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shotgun starts

shotgun starts is the plural of shotgun start.

Meaning of shotgun start

Noun

shotgun start (plural shotgun starts)

  1. A tournament format in which all groups of contestants tee off simultaneously from different holes.
    • Also, since the players teed off simultaneously, the infamous "shotgun start," with several foursomes at each tee box, the tournaments ran notoriously slow.2011 October, Mike Nettleton, Shotgun Start, Krill Press, →ISBN

Questions about shotgun starts

What is shotgun starts the plural of?
Shotgun starts is the plural of shotgun start.

Words near shotgun starts in the dictionary

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  2. shotgun sequencing
  3. shotgun shack
  4. shotgun shacks
  5. shotgun start
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  7. shotgun surgery
  8. shotgun wedding
  9. shotgun weddings
  10. shotgunlike
  11. shotgunned

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