shooting
/ˈʃuːtɪŋ/
verb
- 1
To launch a projectile.
- 2
To move or act quickly or suddenly.
- 3
To act or achieve.
- 4
To measure the distance and direction to (a point).
- 5
To inject a drug (such as heroin) intravenously.
- 6
To develop, move forward.
- 7
To protrude; to jut; to project; to extend.
“The land shoots into a promontory.”
- 8
To plane straight; to fit by planing.
- 9
To variegate as if by sprinkling or intermingling; to color in spots or patches.W
- 10
To shoot the moon.
noun
- 1
An instance of shooting with a gun or other weapon.
“Police are hunting the people who carried out the shootings last week.”
- 2
The sport or activity of firing a gun or other weapon.
“I take part in shooting at the local archery club.”
- 3
A district in which people have the right to kill game with firearms.
- 4
The act of one who, or that which, shoots.
“the shooting of rays of light”
- 5
A sensation of darting pain.
“a shooting in one's head”
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