shotty
/ˈʃɑti/noun, adjective, verb, interjection
shotty is spelled S-H-O-T-T-Y: 6 letters. It appears about once in every 13 million words in written English, the 110,368th most frequent word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). As a noun, shotty means “A gauzeless pipe for smoking cannabis, more like a Vietnamese Duc Lau than a bong” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The plural of shotty is shotties.
How many letters and syllables are in shotty?
| Letters | 6: S-H-O-T-T-Y |
|---|---|
| In writing | about once in every 13 million words; the 110,368th most frequent word form |
| Wrong spellings searched | none measured in search |
| Rhymes with |
Sources: letters and syllables from the English Wiktionary's hyphenation or pronunciation; written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media); rhymes and same-letter words are computed by PlainSpell from its own word list.
How common is shotty?
Shotty appears about once in every 13 million words in written English, the 110,368th most frequent word form in the list.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).
How do you pronounce shotty?
- /ˈʃɒti/
- US /ˈʃɑti/
- US [ˈʃɑɾi]
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract). Recordings: En-au-shotty.ogg, Wikimedia Commons (author and licence on each file's page).
What rhymes with shotty?
10 words on PlainSpell end in the same sounds as shotty from its last stressed vowel (/ɑti/):
Computed by PlainSpell from the pronunciations in the English Wiktionary (dump of September 2, 2026): a rhyme shares every sound from the last stressed vowel to the end; ordered by written frequency (wordfreq 3.1).
Forms of shotty
- shotties plural, present, singular, he/she/it
- more shotty comparative
- most shotty superlative
- shottying participle, present
- shottied participle, past
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
What does shotty mean?
The meanings the English Wiktionary records, quoted as written there (source below).
noun
- 1
A gauzeless pipe for smoking cannabis, more like a Vietnamese Duc Lau than a bong.
- 2
slangA shotgun.
- 3
slangBuckshot.
adjective
- 1
Small, inflamed; the name refers to the resemblance of shotty lymph nodes to buckshot pellets.
verb
- 1
slangto claim or reserve something as yours
interjection
- 1
slangan interjection used when claiming or reserving something as yours
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
Where does shotty come from?
Clipping of shotgun.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).