Splattergun

adj, noun

adj, noun ·Rare ·Advanced level

Definitions

Noun
  1. 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. 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DNA-coated gold or tungsten particles arbitrarily into cultured plant cells, this 'splattergun' effect has been largely superseded by the more precise 'Agrobacterium' technique."

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"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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