noun
- shotguns that fire multiple pellets in a spread pattern
- approaches or methods that are broad and unfocused, targeting many things at once
Usage: figurative
Examples
- The hunters carried scatterguns for bird hunting.
- Police officers were equipped with scatterguns for crowd control.
- The company’s marketing used scatterguns rather than targeted campaigns.
- His scatterguns approach to studying covered too many topics superficially.
- The detective criticized the scatterguns investigation methods.
- Scatterguns are effective at close range but lose accuracy over distance.