Shooting

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Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License
  • v. Present participle of shoot.
  • n. An instance of shooting (a person) with a gun.
  • n. The sport or activity of firing a gun.
  • the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
  • n. The act of one who, or that which, shoots
  • n. A wounding or killing with a firearm; specifically (Sporting), the killing of game.
  • n. A sensation of darting pain.
  • adj. Of or pertaining to shooting; for shooting; darting.
  • The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
  • n. The act of one who shoots.
  • n. Especially, at the present day, the killing of game with firearms; gunning.
  • n. A right, purchased or conferred, to kill game with firearms, especially within certain limits.
  • n. A district or defined tract of ground over which game is shot.
  • n. A quick dart; a sudden and swift motion.
  • n. A quick, glancing pain, often following the track of a nerve.
  • n. In carpentry, the operation of planing the edge of a board straight.
  • WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
  • n. killing someone by gunfire
  • n. the act of firing a projectile
  • Cross Reference
    Synonym
    Words with the same meaning
    darting    projection    discharge   
    Verb Stem
    shoot   
    Rhyme
    Words with the same terminal sound
    booting    bruting    commuting    computing    diluting    disputing    fruiting    looting    muting    polluting   
    Same Context
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