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View synonyms for turkey shoot

turkey shoot

noun

  1. a marksmanship contest, usually at a festive gathering, in which rifles are fired at moving targets, originally live turkeys.
    1. something easily accomplished; piece of cake.
    2. an easy destruction of enemy troops, especially of flying aircraft.


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Word History and Origins

Origin of turkey shoot1

An Americanism dating back to 1835–45
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Example Sentences

The Great UFO Turkey Shoot of 2023 began with a bang—several, in fact.

Simon Mayo described it as an "annual turkey shoot", while Graham Norton said it was "not comfortable and not nice".

From BBC

The question is whether United suffer a comedown from their midweek turkey shoot.

One air battle was so lopsided in favor of the Americans that it was called a turkey shoot.

“That would have been like a turkey shoot for the average police department.”

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