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  • 1. scattergun
  • Scattergun in a sentence
Table of Contents
  • 1. scattergun
  • Scattergun in a sentence
Synonyms
Antonyms
Etymology

1. scattergun

noun. firearm that is a double-barreled smoothbore shoulder weapon for firing shot at short ranges.

Synonyms

  • shotgun
  • piece
  • fowling piece
  • sawed-off shotgun
  • slide action
  • firearm
  • pump action

Antonyms

  • disjoin
  • black
  • white
  • break

Etymology

  • gun (English)
  • scatter (English)

Sentences with scattergun


1. Adjective
Many a new author, of course, believes that rules are meant to be broken and will waste valuable time, energy and postage in a scattergun approach to inappropriate markets.

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