shooting

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/ˈʃuːtɪŋ/ English

Definitions

verb

To launch a projectile.
To move or act quickly or suddenly.
To act or achieve.
To measure the distance and direction to (a point).

noun

An instance of shooting with a gun or other weapon.“Police are hunting the people who carried out the shootings last week.”
The sport or activity of firing a gun or other weapon.“I take part in shooting at the local archery club.”
A district in which people have the right to kill game with firearms.
The act of one who, or that which, shoots.“the shooting of rays of light”

Related words

Synonyms

sniping gunshot marksmanship shooter bullet gunfire skeet gunnery rifle shelling gun shoot-out firefight crossfire shootout launch

Associated

spree pistol metre prone shotgun arrows shoot shots bullets trap

Rhymes

disputing refuting commuting constituting computing fluting fruiting rooting luting booting

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