skeet

(skēt)

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noun

trapshooting in which the shooter fires from different stations, usually eight, at clay disks thrown from traps to simulate birds in flight

Origin: 20th-c. adoption and alteration of ON skeyti, projectile, akin to skjōta, to shoot

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noun

A form of trapshooting in which clay targets are thrown from traps to simulate birds in flight and are shot at from different stations.

Origin:

Origin: Alteration of shoot

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