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shotta

shotta noun: an armed gangster. Also the contraction of shot.

Noun

shotta (plural shottas)

  1. (Jamaica, slang) An armed gangster.
    • For example, a shotta from one street in the community had "cut up" another youth from their own avenue.2001, Donna P Hope, Inna di dancehall: popular culture and the politics of identity in Jamaica
    • They go on an ID parade [a police lineup], and nobody identified them as being a shotta, so everything's clear. But we still baffi be careful.2005 June, Vibe, volume 13, number 7

Also used as

shotta is also the contraction of shot.

Forms of shotta

pluralshottas

Origin of shotta

From shooter.

Questions about shotta

What does shotta mean?
Shotta means an armed gangster.
What part of speech is shotta?
Shotta is a noun.
What is the plural of shotta?
The plural of shotta is shottas.

Words near shotta in the dictionary

  1. shotski
  2. shotskis
  3. shotspot
  4. shotspots
  5. shott
  6. shotta
  7. shottas
  8. shotted
  9. shotten
  10. shotter
  11. shotters

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