shooting gallery

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noun

a place equipped with targets and used for practice in shooting.

Slang. a place where drug addicts can buy and inject themselves with narcotic drugs.

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Origin of shooting gallery

First recorded in 1830–40

Words nearby shooting gallery

shoot from the hip, shootie, Shoot, if you must, this old gray head, shooting box, shooting brake, shooting gallery, shooting guard, shooting iron, shooting match, shooting script, shooting star

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How to use shooting gallery in a sentence

You don’t feel like the defenseless target in a virus shooting gallery.
I got the covid vaccine and cheer has replaced fear|Thomas M. Boswell|February 26, 2021|Washington Post
Policemen on the show joke about prison riots, bomb threats, and the shooting of unarmed civilians.
'Babylon' Review: The Dumb Lives of Trigger-Happy Cops|Melissa Leon|January 9, 2015|DAILY BEAST
In the first episode, an officer is shown video of himself shooting and killing a man.
'Babylon' Review: The Dumb Lives of Trigger-Happy Cops|Melissa Leon|January 9, 2015|DAILY BEAST
Then they came up against a police patrol on mountain bicycles, which again led to more shooting, without injuries.
Police Hunt for Paris Massacre Suspects|Tracy McNicoll, Christopher Dickey|January 7, 2015|DAILY BEAST

He appears only normal, even in video footage from just two minutes before the shooting.
Exclusive: Inside a Cop-Killer’s Final Hours|Michael Daly|December 31, 2014|DAILY BEAST
The phone is apparently the one he took from his girlfriend after shooting her outside Baltimore and heading for New York.
Exclusive: Inside a Cop-Killer’s Final Hours|Michael Daly|December 31, 2014|DAILY BEAST
Then one of the magter came in and Brion hesitated before shooting.
Sense of Obligation|Henry Maxwell Dempsey (AKA Harry Harrison)
Many of these have been seen in the Corcoran Art Gallery and in other public exhibitions.
Women in the fine arts, from the Seventh Century B.C. to the Twentieth Century A.D.|Clara Erskine Clement
Calkilate we should do ourselves more harm than him by shooting down his people.
Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine, No. CCCXXXIX. January, 1844. Vol. LV.|Various
Arnold, after he had a dozen times expressed his delight at my return, asked if I had seen any shooting.
The Soldier of the Valley|Nelson Lloyd
People are busy ballooning or driving; shooting like stars along railroads; or migrating like swallows or wild-geese.
Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine, No. CCCXXXIX. January, 1844. Vol. LV.|Various

British Dictionary definitions for shooting gallery

shooting gallery

noun

an area, often enclosed, designed for target practice, shooting, etc

slang a house where heroin addicts inject themselves

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