: trapshooting in which clay pigeons are thrown in such a way as to simulate the angles of flight of birds
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The League offers trap, skeet, sporting clays, and 5-stand leagues to secondary and postsecondary schools across the country.
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Tom Schardin, Twin Cities, 7 Feb. 2025
Elsewhere on property, there’s an equipment shop, a 1,000-yard gun range, a trap/skeet range, and a fenced children’s playground.
—Emma Reynolds, Robb Report, 6 Aug. 2024
This is 23-year-old Smith's second Olympic Games, finishing 10th in this event in Tokyo, and her medal follows yesterday's men's skeet event in which Team USA's Vincent Hancock and Conner Prince took gold and silver.
—NBC News, 5 Aug. 2024
And finally, Vincent Hancock and Conner Lynn Prince took gold and silver in the men’s skeet final in shooting.
—John Cherwa, Los Angeles Times, 4 Aug. 2024
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Tom Schardin, Twin Cities, 7 Feb. 2025
Elsewhere on property, there’s an equipment shop, a 1,000-yard gun range, a trap/skeet range, and a fenced children’s playground.
—Emma Reynolds, Robb Report, 6 Aug. 2024
This is 23-year-old Smith's second Olympic Games, finishing 10th in this event in Tokyo, and her medal follows yesterday's men's skeet event in which Team USA's Vincent Hancock and Conner Prince took gold and silver.
—NBC News, 5 Aug. 2024
And finally, Vincent Hancock and Conner Lynn Prince took gold and silver in the men’s skeet final in shooting.
—John Cherwa, Los Angeles Times, 4 Aug. 2024
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“Skeet.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/skeet. Accessed 9 Jun. 2025.
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skeet
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: trapshooting in which clay targets are thrown in such a way as to simulate the angle of flight of a bird
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