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(US, military, law enforcement) An individual actively engaged in a shooting spree.
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A modern combat sport in which participants eliminate their opponents by hitting them with spherical non-metallic pellets launched from a compressed-air gun
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(transitive, rare) To shoot with an arquebus.
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(US) A cowboy who kills someone by shooting them in the back
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A military manoeuvre in which a group of soldiers fix bayonets to their rifles and rush at the enemy forces to engage in close-range combat.
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Alternative form of bean-shooter [(slang) A peashooter; a small or toy gun.]
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A small lead or steel shot, or ammunition, used in shotgun shells.
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(weaponry) A small, flat, blunt, usually leather-covered weapon loaded with heavy material such as lead or ball bearings, intended to inflict a blow to the head that renders the victim unconscious with diminished risk of lasting cranial trauma.
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(archery) The act of firing an arrow from a bow.
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(chiefly US) Lead shot used in shotgun cartridges, made of larger pellets than birdshot and suitable for hunting larger game. [from 18th c.]
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(Australia, informal, firearms) a firearm, or type of ammunition, intended for rabbit shooting.
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Alternative form of chain shot [(historical, military, nautical) A projectile consisting of two cannon balls or half balls linked by a chain, fired from cannons mostly to attack spars and rigging.]
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Alternative form of crack shot [An expert marksman with a gun.]
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(sometimes figuratively) Anything resembling such a missile; something that pierces or wounds like such a weapon.
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Synonym of shooting range
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(firearms) A pistol grip-type forestock on the front of a firearm that improves handling characteristics, counters the effects of recoil, and is cooler to the touch than a standard forestock.
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(slang) To shoot someone with a pistol or other handheld firearm.
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To practice fowling or hunting small game; chiefly in participial form: to go gunning.
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Synonym of shooting range
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Relating to, or characteristic of, the outdoor pursuits of fishing and hunting.
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(historical, military, nautical) Round shot that has been heated to a glow before firing in order to set wooden enemy ships afire.
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Synonym of shooting box (“small country house for the shooting season”)
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(military, firearms) The third circle on a target, between the inner and outer.
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A man or person skilled at hitting targets, as with a firearm, bow, or thrown object.
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The person using a firearm; the shooter.
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(firearms, informal, sometimes derogatory) target shooting
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(firearms) informal target shooting done at non-traditional targets such as tin cans, glass bottles and wood blocks.
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(historical) An early form of shot put.
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(firearms) To (manually) load (a round of ammunition) from the magazine or belt into firing position in an automatic or semiautomatic firearm.
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(video games) A shoot 'em up game in which the player character travels automatically between scenes, the player's input being limited to aiming and firing a gun.
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(transitive) To add a spiral groove to a gun bore to make a fired bullet spin in flight in order to improve range and accuracy.
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A shooting range for shooting rifles.
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The practice of firing a rifle, especially in precision target shooting.
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Alternative spelling of rimshot [A percussive note in which the drumstick hits both the head and the rim of the drum.]
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(military, artillery) A solid, usually iron, spherical projectile fired from a smoothbore cannon.
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A distance of twenty yards, in ancient archery and gunnery.
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(Australia, New Zealand) Synonym of slingshot.
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A person trained to shoot precisely with a rifle; a marksman.
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A structure used in military training exercises with live ammunition.
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(chiefly US, colloquial, dated) A firearm, especially a handgun.
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A facility designed for firearms practice.
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A walking stick that unfolds into a simple seat, originally used by shooters; a shooting stick.
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A portable weapon mount used by field shooters, like hunters, snipers and metallic silhouette black-powder rifle shooters, similar to a monopod, bipod or tripod, with one, two or three legs.
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Alternative form of shooting brake [(historical, Britain, automotive) A vehicle used to carry shooting parties.]
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Alternative spelling of shooting iron [(chiefly US, colloquial, dated) A firearm, especially a handgun.]
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(uncountable, military) Metal balls (or similar) used as ammunition; not necessarily small.
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A tall building in which droplets of molten lead fall into a pool of water in order to form lead shot
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(attributive, as a modifier) Relating to shotguns, either in a present or past sense.
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(Australia, Scotland, informal) A shotgun
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(slang, countable) A shotgun.
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(physics, rare) The imperial (English) unit of mass that accelerates by 1 foot per second squared (1 ft/s²) when a force of one pound-force (lbf) is exerted on it.
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(science fiction) A firearm that fires bullets.
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A person using long-range small arms for precise attacks from a concealed position.
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(athletics) A gun fired to start a race.
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A diabolo trick where one of the sticks is released and allowed to rotate 360° round the diabolo until it is caught by the hand that released it.
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Alternative spelling of swan shot [A large size of shot used in fowling.]
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(US, African-American Vernacular) Pronunciation spelling of trigger. [(firearms) A finger-operated lever used to fire a gun.]
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(US slang) A hired gunman; a hitman.
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Trigger mechanisms, taken collectively.
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(video games) A shoot 'em up game in which the player advances through a tube or tunnel while moving around its circumference.
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