SHOOTING

Shooting

Shooting is the act or process of firing firearms or other projectile weapons such as bows or crossbows. Even the firing of artillery, rockets, and missiles can be called shooting. A person who specializes in shooting is a marksman. Shooting can take place in a shooting range or in the field in hunting, in shooting sports, or in combat.

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shooting

Noun

  1. An instance of shooting (a person) with a gun.
    Police are hunting the people who carried out the shootings last week.
  2. The sport or activity of firing a gun.
  3. The act of one who, or that which, shoots.
    the shooting of an archery club; the shooting of rays of light
  4. A sensation of darting pain.
    a shooting in one's head

Verb

shooting



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