the shotgun marriage of design and supply chain processes
For 20 years, consultants have attempted to wed product companies' design functions to the supply-chain side of their businesses. We've educated executives ... «GreenBiz, Apr 15»
3
Keystone Pipeline and the Carbon Tax: A shotgun marriage that can …
I suggest an alternative amendment of a 50 cent gasoline tax (or better, an equivalent carbon tax) with the proceeds going towards infrastructure, reducing the ... «UC Berkeley, Jan 15»
4
Politics, shotgun marriage in government, war loom in 2015
Voters gave the country a shotgun marriage in the November elections — Obama and a new Republican-controlled Congress. It won't always be pretty, but they ... «Yahoo News, Dec 14»
5
Review: Koreatown's Saint Martha a shotgun marriage of opposites
Your opinion of Saint Martha, a cramped new bistro in a Koreatown mini-mall, will probably correlate pretty closely with your view on steak and oyster tartare, the ... «Los Angeles Times, Nov 14»
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F1 in Las Vegas: Flash and showy, it's a shotgun marriage made in …
The world's fastest drivers should soon return to the world's biggest tourist attraction – because Las Vegas and Formula One are made for each other. «The Independent, Oct 14»
7
Savino: Liu and Koppell Risk Ruining IDC's 'Shotgun Marriage' to …
State Senator Diane Savino, a founding member of the breakaway Independent Democratic Conference, called for the Democratic challengers to her fellow IDC ... «New York Observer, Jun 14»
8
Whisenhunt-Locker could be a Titans shotgun marriage
Don't be surprised to see the Titans make more extensive use of the shotgun formation this season – based on Ken Whisenhunt's recent track record and Jake ... «The Tennessean, Jun 14»
9
West Tigers' shotgun marriage wrongly favoured Balmain
So are most people who have been following the custody battle over who owns the 14-year-old Wests Tigers child from the shotgun marriage between Wests ... «Sydney Morning Herald, Apr 14»
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Shotgun weddings fade as more couples choose to live together but …
In all, the share of unmarried couples who opted to have "shotgun cohabitations" — moving in together after a pregnancy — surpassed "shotgun marriages" for ... «New York Daily News, Jan 14»

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