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trapshooting

 
Dictionary: trap·shoot·ing   (trăp'shū'tĭng) pronunciation
n. Sports
Shooting at clay pigeons hurled into the air from spring traps.

trapshooter trap'shoot'er n.

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Shooting sport with moving targets. A shotgun (usually 12-gauge) is used. The targets are clay disks (called pigeons) that are sprung into the air from a trap. A later variant is skeet shooting. Trapshooting's origins date to the 18th century, when marksmen shot at live pigeons released from cages or box traps. The modern clay-pigeon variety has been included in Olympic Games competition since 1900. A single trap throws 25 targets at varying angles; each competitor fires four 25-target rounds.

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The noun has one meaning:

Meaning #1: the sport of shooting at clay pigeons that are hurled upward in such a way as to simulate the flight of a bird
  Synonyms: skeet, skeet shooting


Translations: Trapshooting
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Dansk (Danish)
n. - flugtskydning

Nederlands (Dutch)
het schieten op kleiduiven

Français (French)
n. - ball-trap

Deutsch (German)
n. - Tontaubenschießen

Ελληνική (Greek)
n. - σκοποβολή κατά στόχων που εκτοξεύονται

Italiano (Italian)
tiro al piattello

Português (Portuguese)
n. - tiro aos pombos (m), tiro aos pratos (m)

Русский (Russian)
(спорт.) стрельба по тарелочкам

Español (Spanish)
n. - tiro al plato

Svenska (Swedish)
n. - lerduveskytte

中文(简体)(Chinese (Simplified))
飞靶射击

中文(繁體)(Chinese (Traditional))
n. - 飛靶射擊

한국어 (Korean)
n. - 트랩 사격

日本語 (Japanese)
n. - クレー射撃

العربيه (Arabic)
‏(الاسم) صيد ألحمائم الطينيه‏

עברית (Hebrew)
n. - ‮קליעה למטרה עפה‬


 
 

 

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