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point shooting

point shooting noun: a method of pointing and firing a ranged weapon without using its sights to aim, particularly for quickdraw.

Noun

point shooting (uncountable)

  1. A method of pointing and firing a ranged weapon without using its sights to aim, particularly for quickdraw.
    Synonyms:
    hipfire

Synonyms of point shooting

Questions about point shooting

What does point shooting mean?
Point shooting means a method of pointing and firing a ranged weapon without using its sights to aim, particularly for quickdraw.
What part of speech is point shooting?
Point shooting is a noun.

Words near point shooting in the dictionary

  1. point sets
  2. point shave
  3. point shaved
  4. point shaves
  5. point shaving
  6. point shooting
  7. point source
  8. point sources
  9. Point Sur
  10. point taken
  11. point target

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