shooting

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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Pronounced as (IPA)

/ˈʃuːtɪŋ/

Etymology

Inherited from Middle English: shoting

Inherited from Old English: scotung

Cognate with Dutch: schieting

Cognate with German: Erschießung

Cognate with Swedish: 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”).

Synonyms

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

Sentences

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

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