shooting

Signification (Anglais)

Adj

1. Moving or growing quickly
2. Of a pain, sudden and darting

Noun

1. (countable) an instance of shooting with a gun or other weapon
2. (uncountable) the sport or activity of firing a gun or other weapon
3. (countable, uncountable) a district in which people have the right to kill game with firearms
4. (countable, uncountable) the act of one who, or that which, shoots
5. (countable, uncountable) a sensation of darting pain
6. (Philippines, countable, uncountable) filming

Verb

present participle and gerund of shoot; forcefully projecting

shoot

• Verb
• Noun
• Intj

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Concepts

fusillade

tir

chasse

exécution

lancer

projeter

rafale

salve

décharger

tirer

vider

coups de feu

lancinant

prise de vues

tournage

combat à feu armé

Synonymes

firing

hunting

filming

hunt

fire

🔥

gunfire

sniping

shot

chase

gunshot

gunning

hurling

shootout

sprouting

fusillade

marksmanship

gunfight

killing

launching

moo

musketry

penalty shootout

quivering

rifle

shoot

shooter

shoot-out

stabbing

standing

venery

venison

warrior

field sport

letting fly

archer

military execution

assassination

camerawork

casting

catapult

discharge

ejaculation

emitting

execution

fighting

firefight

firing off

flinging

germinating

infantry

Traductions

tiroteo

sparatoria

Schießen

tiroteig

afusellament

κυνήγι

tiro

Jagd

Schießerei

caza

jacht

caccia

Prononcé comme (IPA)

/ˈʃuːtɪŋ/

Étymologie (Anglais)

Hérité de moyen anglais: shoting

Hérité de ancien anglais: scotung

Appartenant à néerlandais: schieting

Appartenant à allemand: Erschießung

Appartenant à suédois: skjutning

In summary

From Middle English shoting, schoting, from Old English scotung (“shooting”), from Proto-Germanic *skutungō, equivalent to shoot + -ing. Cognate with Dutch schieting, German Erschießung (“shooting”), Swedish skjutning (“shooting”).

Phrases

He had seen the shooting star and was persuaded that a meteorite lay somewhere nearby .

Il avait vu l'étoile de tir et avait été persuadé qu'une météorite gisait quelque part à proximité.

It's shooting branches from the trunk , which means it can't properly get its sap to the top .

Il tire des branches du coffre, ce qui signifie qu'il ne peut pas correctement amener sa sève au sommet.