scattergun

See also: scatter-gun and scatter gun

English

Alternative forms

• scatter gun, scatter-gun

Etymology

scatter +‎ gun

Noun

scattergun (plural scatterguns)

1. A shotgun.
   • 1973 September, Gary Gillespie, “How to select a modern scattergun”, in Popular Mechanics, →ISSN, page 134:

     But in all-around use, the scattergun now ranks first across fields and forests, trap and skeet ranges.

   • 1999 December 1, Jason Manning, Gun Justice: The Unforgettable Story of Texas John Slaughter, One of the Greatest Gunfighters of the Old West‎^[1], Macmillan:

     Groundhitching the horse, he left the Winchester in the saddle boot and reached under his duster to unsling the scattergun.

   • For more quotations using this term, see Citations:scattergun.