shooting
English
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”).
Pronunciation
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Audio (UK) (file) - IPA(key): /ˈʃuːtɪŋ/
- Rhymes: -uːtɪŋ
- Hyphenation: shoot‧ing
Verb
shooting
- present participle of shoot
Derived terms
- crap shooting
- shooting script
- shooting star
Noun
shooting (usually uncountable, plural shootings)
- (countable) An instance of shooting (a person) with a gun.
- Police are hunting the people who carried out the shootings last week.
- (uncountable) The sport or activity of firing a gun.
- The act of one who, or that which, shoots.
- the shooting of an archery club; the shooting of rays of light
- A sensation of darting pain.
- a shooting in one's head
Derived terms
- shooting brake
- shooting gallery
- shooting iron
- shooting lodge
- shooting preserve
- shooting range
- shooting stick
- skeet shooting
- sure as shooting
- wing shooting
Translations
instance of shooting
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Anagrams
French
Etymology
From English
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ʃu.tiŋ/
Noun
shooting m (plural shootings)
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