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browning shot

browning shot noun: a haphazard shot at a group of vessels.

Noun

browning shot (plural browning shots)

  1. A haphazard shot at a group of vessels.
    • […] the U-boat would ordinarily be able to have only a "browning shot" (a random shot in the hope of hitting one ship in the convoy), which might or might not hit.2014, Arthur J. Marder, From the Dreadnought to Scapa Flow, volume IV, page 132

Forms of browning shot

pluralbrowning shots

Origin of browning shot

See brown (“mass of birds or animals in hunting”).

Questions about browning shot

What does browning shot mean?
Browning shot means a haphazard shot at a group of vessels.
What part of speech is browning shot?
Browning shot is a noun.
What is the plural of browning shot?
The plural of browning shot is browning shots.

Words near browning shot in the dictionary

  1. brownifying
  2. browniine
  3. browniness
  4. browning
  5. browning out
  6. browning shot
  7. browning shots
  8. browning up
  9. Browningesque
  10. Browningian
  11. brownings

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