shooting

Speech parts

1. shooting - Noun

2. shooting - Adjective

3. shooting - Verb

Meaning

of Shoot

The act of one who, or that which, shoots; as, the shooting of an archery club; the shooting of rays of light.

A wounding or killing with a firearm; specifically (Sporting), the killing of game; as, a week of shooting.

A sensation of darting pain; as, a shooting in one's head.

Of or pertaining to shooting; for shooting; darting.

Source: Webster's dictionary

Synonyms

shot firing discharge filming shootout photographing gunfire firefight exchange of fire hawking chase dart snipe film take
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Antonyms

helping cleaning washing awakening cleansing polishing
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Hypernyms

propulsion homicide actuation

Hyponyms

firing shoot discharge gunshot potshot shellfire

Phrases with the word

shooting fish in a barrel like shooting fish in a barrel school shooting straight-shooting as easy as shooting fish in a barrel easy as shooting fish in a barrel

Anagrams

soothing Gonoshit

Examples

his shooting was slow but accurate Source: Internet

when the shooting stopped there were three dead bodies Source: Internet

A 2016 U.S. Supreme Court decision in Montgomery v. Louisiana made Miller v. Alabama retroactive, giving Tarselli an opportunity to argue his age at the time of the fatal shooting. Source: Internet

A 22-year-old man is under arrest for Friday night’s shooting at Lakeview Palms Apartments. Source: Internet

A 29-year old Merrill man and a 21-year old Merrill woman are facing charges after breaking into a Marathon County shooting range last week. Source: Internet

A 15-year-old girl was grazed in a shooting early Sunday in Greater Grand Crossing on the South Side. Source: Internet

Close letter words and terms

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