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August 13[edit]

Identifying a word I heard. I'm not sure about its spelling and meaning[edit]

Hi, I'm not a native English speaker

Today morning, I heard somebody saying "He got killed because of [?] shooting".

The missing word (or pair of words), I've signed by ?, was not heard well, but (in IPA) it ended with /'æ.baɪ/, the stress being on the syllable before the /baɪ/.

Because of the context, I'm sure the missing part was not "rabbi" (even though it was rather similar to "rabbi"), so I wonder what it could be. 147.236.144.145 (talk) 22:50, 13 August 2022 (UTC)[reply]

IPeditor, that sounds like drive-by shooting. TSventon (talk) 22:55, 13 August 2022 (UTC)[reply]

Oh, your suggestion sounds very reasonable. Thanks. 147.236.144.145 (talk) 23:28, 13 August 2022 (UTC)[reply]