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LINE-SHOOTING
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Dictionary entry overview: What does line-shooting mean?
• LINE-SHOOTING (noun)
The noun LINE-SHOOTING has 1 sense:
1. an instance of boastful talk
Familiarity information: LINE-SHOOTING used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
An instance of boastful talk
Classified under:
Nouns denoting communicative processes and contents
Synonyms:
brag; bragging; crow; crowing; gasconade; line-shooting; vaporing
Context example:
whenever he won we were exposed to his gasconade
Hypernyms ("line-shooting" is a kind of...):
boast; boasting; jactitation; self-praise (speaking of yourself in superlatives)
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