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