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CLAY PIGEON

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does clay pigeon mean? 

CLAY PIGEON (noun)
  The noun CLAY PIGEON has 1 sense:

1. target used in skeet or trapshootingplay

  Familiarity information: CLAY PIGEON used as a noun is very rare.


 Dictionary entry details 


CLAY PIGEON (noun)


Sense 1

Meaning:

Target used in skeet or trapshooting

Classified under:

Nouns denoting man-made objects

Hypernyms ("clay pigeon" is a kind of...):

butt; target (sports equipment consisting of an object set up for a marksman or archer to aim at)


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