adj
Meaning 1
Moving or growing quickly
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Examples
- Shooting beams of light played over the sea.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: darting
Antonyms: none provided
Standard Lemma guide
shooting
Definitions and examples are grouped by meaning. Pronunciation, history, word forms, translations, descendants, synonyms, antonyms, derived terms, and related words appear whenever the source provides them.
Sound
Pronunciation
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adj
Meaning 2
Of a pain, sudden and darting
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Examples
- I often feel a shooting pain in my arm.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: splitting
Antonyms: none provided
noun
Meaning 3
an instance of shooting with a gun or other weapon
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: countable
Examples
- Police are hunting the people who carried out the shootings last week.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
noun
Meaning 4
the sport or activity of firing a gun or other weapon
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: uncountable
Examples
- I take part in shooting at the local archery club.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
noun
Meaning 5
a district in which people have the right to kill game with firearms
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: countable, uncountable
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
noun
Meaning 6
the act of one who, or that which, shoots
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: countable, uncountable
Examples
- the shooting of rays of light
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
noun
Meaning 7
a sensation of darting pain
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: countable, uncountable
Examples
- a shooting in one's head
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
noun
Meaning 8
filming
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: countable, uncountable
Topics: broadcasting, film, media, television
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
verb
Meaning 9
present participle and gerund of shoot; forcefully projecting
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: form-of, gerund, participle, present
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
noun
Meaning 10
the act of firing a projectile
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
Examples
- his shooting was slow but accurate
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: shot
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: propulsion, actuation
Narrower terms: shoot, countershot, discharge, firing, firing off, gunfire, gunshot, headshot, shellfire, potshot
noun
Meaning 11
killing someone by gunfire
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
Examples
- when the shooting stopped there were three dead bodies
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: homicide
Narrower terms: drive-by killing, drive-by shooting, wing shooting
History
Etymology
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”).
Across languages
Translations
71 source translations are retained for this English entry.
- Finnish: pistävä — of a pain: sudden and darting
- Finnish: terävä — of a pain: sudden and darting
- Finnish: viiltävä — of a pain: sudden and darting
- Hungarian: nyilalló — of a pain: sudden and darting
- Māori: tākirikiri — of a pain: sudden and darting
- Eastern Mari: лӱйышӧ (lüjyšö) — of a pain: sudden and darting
- Armenian: կրակ (krak) — instance of shooting
- Belarusian: стральба́ (stralʹbá) — instance of shooting
- Belarusian: страляні́на (straljanína) — instance of shooting
- Bulgarian: стрелба́ (strelbá) — instance of shooting
- Catalan: tiroteig — instance of shooting
- Catalan: afusellament — instance of shooting
- Cebuano: pagpamusil — instance of shooting
- Chinese Mandarin: 射擊 /射击 (shèjī) — instance of shooting
- Czech: střelba — instance of shooting
- Danish: skudangreb — instance of shooting
- Dutch: schietpartij — instance of shooting
- Esperanto: pafado — instance of shooting
- Finnish: ampuminen — instance of shooting
- French: tir — instance of shooting
- French: fusillade — instance of shooting
- German: Schießen — instance of shooting
- German: Schießerei — instance of shooting
- Hungarian: lövöldözés — instance of shooting
- Hungarian: lövés — instance of shooting
- Icelandic: skotárás — instance of shooting
- Ido: pafado — instance of shooting
- Ingrian: ampumiin — instance of shooting
- Irish: lámhach — instance of shooting
- Italian: sparatoria — instance of shooting
- Japanese: 射撃 (shageki) — instance of shooting
- Karachay-Balkar: атыш (atış) — instance of shooting
- Korean: 사격 (sagyeok) — instance of shooting
- Korean: 발포 (balpo) — instance of shooting
- Māori: puhanga — instance of shooting
- Middle English: schot — instance of shooting
- Norman: tith'thie — instance of shooting
- Norwegian Bokmål: skyteangrep — instance of shooting
- Polish: strzelanie — instance of shooting
- Polish: palba — instance of shooting
- Portuguese: tiroteio — instance of shooting
- Russian: стрельба́ (strelʹbá) — instance of shooting
- Russian: пальба́ (palʹbá) — instance of shooting
- Russian: перестре́лка (perestrélka) — instance of shooting
- Russian: шу́тинг (šúting) — instance of shooting
- Serbo-Croatian: пуцање — instance of shooting
- Serbo-Croatian: pucanje — instance of shooting
- Slovak: streľba — instance of shooting
- Slovene: streljanje — instance of shooting
- Slovene: strel — instance of shooting
- Spanish: tiroteo — instance of shooting
- Spanish: balacera — instance of shooting
- Spanish: baleadura — instance of shooting
- Swahili: upigaji risasi — instance of shooting
- Swedish: skjutning — instance of shooting
- Swedish: skottlossning — instance of shooting
- Tagalog: pamamaril — instance of shooting
- Ukrainian: стрільба́ (strilʹbá) — instance of shooting
- Ukrainian: стріляни́на (striljanýna) — instance of shooting
- Arabic: رِمَايَة (rimāyah) — the sport or activity of firing a gun or other weapon
- Esperanto: pafado — the sport or activity of firing a gun or other weapon
- Finnish: ammunta — the sport or activity of firing a gun or other weapon
- Hungarian: lövészet — the sport or activity of firing a gun or other weapon
- Ingrian: ampumiin — the sport or activity of firing a gun or other weapon
- Korean: 사격 (sagyeok) — the sport or activity of firing a gun or other weapon
- Norwegian Bokmål: skyting — the sport or activity of firing a gun or other weapon
- Norwegian Nynorsk: skyting — the sport or activity of firing a gun or other weapon
- Portuguese: tiro — the sport or activity of firing a gun or other weapon
- Russian: стрельба́ (strelʹbá) — the sport or activity of firing a gun or other weapon
- Spanish: tiro — the sport or activity of firing a gun or other weapon
- Spanish: rodaje — filming
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