Splattergun
adj, noun
adj, noun ·Rare ·Advanced level
Definitions
Noun
- 1 Alternative form of splatter-gun. alt-of, alternative
"With splitting fingernails he scratched up various soils from his long-abandoned bridal bed, plus shirt-pocketsful of hardness-eight gravel to serve as splattergun projectiles."
Adjective
- 1 Alternative form of splatter-gun. alt-of, alternative, not-comparable
"...techniques were somewhat clumsy, and involved firing DNA-coated gold or tungsten particles arbitrarily into cultured plant cells, this 'splattergun' effect has been largely superseded by the more precise 'Agrobacterium' technique."
Example
More examples"With splitting fingernails he scratched up various soils from his long-abandoned bridal bed, plus shirt-pocketsful of hardness-eight gravel to serve as splattergun projectiles."
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