scattergun

See also: scatter-gun and scatter gun

English

Alternative forms

Etymology

scatter +‎ gun

Noun

scattergun (plural scatterguns)

  1. A shotgun.
    • 1973 September, Gillespie, Gary, “How to select a modern scattergun”, in Popular Mechanics, ISSN 0032-4558, page 134:
      But in all-around use, the scattergun now ranks first across fields and forests, trap and skeet ranges.
    • 1999 December 1, Manning, Jason, Gun Justice: The Unforgettable Story of Texas John Slaughter, One of the Greatest Gunfighters of the Old West‎, Macmillan:
      Groundhitching the horse, he left the Winchester in the saddle boot and reached under his duster to unsling the scattergun.
    • 2013 February 21, Sarah Shahi as Sam Shaw, “Relevance”, in Person of Interest, season 2, episode 16:
      You ever have a staring contest with a fish? No eyelids. Kinda pointless, right? Like you reaching for that scattergun.
    • For more examples of usage of this term, see Citations:scattergun.
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