sky-busting
v.— «The State Game and Fish Commission reminds sportsmen that good hunting etiquette forbids “sky-busting,” or shooting when there is only a slight chance of making a kill.» —“Sky Busting Bad Policy” Kingsport Times-News (Tennessee) Nov. 23, 1952. (source: Double-Tongued Dictionary)
Further reading
Imagine telling someone how to get to your home, but without using the name of your street, or any other street within ten miles. Could you do it? We take street names for granted, but these words are useful for far more, like applying for a job or...
Quiz Guy John Chaneski serves up a Common Bonds puzzle, in which the object is to guess the common idea in each of three things. For example, what’s the one word that connects a grade on a report card, USDA inspected beef, and an incline? This...