shooting match

[ shoo-ting for 1; shoot-n, shoo-ting for 2 ]

/ ˈʃu tɪŋ for 1; ˈʃut n, ˈʃu tɪŋ for 2 /

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noun

a contest in marksmanship.

Informal.

a number of persons or things collectively.
everything involved with a particular matter: He decided to sell the whole shooting match—his house, furniture, and car.

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Origin of shooting match

First recorded in 1740–50

Words nearby shooting match

shooting box, shooting brake, shooting gallery, shooting guard, shooting iron, shooting match, shooting script, shooting star, shooting stick, shooting war, shootist

How to use shooting match in a sentence

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
Part of the problem is the mandate of the war and the means with which the U.S. is fighting it do not match up.
Pentagon Doesn’t Know How Many People It’s Killed in the ISIS War|Nancy A. Youssef|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
Then one of the magter came in and Brion hesitated before shooting.
Sense of Obligation|Henry Maxwell Dempsey (AKA Harry Harrison)
Little did Tressan dream to what a cask of gunpowder he was applying the match of his smug pertness.
St. Martin's Summer|Rafael Sabatini
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
A cricket-match was in progress, but the bowling and batting were extremely wild, thanks to The Warren strong beer.
The Pit Town Coronet, Volume I (of 3)|Charles James Wills
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

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