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noun
1
: a usually covered range equipped with targets for practice with firearms
2
slang
: a place where one can obtain narcotics and shoot up
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Configured to mimic the feel and function of America’s most popular rifle—the AR 15—the M&P 15-22 Sport is a rifle that will help transform your range into a shooting gallery.
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Richard Mann, Outdoor Life, 27 Feb. 2023
The haunted mini-golf operation also includes a shooting gallery and an arcade.
—Ted O'neil, Washington Examiner, 30 Oct. 2020
The city and nearby villages have become a shooting gallery for artillery.
—Andrew E. Kramer, New York Times, 22 Nov. 2022
The claim that the shooting gallery consisted of comets, however, is another controversial aspect of the theory.
—Shannon Hall, Scientific American, 30 Sep. 2022
Indeed, the Earth sits in a cosmic shooting gallery, and big rocks from space have pummeled the planet for millions of years.
—Don Lincoln, CNN, 25 Sep. 2022
Wildsong technical director Shaun Lim designed the show’s moody lighting and plays the musical’s shooting gallery proprietor with a shamanic quality.
—Pam Kragen, San Diego Union-Tribune, 20 Sep. 2022
There’s also a pumpkin patch, zip line, giant slides, pedal carts, wagon rides, Zorbing, petting zoo, pig races, jumping pillow, paintball shooting gallery, extreme air ride and more.
—Annie Alleman, Chicago Tribune, 15 Sep. 2022
But this wasn't a shooting gallery interrupted by wild train sequences and epic climbs up mountains.
—Sam Machkovech, Ars Technica, 31 Aug. 2022
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Richard Mann, Outdoor Life, 27 Feb. 2023
The haunted mini-golf operation also includes a shooting gallery and an arcade.
—Ted O'neil, Washington Examiner, 30 Oct. 2020
The city and nearby villages have become a shooting gallery for artillery.
—Andrew E. Kramer, New York Times, 22 Nov. 2022
The claim that the shooting gallery consisted of comets, however, is another controversial aspect of the theory.
—Shannon Hall, Scientific American, 30 Sep. 2022
Indeed, the Earth sits in a cosmic shooting gallery, and big rocks from space have pummeled the planet for millions of years.
—Don Lincoln, CNN, 25 Sep. 2022
Wildsong technical director Shaun Lim designed the show’s moody lighting and plays the musical’s shooting gallery proprietor with a shamanic quality.
—Pam Kragen, San Diego Union-Tribune, 20 Sep. 2022
There’s also a pumpkin patch, zip line, giant slides, pedal carts, wagon rides, Zorbing, petting zoo, pig races, jumping pillow, paintball shooting gallery, extreme air ride and more.
—Annie Alleman, Chicago Tribune, 15 Sep. 2022
But this wasn't a shooting gallery interrupted by wild train sequences and epic climbs up mountains.
—Sam Machkovech, Ars Technica, 31 Aug. 2022
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Word History
First Known Use
1836, in the meaning defined at sense 1
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“Shooting gallery.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/shooting%20gallery. Accessed 31 Mar. 2023.
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