turkey shoot

noun

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

Word History and Origins

Origin of turkey shoot¹

An Americanism dating back to 1835–45

Example Sentences

He likens the standoff to what he calls the “turkey-shoot phenomenon.”

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Slave boys, in contrast, must have found themselves on the wrong end of a turkey shoot.

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The Hayfield Inn, a little hostelrie on the Northern "pike," is the scene of many a turkey-shoot.

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A day of great sport at the tavern was when there was a turkey-shoot; these often took place on Thanksgiving Day.

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On the 17th; and I was holding the turkey shoot at the same358 time.

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I don't know, because the only reason we was having them sign in was to sign them cards to invite them to the next turkey shoot.

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I was over on the opposite end shooting at a target for the turkey shoot and I didn't pay any attention to that.

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