splatter-gun
Word Rarity
Rare
Frequency: 2.77 in modern English
14
Scrabble Score
11
Letters
4
Syllables
10
Unique Chars
Meaning
noun
A shotgun, assault weapon, or other gun that repeatedly fires quickly and in an imprecise fashion.
adj
Not systematic; Characterized by trying many different things.
Example Sentences
- "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?"
- ""That splatter-gun won't avail thee none, old man,” Bianca said."
- "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."
- "Foliar application with splatter-gun."
- "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)."
- "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."