shooting gallery

noun

A carnival game typically featuring a pellet gun and numerous moving mechanical tracks with small targets to be shot for prizes.

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shooting range
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Meanings

nounshooting gallery (plural shooting galleries)

plural shooting galleries

  1. A carnival game typically featuring a pellet gun and numerous moving mechanical tracks with small targets to be shot for prizes.
  2. figurativelyhobbiesAny game or match with lots of shooting (e.g. at a goal)
  3. slangdrugsA room where recreational drug users inject themselves with a drug.

Synonyms & antonyms

nounan enclosed firing range with targets for rifle or handgun practice

Similar
shooting range
Broader
firing rangetarget range
Also see
drug houseshooting range

Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.

Translations

Czech střelnice
  • střelnicecarnival game
German Schießbude, Schiessbude
  • Schießbudecarnival game
  • Schiessbudecarnival game
Hungarian céllövölde
  • céllövöldecarnival game
Polish strzelnica sportowa
  • strzelnica sportowacarnival game
Russian тир
  • тир (tir)carnival game
Swedish skjutbana
  • skjutbanacarnival game
Ukrainian тир
  • тир (tyr)carnival game
Cite this entry
APA

shooting gallery. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/shooting%20gallery

MLA

“shooting gallery.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/shooting%20gallery. Accessed November 4, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “shooting gallery,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/shooting%20gallery.

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