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trapshooting

[trap-shoo-ting]
noun
  1. the sport of shooting at clay pigeons hurled into the air from a trap.
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Origin of trapshooting

1870–75; trap1 + shooting
Related formstrap·shoot·er, noun
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British Dictionary definitions for trapshooting

trapshooting

noun
  1. the sport of shooting at clay pigeons thrown up by a trap
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Derived Formstrapshooter, noun
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