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SHOOTING GALLERY
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
An enclosed firing range with targets for rifle or handgun practice
Synonyms:
shooting gallery; shooting range
Classified under:
Nouns denoting man-made objects
Hypernyms ("shooting gallery" is a kind of...):
firing range; target range (a practice range for target practice)
Sense 2
Meaning:
A building (usually abandoned) where drug addicts buy and use heroin
Classified under:
Nouns denoting man-made objects
Hypernyms ("shooting gallery" is a kind of...):
building; edifice (a structure that has a roof and walls and stands more or less permanently in one place)
Domain usage:
colloquialism (a colloquial expression; characteristic of spoken or written communication that seeks to imitate informal speech)
