1. : a competitive test in shooting : competition in marksmanship
2. : a collection or aggregate of persons or things : lot; also : the entire affair or matter : concern, business — used chiefly in the phrase the whole shooting match
sick and tired of the whole shooting match
rich enough to buy the whole shooting match
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/shooh"ting/ for 1; /shooht"n, shooh"ting/ for 2
1. a contest in marksmanship.
2. Informal.
a. a number of persons or things collectively.
b. everything involved with a particular matter: He decided to sell the whole shooting match - his house, furniture, and car.
[1740-50]
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shooting match (informal)
The whole lot
● shoot
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a fight or competition using guns
Thesaurus: gunfire and shootinghyponym
Phrase: whole shooting match
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noun
the whole shooting match
informal : the entire thing : ↑everything
They said that they would pay for the food, music, decorations–the whole shooting match.
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an occasion when people or groups fight or attack each other
Idiom: ↑whole shooting match
Useful english dictionary. 2012.