ENGLISH DICTIONARY

Splatter-gun

Definition, Meaning & Examples

Part of speech noun

Quick meaning: Splatter-gun is a noun meaning A shotgun, assault weapon, or other gun that repeatedly fires quickly and in an imprecise fashion.

Meaning

A shotgun, assault weapon, or other gun that repeatedly fires quickly and in an imprecise fashion.

More Meanings

  1. Not systematic; Characterized by trying many different things.

Example Sentences

Foliar application with splatter-gun.
"That splatter-gun won't avail thee none, old man,” Bianca said.
Rather than taking a splatter-gun approach, Stuart decided to target his efforts on a career within the actuarial industry.
Encourage the 'splatter-gun' effect: The aim here is literally to 'splatter' thoughts onto the page, in a similar way to the stream of consciousness (see Chapter 7).

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Related dictionary entries include splattergun, scatter-gun, scattergun, hotgun, splatter, splatterfest.

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