hip shooting
Shooting without aiming
Hip shooting is firing a gun from the hip rather than raising it to eye level and using the sights.
The technique sacrifices accuracy for speed, useful only at close range.
Figuratively, to shoot from the hip is to speak or act impulsively without careful deliberation: He's known for shooting from the hip in press conferences.
- quick drawRapid weapon retrieval
- quick on the drawFast to act
- instinctInnate behavioral tendency
- gut reactionImmediate unthinking feeling
- reflexInvoluntary stimulus response
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- marksmanshipmarksmanship, dry firing, accuracy, aim, target practice
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Precision firing sport
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