Usually means: Marriage due to unexpected pregnancy.
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  1. shotgun marriage: Merriam-Webster
  2. shotgun marriage: Oxford Learner's Dictionaries
  3. shotgun marriage: American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language
  4. shotgun marriage: Collins English Dictionary
  5. shotgun marriage: Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary
  6. shotgun marriage: Wiktionary
  7. shotgun marriage: Dictionary.com
  8. Shotgun marriage: Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia
  9. shotgun marriage: TheFreeDictionary.com

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  1. shotgun marriage: Idioms

Definitions from Wiktionary (shotgun marriage)

noun:  (countable) A marriage beginning with (or resulting from) a shotgun wedding.
noun:  (countable) A shotgun wedding itself.
noun:  (uncountable) Such marriages, or such weddings, taken collectively.
noun:  (countable and uncountable) Used figuratively.

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