Meaning of turkey shoot | Babel Free

Definitions

1. A hunt or hunting competition, using rifles or shotguns, in which wild turkeys are the prey; a marksmanship contest in which a turkey is the prize.
   US
2. A situation in which numerous weapons are discharged against prey, opponents, or victims who have little ability to protect or defend themselves.
   broadly, idiomatic
3. An unequal competitive situation in which one party easily defeats the other(s).
   broadly, idiomatic

Examples

“Behind his barricade of barrels, Sam heard and shivered like⟳ a gun-shy collie at a turkey shoot⟳.”

“[H]e had seen a thirteen-year-old boy named Jim Clanton win⟳ a turkey shoot⟳ against the best marksmen of the hill country.”

“Debbie Houk said Jordan, a hunter, knew a lot about guns and was a good shot. On Valentine's Day, he beat⟳ out many older and more experienced hunters at a turkey shoot⟳. "I'll never cook⟳ that turkey. It's the same gun that killed my daughter," she said.”

“In the Battle of the Marianas, which pilots called "the turkey shoot⟳," they downed 360 Japanese planes in a single day, the record⟳ bag of the war.”

“Almost everyone argued that it would be inhumane for Americans to engage⟳ in a turkey shoot⟳ against fleeing Iraqi soldiers.”

“The U-boats, for instance, had a stranglehold on the merchant shipping supplying Britain, and it was thought that a convoy system would turn⟳ into a turkey shoot⟳.”

“The University of Delaware Blue Hens had themselves a turkey shoot⟳ here Saturday at Delaware Stadium as they humbled Boston University, 41-13, before 10,350.”

“Their exit from the tournament, without a set⟳ between them yesterday, at least demonstrated that the women's game is not quite the turkey shoot⟳ it might have⟳ seemed.”

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