English Explanatory Dictionary

whole shooting match

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. Everything; the entire collection, endeavor, or activity.

Pronunciation

En-au-whole shooting match.ogg

Word forms

whole shooting match

Etymology

Compare whole shitting match. Perhaps that term is a vulgarization of this term, or this term is a bowdlerization of that term.

Synonyms

all the marbles bag and baggage everytang everything but the galley stove everything but the kitchen sink everything under the sun full monty hook line and sinker kit and caboodle lock stock and barrel the whole bang shoot the whole nine yards the works whole ball of wax whole hog whole enchilada whole kit and caboodle whole package whole shebang whole shitting match whole shooting match whole smash

Related words

shooting match shooting range game, set, match
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