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Adjective: scattergun  'ska-tu(r),gún
  1. Covering a wide range in a haphazard way
    "The company's scattergun approach to marketing yielded mixed results";
    - scattershot, shotgun [N. Amer, informal]
Noun: scattergun  'ska-tu(r),gún
Usage: N. Amer
  1. A smoothbore firearm for firing shot at short ranges
    "The hunter preferred a scattergun for hunting small game";
    - shotgun

Derived forms: scatterguns

See also: indiscriminating, undiscriminating

Type of: firearm, piece, small-arm

Encyclopedia: Scattergun