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单词 hip shooting
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hip shooting
hip shooting n. chiefly U.S. the firing of a gun held near the hip, without taking proper aim, typically in order to shoot quickly; (also figurative) the practice of making snap decisions or acting impulsively; cf. to shoot from the hip at shoot v. Additions.
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1866 Standard 30 July 3/5 Davis held his patent breech-loader by a double leather strap over the shoulder horizontally for hip-shooting.
1973 Washington Post 26 Dec. 5/5 He insisted that hip-shooting is better than not shooting—that is, not making decisions—at all.
2000 R. Mroz Defensive Shooting for Real-life Encounters viii. 79 One-handed, Applegate-style point shooting was only used from 10 feet, while hip shooting was used at 3 feet.
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