shooting

(noun, verb)

noun

1. the act of firing a projectile

- his shooting was slow but accurate

Similar word(s): shot

Definition categories: act, actuation, propulsion

2. killing someone by gunfire

- when the shooting stopped there were three dead bodies

Definition categories: act, homicide

Sentences with shooting as a noun:

- Police are hunting the people who carried out the shootings last week.

- the shooting of an archery club; the shooting of rays of light

- a shooting in one's head

verb

1. present participle of shoot