splatter-gun

plural splatter-guns · alternative splattergun · alternative splatter gun

1. A shotgun, assault weapon, or other gun that repeatedly fires quickly and in an imprecise fashion.

   Foliar application with splatter-gun.

   2013, Robert L Reid, The Manual of Australian Agriculture, →ISBN, page 377

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   Mr. Vee here has his Makarov and his Sicilian splatter-gun on the sling there, plus what, exactly, is that? Looks like an AK47 frame, but what the hell is that barrel?

   2000, Harold Covington, Slow Coming Dark: A Novel of the Age of Clinton, →ISBN

   "That splatter-gun won't avail thee none, old man,” Bianca said.

   2011, Rodolphus, The Wolf Doth Grin, →ISBN

   Fading in on the screech of a magnificently over-wrought electric guitar, the drums arrive like a splatter-gun, the riff chewed up and spat out without ceremony over six-and-a- half minutes of angry hell.

   2011, Malcom Dome, Mick Wall, Metallica: The Music and the Mayhem, →ISBN

alternative splattergun · alternative splatter gun

1. not comparableNot systematic; Characterized by trying many different things.

   Rather than taking a splatter-gun approach, Stuart decided to target his efforts on a career within the actuarial industry.

   2012, Peter Hawkins, No Regrets on Sunday: The Seven-Day Plan to Change Your Life, →ISBN

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   Encourage the 'splatter-gun' effect: The aim here is literally to 'splatter' thoughts onto the page, in a similar way to the stream of consciousness (see Chapter 7).

   2004, Sue Cowley, Getting the Buggers to Think, →ISBN, page 61

   It could therefore be argued that Hitchin – and Kwo, and Siratori – are only able to produce not only the kind of writing they specialise in, but also the volume of work that is, intentionally or otherwise, integral to their splatter-gun approach because of the technology available now.

   2011, Edward S. Robinson, Shift Linguals: Cut-up Narratives from William S. Burroughs to the Present, →ISBN

   His past was a patchwork splatter-gun portfolio of überglamorous and harrowing, as he and his mother lurched from squalor to splendour, depending on her moods and who she was squiring.

   2012, Veronica Henry, The Long Weekend, →ISBN

   That's when they just let go and do the multidirectional splatter-gun thing on an employer who's been asking for it. Who doesn't love hammering those out at the end of a long day?

   2016, Matt Potter, F**k You And Goodbye: The History of the World in Resignation Letters, →ISBN