shooting

Sentences

Meaning

present participle and gerund of shoot

letting fly

military execution

Frequency

Hyphenated as

shoot‧ing

Pronounced as (IPA)

/ˈʃuːtɪŋ/

Inherited from Middle English

Inherited from Old English

Cognate with Dutch

Cognate with German

Cognate with Swedish

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”).

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shoot

1. To launch a projectile.
2. To launch a projectile.
3. To launch a projectile.
4. To launch a projectile.
5. To launch a projectile.
6. To launch a projectile.
7. To launch a projectile.
8. (slang) To launch a projectile.
9. To launch a projectile.
10. To launch a projectile.
11. To launch a projectile.
12. To launch a projectile.
13. To launch a projectile.
14. To launch a projectile.
15. To move or act quickly or suddenly.
16. To move or act quickly or suddenly.
17. To move or act quickly or suddenly.
18. To move or act quickly or suddenly.
19. (obsolete) To move or act quickly or suddenly.
20. (obsolete) To move or act quickly or suddenly.
21. To move or act quickly or suddenly.
22. (informal) To move or act quickly or suddenly.
23. To act or achieve.
24. To act or achieve.
25. To act or achieve.
26. To measure the distance and direction to (a point).
27. (colloquial) To inject a drug (such as heroin) intravenously.
28. To develop, move forward.
29. To develop, move forward.
30. To develop, move forward.
31. To develop, move forward.
32. To develop, move forward.
33. To protrude; to jut; to project; to extend.
34. To plane straight; to fit by planing.
35. To variegate as if by sprinkling or intermingling; to color in spots or patches. (See shot silk on Wikipedia)
36. To shoot the moon.
37. To carry out, or attempt to carry out (an approach to an airport runway).
38. To carry out a seismic survey with geophones in an attempt to detect oil.

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shooting

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
🔝

.

Meaning

Synonyms

Translations

Frequency

Hyphenated as

shoot‧ing

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

shoot

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shooting

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 🔝 .

Meaning

Synonyms

Translations

Frequency

Hyphenated as

shoot‧ing

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

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shoot

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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
🔝

.