wing shooting
- noun
- /wɪŋ ˈʃuːtɪŋ/
:
caza al vuelo
- At the annual competition, participants showcased their skills in wing shooting by hitting flying clay targets.
Examples
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During the fall season, many enthusiasts engage in wing shooting to hunt ducks and geese as they fly overhead.
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Many hunters travel to rural areas in the autumn for wing shooting of pheasants and grouse.
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Proper safety measures are essential whenever you take part in wing shooting with others.
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Experienced instructors teach beginners wing shooting techniques safely on open moorland.
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He loves wing shooting on weekends.
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Many hunters enjoy wing shooting during the fall season.
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The instructor provided tips for improving your wing shooting technique while tracking moving targets in the sky.
Synonyms
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The activity of hunting wild birds for food
Surface Forms
Morphology
A learner who knows 'wing' and 'shooting' can infer the phrase relates to shooting something with wings (i.e. birds), so there is a clear compositional clue. However, the specific practice of shooting birds while they are flying (the collocational sense, often expressed as 'shooting on the wing') is a domain-specific hunting term that is not fully predictable from the parts alone, so prior exposure is usually needed for the precise meaning.
Etymology
Wing shooting comes from the clear image of hunters shooting at birds while they fly, often aiming near the birds' wings. That's why it means 'shooting game birds while they are flying'.