Search Result:shooting


KK Pronunciation

〔 ˋʃutIŋ 〕

Pronunciation

〔 ˊʃuːtiŋ 〕


Overview of noun shooting

The noun shooting has 2 senses


  • shooting, shot -- (the act of firing a projectile; "his shooting was slow but accurate")

  • shooting -- (killing someone by gunfire; "when the shooting stopped there were three dead bodies")


Overview of verb shoot

The verb shoot has 20 senses


  • shoot, hit, pip -- (hit with a missile from a weapon)

  • shoot, pip -- (kill by firing a missile)

  • blast, shoot -- (fire a shot; "the gunman blasted away")

  • film, shoot, take -- (make a film or photograph of something; "take a scene"; "shoot a movie")

  • shoot -- (send forth suddenly, intensely, swiftly; "shoot a glance")

  • dart, dash, scoot, scud, flash, shoot -- (run or move very quickly or hastily; "She dashed into the yard")

  • tear, shoot, shoot down, charge, buck -- (move quickly and violently; "The car tore down the street"; "He came charging into my office")

  • shoot -- (throw or propel in a specific direction or towards a specific objective; "shoot craps"; "shoot a golf ball")

  • photograph, snap, shoot -- (record on photographic film; "I photographed the scene of the accident"; "She snapped a picture of the President")

  • shoot -- (emit (as light, flame, or fumes) suddenly and forcefully; "The dragon shot fumes and flames out of its mouth")

  • shoot -- (cause a sharp and sudden pain in; "The pain shot up her leg")

  • inject, shoot -- (force or drive (a fluid or gas) into by piercing; "inject hydrogen into the balloon")

  • shoot -- (variegate by interweaving weft threads of different colors; "shoot cloth")

  • shoot -- (throw dice, as in a crap game)

  • fritter, frivol away, dissipate, shoot, fritter away, fool, fool away -- (spend frivolously and unwisely; "Fritter away one's inheritance")

  • shoot -- (score; "shoot a basket"; "shoot a goal")

  • shoot -- (utter fast and forcefully; "She shot back an answer")

  • shoot -- (measure the altitude of by using a sextant; "shoot a star")

  • shoot, spud, germinate, pullulate, bourgeon, burgeon forth, sprout -- (produce buds, branches, or germinate; "the potatoes sprouted")

  • inject, shoot -- (give an injection to; "We injected the glucose into the patient's vein")