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shottas

shottas is the plural of shotta.

Meaning of shotta

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

Questions about shottas

What is shottas the plural of?
Shottas is the plural of shotta.

Words near shottas in the dictionary

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

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