Definitions
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- noun A
shotgun .
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- noun firearm that is a double-barreled smoothbore shoulder weapon for firing shot at short ranges
Etymologies
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Examples
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Writing in The Daily Telegraph today, the academic and author called for a complete overhaul of the "scattergun" approach to genetic research, which is backed by millions of pounds in funding by governments and medical charities such as the Wellcome Trust.
Kim Stagliano: Conducting Autism Research Like It's 1994 2009
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Desperate graduates are also increasingly taking a 'scattergun' approach to sending out applications.
Home | Mail Online 2010
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Desperate graduates are also increasingly taking a 'scattergun' approach to sending out applications.
Home | Mail Online 2010
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I have studied self defense use of the "scattergun" or "streetsweeper" and feel confident I could protect my family and property if needed.
SurvivalBlog.com Rawles James Wesley 2010
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Or as today's market for freelance IT contracts tightens, with competition for contracts intensifying, is a 'scattergun' approach to as many agents as possible the recommended course?
ContractorUK.com 2009
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Success could also mean that many publishers of purely written works would have to retrospectively weed their lists of books likely to contravene a newly-revivified "scattergun" charge of …
British Blogs 2008
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Success could also mean that many publishers of purely written works would have to retrospectively weed their lists of books likely to contravene a newly-revivified "scattergun" charge of …
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Magda was behind me, scattergun thundering in concert with the guttural roar of the flame.
A Zombie Story: 140 Characters At A Time cavalaxis 2009
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Magda was behind me, scattergun thundering in concert with the guttural roar of the flame.
Archive 2009-01-01 cavalaxis 2009
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In some species, such a scattergun approach to mating might be seen as a waste of valuable sperm.
Male squid seeks mate of either sex for fun in the dark 2011
qroqqa commented on the word scattergun
Oh, a scattergun is an actual kind of gun. I didn't know that.
March 26, 2009