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LINE-SHOOTING

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does line-shooting mean? 

LINE-SHOOTING (noun)
  The noun LINE-SHOOTING has 1 sense:

1. an instance of boastful talkplay

  Familiarity information: LINE-SHOOTING used as a noun is very rare.


 Dictionary entry details 


LINE-SHOOTING (noun)


Sense 1

Meaning:

An instance of boastful talk

Classified under:

Nouns denoting communicative processes and contents

Synonyms:

brag; bragging; crow; crowing; gasconade; line-shooting; vaporing

Context example:

whenever he won we were exposed to his gasconade

Hypernyms ("line-shooting" is a kind of...):

boast; boasting; jactitation; self-praise (speaking of yourself in superlatives)


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