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shooting galleries

shooting galleries is the plural of shooting gallery.

Meaning of shooting gallery

Noun

shooting gallery (plural shooting galleries)

  1. A carnival game typically featuring a pellet gun and numerous moving mechanical tracks with small targets to be shot for prizes.
  2. (figuratively) Any game or match with lots of shooting (e.g. at a goal)
  3. (slang) A room where recreational drug users inject themselves with a drug.

Questions about shooting galleries

What is shooting galleries the plural of?
Shooting galleries is the plural of shooting gallery.

Words near shooting galleries in the dictionary

  1. shooting down
  2. shooting first and asking questions later
  3. shooting for the moon
  4. shooting from the hip
  5. shooting from the lip
  6. shooting galleries
  7. shooting gallery
  8. shooting glasses
  9. shooting ground
  10. shooting grounds
  11. shooting guard

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