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wing shot

noun

, Hunting.
  1. a shot at a bird in flight.
  2. an expert in shooting birds in flight.


wing shot

noun

  1. a shot taken at a bird in flight
  2. an expert at shooting birds in flight
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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Word History and Origins

Origin of wing shot1

First recorded in 1880–85
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Example Sentences

A career 36% three-point shooter, the 31-year-old, 6-foot-7 wing shot 37.8% on threes with the Clippers.

The 6-foot-4 wing shot 45.8% from the field and 77.5% from the free-throw line but only 28.2% from three-point range.

He fired three-pointers from the wing, shot free throws, and attempted turnaround jumpers from the baseline.

He was known as “Champion Wing Shot of the World.”

Mr. Zuidema was the pilot of a B-17 Army Air Forces aircraft that had its right wing shot off by a German fighter plane over Steyr, Austria, in April 1944.

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