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insurance shot

insurance shot noun: a second (or subsequent) shot fired at a downed animal to ensure it is dead.

Noun

insurance shot (plural insurance shots)

  1. (shooting) A second (or subsequent) shot fired at a downed animal to ensure it is dead.

Forms of insurance shot

pluralinsurance shots

Questions about insurance shot

What does insurance shot mean?
Insurance shot means a second (or subsequent) shot fired at a downed animal to ensure it is dead.
What part of speech is insurance shot?
Insurance shot is a noun.
What is the plural of insurance shot?
The plural of insurance shot is insurance shots.

Words near insurance shot in the dictionary

  1. insurance goal
  2. insurance goals
  3. insurance policies
  4. insurance policy
  5. insurance poor
  6. insurance shot
  7. insurance shots
  8. insurancelike
  9. insurancer
  10. insurancers
  11. insurances

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