Speakur

Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

shooting gallery

Word Rarity Uncommon

Frequency: Zipf frequency 4.31 in modern English

Syllables
shoot-ing -gallery
IPA
23
Scrabble Score
15
Letters
3
Syllables
12
Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

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

noun

Any game or match with lots of shooting (e.g. at a goal)

noun

A room where recreational drug users inject themselves with a drug.

Slang

Usage

Inflected Forms

shooting galleries (plural)

Synonyms

shooting range

Questions

What does shooting gallery mean?
A carnival game typically featuring a pellet gun and numerous moving mechanical tracks with small targets to be shot for prizes.

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