scatter shot

noun

1. shot prepared for a weapon having a rifled bore or barrel.

Word History and Origins

Origin of scatter shot¹

First recorded in 1960–65

Example Sentences

This movie is a scatter shot of impressive technique and creativity, featuring the work of nearly 1,000 artists, but for how impressive the end product looks, this effort came at a cost.

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The uptick put him in this place where his words have enough scatter shot stickiness that they are parsed across the country when he speaks.

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They do have friends who farm with horses as well, but the location of those farms is scatter shot all over the map.

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Unfortunately, that never really happened and we got a few scatter shot PC ports instead.

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The quarterly losses and sales declines won’t stop anytime soon with this scatter shot approach.”

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