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line shooting en · NOUN

Pronunciation

  • /laɪn ˈʃuːtɪŋ/

Meanings

  1. (qualifier:World War II; RAF; World War II; RAF, slang, uncountable) Exaggerated or boastful stories; showing off.
    • Authentic RAF line shooting of that time was a form of jocular boasting which nobody was expected to believe[.] 1978, Hugh Verity, We landed by moonlight, Manchester: Crécy Publishing, →ISBN, page 131:
  2. (form-of, gerund, participle, present, uncountable) present participle and gerund of shoot a line
    form of shoot a line