SCATTERGUN

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does scattergun mean? 

• SCATTERGUN (noun)
  The noun SCATTERGUN has 1 sense:

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

  Familiarity information: SCATTERGUN used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• SCATTERGUN (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Firearm that is a double-barreled smoothbore shoulder weapon for firing shot at short ranges

Classified under:

Nouns denoting man-made objects

Synonyms:

scattergun; shotgun

Hypernyms ("scattergun" is a kind of...):

firearm; piece; small-arm (a portable gun)

Meronyms (parts of "scattergun"):

pump action; slide action (action mechanism in a modern rifle or shotgun; a back and forward motion of a sliding lever ejects the empty shell case and cocks the firearm and loads a new round)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "scattergun"):

fowling piece (a light shotgun used for fowling)

sawed-off shotgun (a shotgun with short barrels)