WHOLE SHOOTING MATCH

Meaning of WHOLE SHOOTING MATCH in English

See the whole shooting match

Wayne Magnuson. English idioms vocabulary. Словарь английских идиом. 2012

WHOLE SHOOTING MATCH — (See the whole shooting match)
English Idioms vocab
SHOOTING — Sport of gun marksmanship. It typically involves firing at targets with pistols , and shotguns . World championship competitions are …
Английский словарь Британика
WHOLE — I. ˈhōl, dial ˈhəl or with a vowel approaching ə adjective Etymology: Middle English hool healthy, unhurt, entire, from Old …
Webster's New International English Dictionary
MATCH — I. ˈmach noun ( -es ) Etymology: in sense 1, from Middle English macche match, mate, spouse, from Old English …
Webster's New International English Dictionary
SHOOTING — ˈshüd.]iŋ, -üt], ]ēŋ\ noun ( -s ) Etymology: Middle English sheting, shoting, shuting, from gerund of sheten, shoten, shuten to …
Webster's New International English Dictionary
SHOOTING — (a.) Of or pertaining to shooting; for shooting; darting.
Английский словарь Webster
SHOOTING — (n.) The act of one who, or that which, shoots; as, the shooting of an archery club; the shooting of …
Английский словарь Webster
SHOOTING — ( n. ) The act of one who, or that which, shoots; as, the shooting of an archery club; the …
Webster's Revised Unabridged English Dictionary
SHOOTING — ( a. ) Of or pertaining to shooting; for shooting; darting.
Webster's Revised Unabridged English Dictionary
WHOLE — — wholeness , n. /hohl/ , adj. 1. comprising the full quantity, amount, extent, number, etc., without diminution or exception; …
Random House Webster's Unabridged English Dictionary
MATCH — match 1 /mach/ , n. 1. a slender piece of wood, cardboard, or other flammable material tipped with a chemical …
Random House Webster's Unabridged English Dictionary
WHOLE — I. ˈhōl adjective Etymology: Middle English hool healthy, unhurt, entire, from Old English hāl; akin to Old High German heil …
Merriam-Webster's Collegiate English vocabulary
MATCH — I. ˈmach noun Etymology: Middle English macche, from Old English gemæcca mate, equal; akin to Old English macian to make …
Merriam-Webster's Collegiate English vocabulary
WHOLE — noun a regular combination of parts; a system. 2. whole ·adj possessing, or being in a state of, heath and …
Webster English vocab
SHOOTING — adj of or pertaining to shooting; for shooting; darting. 2. shooting ·p.pr. & ·vb.n. of shoot. 3. shooting ·noun a …
Webster English vocab
MATCH — v an agreement, compact, ·etc. 2. match ·v a matrimonial union; a marriage. 3. match ·v equality of conditions in …
Webster English vocab
WHOLE — [whole] adj [ME hool healthy, unhurt, entire, fr. OE hal; akin to OHG heil healthy, unhurt, ON heill, OCS celu] …
Merriam-Webster English vocab
MATCH — [match] n [ME macche, fr. OE gemaecca mate, equal; akin to OE macian to make--more at make] (bef. 12c) 1 …
Merriam-Webster English vocab
SHOOTING — the sport of firing at targets of various kinds with rifles, handguns (pistols and revolvers), and shotguns as an exercise …
Britannica English vocabulary
MATCH — splinter of wood, strip of cardboard, or other suitable flammable material tipped with a substance ignitable by friction. A match …
Britannica English vocabulary
WHOLE — / həʊl; NAmE hoʊl/ adjective , noun ■ adjective 1. [ only before noun ] full; complete : He spent …
Oxford Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
SHOOTING — / ˈʃuːtɪŋ; NAmE / noun 1. [ C ] a situation in which a person is shot with a gun …
Oxford Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
MATCH — / mætʃ; NAmE / noun , verb ■ noun FOR LIGHTING FIRES 1. [ C ] a small stick made …
Oxford Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
WHOLE — I. whole 1 S1 W1 /həʊl $ hoʊl/ BrE AmE adjective [ Word Family: noun : ↑ whole , ↑ …
Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
SHOOTING — shoot ‧ ing /ˈʃuːtɪŋ/ BrE AmE noun 1 . [countable] a situation in which someone is injured or killed by …
Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
MATCH — I. match 1 S2 W2 /mætʃ/ BrE AmE noun [ Word Family: adjective : ↑ matching , ↑ unmatched ; …
Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
WHOLE — adj. & n. --adj. 1 in an uninjured, unbroken, intact, or undiminished state (swallowed it whole; there is not a …
Английский основной разговорный словарь
SHOOTING — n. & adj. --n. 1 the act or an instance of shooting. 2 a the right of shooting over an …
Английский основной разговорный словарь
MATCH — n. & v. --n. 1 a contest or game of skill etc. in which persons or teams compete against each …
Английский основной разговорный словарь
WHOLE — adj. & n. adj. 1 in an uninjured, unbroken, intact, or undiminished state (swallowed it whole; there is not a …
Concise Oxford English Dictionary
SHOOTING — n. & adj. n. 1 the act or an instance of shooting. 2 a the right of shooting over an …
Concise Oxford English Dictionary
MATCH — n. & v. n. 1 a contest or game of skill etc. in which persons or teams compete against each …
Concise Oxford English Dictionary
WHOLE — adj. & n. --adj. 1. in an uninjured, unbroken, intact, or undiminished state (swallowed it whole; there is not a …
Oxford English vocab
SHOOTING — n. & adj. --n. 1. the act or an instance of shooting. 2 a the right of shooting over an …
Oxford English vocab
MATCH — 1. n. & v. --n. 1. a contest or game of skill etc. in which persons or teams compete against …
Oxford English vocab
WHOLE — ( wholes) Frequency: The word is one of the 700 most common words in English. 1. If you refer to …
Collins COBUILD Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
SHOOTING — ( shootings) 1. A shooting is an occasion when someone is killed or injured by being shot with a gun. …
Collins COBUILD Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
MATCH — ( matches, matching, matched) Frequency: The word is one of the 700 most common words in English. 1. A match …
Collins COBUILD Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
WHOLE — I. adjective COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES a full/whole week (= every day in a week ) ▪ I can't believe …
Longman DOCE5 Extras English vocabulary
SHOOTING — noun COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES a shooting pain (= a severe pain that goes from one part of your body …
Longman DOCE5 Extras English vocabulary
MATCH — I. noun COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES a championship game/match ▪ He was playing in his first championship game of the …
Longman DOCE5 Extras English vocabulary
WHOLE — [noun]Two halves make a whole (= a complete thing). [C]You must consider each problem as an aspect of the whole …
Cambridge English vocab
SHOOTING — [noun] [U]She'd heard some shooting in the night and a noise that sounded like a bomb exploding.A shooting can be …
Cambridge English vocab
MATCH — [verb]If two colours or designs match, they are similar and look good together.Do you think these two colours match? [I]Does …
Cambridge English vocab
SHOOTING — n. Sport of gun marksmanship. It typically involves firing at targets with rifles , pistols , and shotguns . World …
Britannica Concise Encyclopedia
SHOOTING — Synonyms and related words : acute, acute pain, afflictive, agonizing, antiaircraft fire, archery, atrocious, bane, beheading, bite, biting, blood, bloodletting, …
Moby Thesaurus English vocabulary
MATCH — Synonyms and related words : Congreve, Congreve match, Olympic games, Olympics, a world-without-end bargain, accompany, accord, accumulate, adjust, admit of …
Moby Thesaurus English vocabulary
WHOLE — See: ALL THE WAY or THE WHOLE WAY, GO THE WHOLE HOG, ON THE WHOLE, WITH A WHOLE SKIN or …
Slang English vocab
WHOLE — n. heart whole on the whole whole hog whole length whole number whole souled
Collegiate Thesaurus English vocab
WHOLE — I. adjective 1. free from damage, defect, or flaw feared the eggs were broken but found them whole Synonyms: entire, …
Collegiate Thesaurus English vocabulary
SHOOTING — I. noun Shooting is used before these nouns: ↑ death , ↑ incident , ↑ jacket , ↑ range , …
Oxford Collocations English Dictionary
MATCH — I. noun 1 ( esp. BrE ) in sports ADJECTIVE ▪ boxing ( BrE , AmE ), chess ( BrE …
Oxford Collocations English Dictionary
WHOLE — See ↑ ALL/EVERYTHING 2, ↑ COMPLETE/NOT COMPLETE 1 ◆◆◆ • ↑ be sb's whole life • ↑ on the whole/all …
Longman Activator English vocab
MATCH — See ↑ EQUAL/NOT EQUAL 1, ↑ GAME 2, ↑ SAME 2, ↑ SPORT/GAME 4, ↑ SUIT/LOOK GOOD TOGETHER 2 ◆◆◆ …
Longman Activator English vocab
WHOLE — n. 25B6; adjective the whole report : ENTIRE, complete, full, unabridged, uncut. a whole marble mantelpiece : INTACT, in one …
Concise Oxford Thesaurus English vocabulary
MATCH — n. 25B6; noun a football match 007C; a boxing match : CONTEST, competition, game, tournament, tie, cup tie, event, fixture, …
Concise Oxford Thesaurus English vocabulary
WHOLE — adj. 1 entire, complete, uncut, full, intact, unbroken, total I can't believe she ate the whole chicken Were you here …
Oxford Thesaurus English vocab
MATCH — n. 1 equal, equivalent, peer, equivalent, fellow, mate; parallel, replica, copy, double, twin, look-alike, facsimile, counterpart When it comes to …
Oxford Thesaurus English vocab
WHOLE — noun BAD : As a whole, I am very happy here. GOOD : On the whole, I am very happy …
Longman Common Errors English vocabulary
MATCH — verb BAD : The green jacket doesn't match to the trousers. GOOD : The green jacket doesn't match the trousers. …
Longman Common Errors English vocabulary
WHOLE — 1. сущ. 1) все, целое I cannot tell you the whole (of it). ≈ Я не могу сказать вам всего. …
Большой Англо-Русский словарь
MATCH — I сущ. 1) воен. огнепровод; запальный фитиль 2) спичка to light, put, set, strike a match ≈ зажечь спичку safety …
Большой Англо-Русский словарь
WHOLE — whole.ogg 1. həʋl n 1. целое the whole and the parts - целое и части nature is a whole - …
Англо-Русско-Английский словарь общей лексики - Сборник из лучших словарей
SHOOTING — _I ʹʃu:tıŋ n 1. 1> стрельба to practise shooting at a mark - упражняться /практиковаться/ в стрельбе по мишени 2> …
Англо-Русско-Английский словарь общей лексики - Сборник из лучших словарей

English Idioms vocabulary

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