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shooting gallery
(redirected from shooting galleries)

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shoot·ing gallery (shtng)
n.
1. An enclosed target range for practice or competition with firearms.
2. Slang A place where illegal drugs may be obtained, prepared, and taken by injection, often with equipment provided on the premises.

shooting gallery
n
1. (Military / Firearms, Gunnery, Ordnance & Artillery) an area, often enclosed, designed for target practice, shooting, etc.
2. (Law / Recreational Drugs) Slang a house where heroin addicts inject themselves
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Noun1.shooting gallery - a building (usually abandoned) where drug addicts buy and use heroin
building, edifice - a structure that has a roof and walls and stands more or less permanently in one place; "there was a three-story building on the corner"; "it was an imposing edifice"
colloquialism - a colloquial expression; characteristic of spoken or written communication that seeks to imitate informal speech
2.shooting gallery - an enclosed firing range with targets for rifle or handgun practiceshooting gallery - an enclosed firing range with targets for rifle or handgun practice
firing range, target range - a practice range for target practice
Translations
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