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trapshooting

trapshooting

7.9
A sport where people shoot at small clay targets sent into the air like flying birds
  • noun
  • /ˈtræpˌʃuːtɪŋ/
translation icon : tiro al plato
  • At a practice session with my son's trapshooting team, the coach guided the young shooters on improving their aim.

Examples

  • For a couple of weeks each summer, his lake cabin is a little bit of boating, a little bit of golf, some trapshooting, playing his guitar, stargazing, and the annual puzzle that gets hung on the wall.

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  • The entire Curtis family of Nevada enjoys trapshooting during the weekends, aiming at clay targets in their backyard.

  • We'd like to start a trapshooting club to practice our skills and compete in local tournaments.

Synonyms

skeet
vstrapshooting
8 8.8

A sport where people shoot at clay targets thrown into the air like birds

means the same thing but is an alternative name
skeet shooting
vstrapshooting
4 5.9

A sport where people shoot clay targets sent into the air like birds

has the same meaning but uses a different name

How Difficult

trapshooting
7.9

Surface Forms

trapshooting singular
trapshootings plural

Morphology

trapshooting = trapshoot (transparent) = trap + shoot + ing

Formed by the verb 'trapshoot' + the nominalizing '-ing'; meaning is directly the activity of shooting at traps.

Etymology

Trapshooting comes from the old practice of using a trap, a small device that 'releases' live birds, and then shooting them as they flew away. Today clay targets are sent into the air to copy flying birds, so trapshooting means the sport of shooting at those launched targets.