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shooting

shooting

350 2.3
Firing a gun for practice or sport
  • noun
  • /ˈʃuːtɪŋ/
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  • That was very fine shooting, my friend.
  • shooting range
  • trap shooting
  • a shooting session

Examples

  • The lodge also offers tennis, skeet and trap shooting, swimming, whirlpool, sauna, and hiking.

    Academic text (1993)
  • That is good shooting.

  • You have to go to hunting, shooting.

  • You will have absolutely clear, protected shooting.

  • You love shooting, you've got that.

  • He'd won a lot of prizes for shooting, hadn't he?

  • The police are still investigating the recent shooting at the downtown bar.

  • Her skills improved significantly after several weeks of shooting practice at the range.

  • The soldier was praised for his exceptional shooting during the training exercises.

Synonyms

shot
vsshooting
2.3

Firing a bullet or explosive from a weapon

is limited to firearms and similar projectile weapons rather than all weapons
gunshot
vsshooting
228 2.3

An event when someone shoots a gun and a bullet leaves the gun

is a more general act that can include many successive discharges
gunfire
vsshooting
204 2.5

The sound or act of shooting guns

is the basic name for the single act not the noise or ongoing barrage
shelling
vsshooting
51 8.3

Firing large guns at an area, often not aimed at a specific target

is the simple act of firing a weapon not necessarily area bombardment
firing
vsshooting
14 3.0

The act of shooting a gun

is the broad term for this act across different weapon types
discharge
vsshooting
10 5.5

A single shot made when a gun or weapon fires

is the general name for causing a weapon to fire
firing off
vsshooting
9 6.0

An act of shooting a gun or rifle

is the general name for the act whether single or repeated
artillery fire
vsshooting
  • Specialized
7 6.9

A heavy attack by military guns and cannons on enemy positions

is the everyday act of firing weapons rather than heavy military bombardment
cannon fire
vsshooting
3 4.9

Loud shots from large guns used in an attack

is wider covering firing with many weapon types not only cannons

Antonyms

106 3.7

A temporary stop to fighting so sides can talk or get aid

Idioms

sure as shooting
  • Informal
1 8.2

Completely certain that something will happen

Compounds

19 5.9

A gun attack from a moving car that hits people outside

18 2.6

A bright streak of light in the night sky when a small rock from space burns up

A place where people practice firing guns at targets

A shooting where a police officer shoots someone or gets shot

A sport where people shoot clay targets sent into the air like birds

shooting script
  • Specialized
2 7.4

A final detailed plan for filming that shows scenes, camera directions, and other production details

1 6.9

A place where people practice shooting at targets using guns

shooting iron
  • Archaic
1 8.6

A small gun like a pistol that you carry on your belt

1 7.7

All the things that are part of a situation

1 9.5

A place often in an abandoned building where people buy and inject heroin

1 6.3

Someone who speaks clearly and honestly without hiding things

core shooting machine
  • Specialized
9.7

A machine in a metal workshop that forces sand into a mould to make cores

crap shooting
  • Jargon
8.1

Playing a gambling game with dice called craps

shooting lodge
  • Archaic
7.4

A small house in the country where hunters stay during hunting season

An area of land where people hunt animals at certain times of the year

shooting box
  • Archaic
9.8

A small country house that hunters use during hunting season

A car with a long back and a rear door used to carry people and things

A walking stick with a small folding seat for sitting at outdoor events

A single stick that makes a camera steady for sharper photos

To be direct and blunt when saying the truth

To shoot wild birds while they fly

How Intense

mass murder
  • NSFW
38 6.7
spree
119 4.4
shooting
350 2.3
burst
22 5.6
one shot
  • Specialized
66 4.1

Surface Forms

shooting singular
shootings plural

Morphology

shooting = shoot (transparent) = shoot + ing

Derived by regular nominalization/gerund formation from the verb 'shoot' indicating the action of firing; meaning is predictable from the base.

Etymology

Shooting comes from the old verb shoot, which meant 'to throw' or 'to send quickly', and you can see the same root in the word shot. So a shooting is the act of firing a gun or sending a bullet from a weapon.