shooting Definition
shoot·ing (s̸ho̵̅o̅t′iŋ)
noun
the act or an instance of shooting a gun, specif., one that results in wounding or killing
shooting Synonyms
shooting
n.
shooting Usage Examples
Preposition: of
deer: Non-selective shooting of deer would increase and the deer herds would be likely to be radically reduced.
Converse of object
- clay: Log fires, four poster bedrooms, private gardens, fishing, walking, clay pigeon shooting, archery.
- throw: Then reports them even something like throwing darts shooting getting together with.
Adjective modifier
- drive-by: Then the next day whilst sitting in a car outside a cinema, he is killed in a drive-by shooting.
- flash-free: The PowerShot A530 features ISO 800 so you can enjoy flash-free shooting for longer.
- fatal: A similar justification was used for the fatal shooting of a Brazilian.
- rough: He is also a keen skier, plays golf and enjoys clay pigeon and rough shooting.
- continuous: It has a high speed and precision auto focus, a depth of field preview button and four frames per second continuous shooting.
Modifies a noun
- mode: Continuous shooting mode approx 3 frames per second for up to 9 consecutive shots.
- boot: Maybe they thought Huckerby with his uncontrollable shooting boots was still playing for us.
- schedule: Filming mainly takes place at weekends with both actors and crew receiving advance notice of the weekly shooting schedule.
- star: Easy Rider was a big shooting star, which however was very fertile.
- script: From barely recognizable first drafts to the much more familiar final shooting scripts.
Noun used with modifier
- pigeon: From clay pigeon shooting, to golf days, to team building to spa weekends, we really do cover all areas.
- grouse: Take extra care to avoid disturbing deer stalking or grouse shooting.
- clay: From clay pigeon shooting, to golf days, to team building to spa weekends, we really do cover all areas.
- rifle: The NRA planned its own great annual national meeting for rifle shooting.
- pheasant: Rough Shooting Walked up pheasant shooting can be arranged for parties up to 8 guests for 4 weeks during November.
- clay-pigeon: August There's a clay-pigeon shooting expedition planned for 7th August December Club night in December will our Christmas meal night.
Browse dictionary entries near shooting
- ‹ shooter
- ‹ shoot up
- ‹ shoot-the-chute
- ‹ shoot the bull
- ‹ shoot off one's mouth
- ‹ shoot'em-up
- ‹ shoot at
- ‹ shoot
- ‹ shoon
- ‹ shook
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