wing shot
Americannoun
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a shot at a bird in flight.
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an expert in shooting birds in flight.
noun
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a shot taken at a bird in flight
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an expert at shooting birds in flight
Etymology
Origin of wing shot
First recorded in 1880–85
Example Sentences
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A career 36% three-point shooter, the 31-year-old, 6-foot-7 wing shot 37.8% on threes with the Clippers.
From Los Angeles Times ● May 5, 2022
The 6-foot-4 wing shot 45.8% from the field and 77.5% from the free-throw line but only 28.2% from three-point range.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 22, 2021
He was a loving companion who taught Gregory to be a champion wing shot and a powerful protector who once showed great courage in rescuing the boy from sharks.
From Time Magazine Archive
One P-51 set a record for ruggedness when it flew home with a yard of starboard wing shot off, the port wing half buckled and the fuselage bent and torn from collision with a tree.
From Time Magazine Archive
It struck with a sounding thud, a wing shot, and the great creature fell heavily, impaled in mid-air, to rush away, bearing boat and white-whalers far down the river toward the sea.
From Lippincott's Magazine Of Popular Literature And Science Old Series, Vol. 36—New Series, Vol. 10, July 1885 by Various
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