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line shooting

/laɪn ˈʃuːtɪŋ/

line shooting noun: exaggerated or boastful stories; showing off. Also the present participle and gerund of shoot a line.

Noun

line shooting (uncountable)

  1. (slang, World War II, RAF) Exaggerated or boastful stories; showing off.
    • Authentic RAF line shooting of that time was a form of jocular boasting which nobody was expected to believe[.]1978, Hugh Verity, We landed by moonlight, Manchester: Crécy Publishing, →ISBN, page 131

Also used as

line shooting is also the present participle and gerund of shoot a line.

Questions about line shooting

What does line shooting mean?
Line shooting means exaggerated or boastful stories; showing off.
What part of speech is line shooting?
Line shooting is a noun.
How do you pronounce line shooting?
Line shooting is pronounced /laɪn ˈʃuːtɪŋ/.

Words near line shooting in the dictionary

  1. line segments
  2. line shaft
  3. line shafting
  4. line shaftings
  5. line shafts
  6. line shooting
  7. line slip
  8. line slips
  9. line someone's pockets
  10. line spectra
  11. line spectrum

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