Synonyms for shooting
| Grammar : Noun |
| Spell : shoot |
| Phonetic Transcription : ʃut |
Définition of shooting
Origin :- Old English scotung, verbal noun from shoot (v.). Sports sense from 1885; film camera sense by 1920. Shooting gallery is from 1836; shooting match is from 1750. Shooting star first recorded 1590s (shoot (v.) with reference to meteors is from late 13c.).
- noun firing a weapon
- noun a sport
- He was by no means what is termed a sportsman, yet he was somewhat fond of shooting.
- Extract from : « The Grand Old Man » by Richard B. Cook
- I had rain-pains in my back, and my wife said her corns were shooting.
- Extract from : « Punchinello, Vol. 1, No. 6, May 7, 1870 » by Various
- On the evening of the shooting at Schwitter's, there had been a late operation at the hospital.
- Extract from : « K » by Mary Roberts Rinehart
- The men were determined, the officers cheery, the shooting accurate.
- Extract from : « The Story of the Malakand Field Force » by Sir Winston S. Churchill
- That was Simba's name for the light rifle that did most of the shooting.
- Extract from : « The Leopard Woman » by Stewart Edward White
- What do people mostly do when there's shooting going on, and they've got a gun?
- Extract from : « In the Valley » by Harold Frederic
- Their notion of war was midnight skulking and shooting from behind safe cover.
- Extract from : « In the Valley » by Harold Frederic
- I told them of the shooting and capture of Paris and the death of Eisenlord.
- Extract from : « In the Valley » by Harold Frederic
- The reply came: "No shooting allowed in Park; use the hose."
- Extract from : « The Biography of a Grizzly » by Ernest Seton-Thompson
- The Press generally had made the most of the shooting of Warren.
- Extract from : « The Hunted Outlaw » by Anonymous
Words or expressions associated with your search
- all shook up
- crapshooter
- like shooting fish in a barrel
- off-shoot
- offshoot
- overshoot
- overshooting
- overshoots
- peashooter
- shoo-in
- shoofly
- shook up
- shoot
- shoot back
- shoot down
- shoot for
- shoot full of holes
- shoot off
- shoot oneself in foot
- shoot-out
- shoot out
- shoot the breeze
- shoot the moon
- shoot the works
- shoot through
- shoot up
- shooting
- shooting match
- shooting up
- square shooting
- target shooting
- troubleshooter
- troubleshooting
- turkey shoot
- whole shooting match
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