A saucer-shaped piece of baked clay or other material thrown up in the air from a trap as a target for shooting.
泥鸽（泥制碟状飞靶）
as modifierclay pigeon shooting
Example sentencesExamples
Most shotgun owners have never harmed anything but a clay pigeon.
Only around 10 centimetres in diameter, the clay pigeon is shot at with 12-bore shotguns.
‘My dad qualified for the Olympic team as a clay pigeon shooter a long long time ago, when he was a young man,’ she says.
Shooting of live pigeons in the last part of this century was banned and clay pigeon shooting was brought in.
This unrefined sugar derived from coconuts is a pain to use because it's usually found compressed into a hard disc basically indistinguishable from a clay pigeon.
On New Year's Eve, the couple could take a walk around the grounds of the 300 acre estate or join in the clay pigeon shooting challenge.
For instance, a 100m sprinter will use different muscle groups and need instant bursts of strength and energy in his or her legs, while a clay pigeon shooter needs a steady hand and some upper body strength.
He liked a game of rugby union and was handy at a clay pigeon shoot, but after picking up the habit at Eton, his speciality was water polo.
He was a crack shot and it was a source of amusement to him that he once won a trophy at a clay pigeon shoot which he had sponsored himself.
Add to this factor a flying clay pigeon that can be tossed at any height and from any direction and the games you can play are limited solely by your imagination.
A young hot shot from Keighley is aiming high in his bid to join the clay pigeon shooting elite.
The event was a laser clay pigeon shoot at a holiday resort.
Other lots included a clay pigeon shooting day for a party of up to 16 and a holiday at a time share in Portugal.
He's even something of a whiz with a shotgun, one freak poor performance in qualifying being all that denied him what had been presumed to be a guaranteed place in the British clay pigeon team at the 1960 Olympics.
Since Great Britain's Olympic successes last year in Sydney, clay pigeon shooting has become one of the country's fastest growing sports.
One was a two-day sponsored walk, the other was a clay pigeon shooting day.
I pressed my thumb hard against the button, sending a bright-orange clay pigeon soaring out of the dugout into the sky.
For the more active there is an adjacent 18 hole golf course and other outdoor pursuits such as archery and clay pigeon shooting are possible in the grounds.
I had a go at laser clay pigeon shooting which was great fun, and surprised myself by leading at one point.
A clay pigeon shoot was also planned this autumn.
Definition of clay pigeon in US English:
clay pigeon
nounˌklā ˈpijən
A saucer-shaped piece of baked clay or other material thrown up in the air from a trap as a target for shooting.
泥鸽（泥制碟状飞靶）
as modifierclay pigeon shooting
Example sentencesExamples
Other lots included a clay pigeon shooting day for a party of up to 16 and a holiday at a time share in Portugal.
On New Year's Eve, the couple could take a walk around the grounds of the 300 acre estate or join in the clay pigeon shooting challenge.
One was a two-day sponsored walk, the other was a clay pigeon shooting day.
Since Great Britain's Olympic successes last year in Sydney, clay pigeon shooting has become one of the country's fastest growing sports.
I had a go at laser clay pigeon shooting which was great fun, and surprised myself by leading at one point.
Shooting of live pigeons in the last part of this century was banned and clay pigeon shooting was brought in.
He's even something of a whiz with a shotgun, one freak poor performance in qualifying being all that denied him what had been presumed to be a guaranteed place in the British clay pigeon team at the 1960 Olympics.
He was a crack shot and it was a source of amusement to him that he once won a trophy at a clay pigeon shoot which he had sponsored himself.
The event was a laser clay pigeon shoot at a holiday resort.
Only around 10 centimetres in diameter, the clay pigeon is shot at with 12-bore shotguns.
Most shotgun owners have never harmed anything but a clay pigeon.
Add to this factor a flying clay pigeon that can be tossed at any height and from any direction and the games you can play are limited solely by your imagination.
I pressed my thumb hard against the button, sending a bright-orange clay pigeon soaring out of the dugout into the sky.
A clay pigeon shoot was also planned this autumn.
For the more active there is an adjacent 18 hole golf course and other outdoor pursuits such as archery and clay pigeon shooting are possible in the grounds.
A young hot shot from Keighley is aiming high in his bid to join the clay pigeon shooting elite.
For instance, a 100m sprinter will use different muscle groups and need instant bursts of strength and energy in his or her legs, while a clay pigeon shooter needs a steady hand and some upper body strength.
This unrefined sugar derived from coconuts is a pain to use because it's usually found compressed into a hard disc basically indistinguishable from a clay pigeon.
He liked a game of rugby union and was handy at a clay pigeon shoot, but after picking up the habit at Eton, his speciality was water polo.
‘My dad qualified for the Olympic team as a clay pigeon shooter a long long time ago, when he was a young man,’ she says.