pot-shootingn.

Brit.

/ˈpɒtˌʃuːtɪŋ/, U.S.

/ˈpɑtˌʃudɪŋ/

Origin: Formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: pot-shoot v., -ing suffix¹.

Etymology: < pot-shoot v. + -ing suffix¹.

The action of pot-shoot v. Also figurative.

ΘΚΠ

society > armed hostility > military equipment > operation and use of weapons > action of propelling missile > discharge of firearms > [noun] > type of firing

point and blank1590

false fire1602

potting1613

point-blank1614

running fire1629

pounding1633

bulleting1635

platooning1706

sharp-shot1725

street firing1727

ricochet1740

fire curtain1744

plunging fire1747

reverse fire1758

sniping1773

enfilade1796

rapid fire1800

line-firing1802

concentric1804

sharpshooting1806

rake1810

sniping fire1821

cross-firing1837

file-firing1837

curved fire1854

night firing1856

file-fire1857

volley-firing1859

cross-fire1860

joy-firing1864

snap-shooting1872

stringing1873

pot-shooting1874

indirect fire1879

sweeping1907

rapid1913

curtain of fire1916

ripple1939

ripple-firing1940

ripple fire1961

1874 Times 5 May 12/2 Since the last great fight there has been a tacit..understanding that there was to be no ‘pot shooting’.

1879 Globe (Atchison, Kansas) 27 Sept. No class of people understand pot-shooting like the Missourians.

1907 C. E. Mulford Bar-20 xxi. 209 One hundred paces makes fine pot-shooting.

1945 Sun (Baltimore) 28 Nov. 1/5 What opposition has been sounded against the Socialists' proposals and the Socialists' shortcomings has been a matter of pot-shooting instead of an organized campaign.

1997 Hollywood Reporter (Nexis) 17 Oct. The potshooting at Balto cops, possibly return fire from last season's not-that-righteous police shooting of drugpin Luther Mahoney.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2006; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	pot-shooting
释义	pot-shootingn. Brit. /ˈpɒtˌʃuːtɪŋ/, U.S. /ˈpɑtˌʃudɪŋ/ Origin: Formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: pot-shoot v., -ing suffix¹. Etymology: < pot-shoot v. + -ing suffix¹. The action of pot-shoot v. Also figurative. ΘΚΠ society > armed hostility > military equipment > operation and use of weapons > action of propelling missile > discharge of firearms > [noun] > type of firing point and blank1590 false fire1602 potting1613 point-blank1614 running fire1629 pounding1633 bulleting1635 platooning1706 sharp-shot1725 street firing1727 ricochet1740 fire curtain1744 plunging fire1747 reverse fire1758 sniping1773 enfilade1796 rapid fire1800 line-firing1802 concentric1804 sharpshooting1806 rake1810 sniping fire1821 cross-firing1837 file-firing1837 curved fire1854 night firing1856 file-fire1857 volley-firing1859 cross-fire1860 joy-firing1864 snap-shooting1872 stringing1873 pot-shooting1874 indirect fire1879 sweeping1907 rapid1913 curtain of fire1916 ripple1939 ripple-firing1940 ripple fire1961 1874 Times 5 May 12/2 Since the last great fight there has been a tacit..understanding that there was to be no ‘pot shooting’. 1879 Globe (Atchison, Kansas) 27 Sept. No class of people understand pot-shooting like the Missourians. 1907 C. E. Mulford Bar-20 xxi. 209 One hundred paces makes fine pot-shooting. 1945 Sun (Baltimore) 28 Nov. 1/5 What opposition has been sounded against the Socialists' proposals and the Socialists' shortcomings has been a matter of pot-shooting instead of an organized campaign. 1997 Hollywood Reporter (Nexis) 17 Oct. The potshooting at Balto cops, possibly return fire from last season's not-that-righteous police shooting of drugpin Luther Mahoney. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2006; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.1874
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