• where one or both parties are forced into marriage due to an unplaned pregnancy


    Shotgun wedding meaning & definition 1 of Shotgun wedding.


  • A case of wife or death.

    Shotgun wedding meaning & definition 2 of Shotgun wedding.


  • A wedding that is forced into existence because of pregnancy.

    Shotgun wedding meaning & definition 3 of Shotgun wedding.


  • Where the parents of one or both people of a couple force them to marry due to pregnancy of the female part of the couple.

    Shotgun wedding meaning & definition 4 of Shotgun wedding.


  • A term for a forced marriage after an unexpected pregnancy.
    Originating from when the father of the pregnant girl would force the babys daddy to marry his daughter at gunpoint. This gun was most likely a shotgun as many fathers in the United States were hunters.

    Shotgun wedding meaning & definition 5 of Shotgun wedding.


  • A marriage that is forced upon a couple usually by the parents of the bride due to either an unplanned pregnancy or pre-marital relations.

    Shotgun wedding meaning & definition 6 of Shotgun wedding.


  • (Idiom) where extenuating circumstances mean that for either honour or pressure from a family.

    Shotgun wedding meaning & definition 7 of Shotgun wedding.


  • to get married on the fly, unexpectedly, spur of the moment

    Shotgun wedding meaning & definition 8 of Shotgun wedding.


  • see [stain on my shirt]

    -One thing to complain about

    Shotgun wedding meaning & definition 9 of Shotgun wedding.

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