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SKEET SHOOTING

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does skeet shooting mean? 

SKEET SHOOTING (noun)
  The noun SKEET SHOOTING has 1 sense:

1. the sport of shooting at clay pigeons that are hurled upward in such a way as to simulate the flight of a birdplay

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


 Dictionary entry details 


SKEET SHOOTING (noun)


Sense 1

Meaning:

The sport of shooting at clay pigeons that are hurled upward in such a way as to simulate the flight of a bird

Classified under:

Nouns denoting acts or actions

Synonyms:

skeet; skeet shooting; trapshooting

Hypernyms ("skeet shooting" is a kind of...):

shoot (the act of shooting at targets)


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