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[ shoo-ting for 1; shoot-n, shoo-ting for 2 ] / ˈʃu tɪŋ for 1; ˈʃut n, ˈʃu tɪŋ for 2 / SEE SYNONYMS FOR shooting match ON THESAURUS.COM
nouna contest in marksmanship. Informal. - a number of persons or things collectively.
- everything involved with a particular matter: He decided to sell the whole shooting match—his house, furniture, and car.
Origin of shooting matchFirst recorded in 1740–50 Words nearby shooting matchshooting box, shooting brake, shooting gallery, shooting guard, shooting iron, shooting match, shooting script, shooting star, shooting stick, shooting war, shootist Dictionary.com UnabridgedBased on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2020 Example sentences from the Web for shooting matchAbenfeldt can't get over it, and challenged him to a shooting-match again last night. A Modern Mercenary|Kate Prichard and Hesketh Vernon Hesketh-Prichard When the shooting-match was over, the father and son returned to the little hovel they called home. The Boy Trapper|Harry Castlemon He had been absent at Holmesville, in attendance at a shooting-match, and none of us were aware of his return. Twelve Years a Slave|Solomon Northup For Owen, too, had been practicing for the shooting-match to which Jerry referred. The Cave by the Beech Fork|Henry S. Spalding
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