line shooting

English

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /laɪn ˈʃuːtɪŋ/

Noun

line shooting (uncountable)

  1. (World War II, RAF, slang) Exaggerated or boastful stories; showing off.
    • 1978, Hugh Verity, We landed by moonlight, Manchester: Crécy Publishing, →ISBN, page 131:
      Authentic RAF line shooting of that time was a form of jocular boasting which nobody was expected to believe[.]
  2. present participle and gerund of shoot a line
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