- trapshooting
- noun Date: 1875 shooting at clay pigeons sprung from a trap into the air away from the shooter
New Collegiate Dictionary. 2001.
trapshooting
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trapshooting — [trap′sho͞ot΄iŋ] n. the sport of shooting at clay pigeons, or disks, sprung into the air from traps trapshooter n … English World dictionary
trapshooting — trapshooter, n. /trap shooh ting/, n. the sport of shooting at clay pigeons hurled into the air from a trap. Cf. skeet1. [1870 75; TRAP1 + SHOOTING] * * * Shooting sport with moving targets. A shotgun (usually 12 gauge) is used. The targets are… … Universalium
trapshooting — noun The sport, similar to skeet, of shooting at thrown targets with a shotgun … Wiktionary
trapshooting — Synonyms and related words: archery, casting, chucking, firing, flinging, gunnery, heaving, hurling, jaculation, lobbing, musketry, pitching, projection, shooting, skeet, skeet shooting, slinging, throwing, trajection … Moby Thesaurus
trapshooting — trap|shoot|ing [ˈtræpˌʃu:tıŋ] n [U] the sport of shooting special clay objects fired into the air … Dictionary of contemporary English
trapshooting — trap|shooting [ træp,ʃutıŋ ] noun uncount the activity or sport of shooting at clay objects thrown into the air by a machine … Usage of the words and phrases in modern English
trapshooting — n. target shooting at flying clay pigeons … English contemporary dictionary
trapshooting — noun (U) the sport of shooting at special clay objects fired into the air … Longman dictionary of contemporary English
trapshooting — UK [ˈtræpˌʃuːtɪŋ] / US [ˈtræpˌʃutɪŋ] noun [uncountable] the activity or sport of shooting at clay objects thrown into the air by a machine … English dictionary
trapshooting — trap•shoot•ing [[t]ˈtræpˌʃu tɪŋ[/t]] n. spo the sport of shooting at clay pigeons hurled into the air from a trap Compare skeet • Etymology: 1870–75 … From formal English to slang
