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shooting gallery

shooting gallery noun: a carnival game typically featuring a pellet gun and numerous moving mechanical tracks with small targets to be shot for prizes.

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.

shooting gallery meaning in Tamil

shooting gallery in Tamil

துமுக்கிப்பயிற்சியகம், துமுக்கிப் பயிற்சியகம்

Forms of shooting gallery

pluralshooting galleries

Questions about shooting gallery

What does shooting gallery mean?
Shooting gallery means a carnival game typically featuring a pellet gun and numerous moving mechanical tracks with small targets to be shot for prizes.
What is shooting gallery in Tamil?
Shooting gallery in Tamil is துமுக்கிப்பயிற்சியகம், துமுக்கிப் பயிற்சியகம். See Shooting gallery meaning in Tamil.
What part of speech is shooting gallery?
Shooting gallery is a noun.
What is the plural of shooting gallery?
The plural of shooting gallery is shooting galleries.

Words near shooting gallery in the dictionary

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

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