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- [shoot]
- /ʃut/
- /ˈʃuːtɪŋ/
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- US Pronunciation
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- [shoot]
- /ʃut/
Definitions of shooting word
- verb with object shooting to hit, wound, damage, kill, or destroy with a missile discharged from a weapon. 1
- verb with object shooting to execute or put to death with a bullet: to be shot at sunrise. 1
- verb with object shooting to send forth or discharge (a missile) from a weapon: to shoot a bullet. 1
- verb with object shooting to discharge (a weapon): to shoot a gun. 1
- verb with object shooting to send forth (words, ideas, etc.) rapidly: to shoot questions at someone. 1
- verb with object shooting to fling; propel: The volcano shot lava high into the air. 1
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Origin of shooting
First appearance:
before 900 One of the 4% oldest English words
before 900; Middle English shoten (v.), Old English scēotan; cognate with Dutch schieten, German schiessen, Old Norse skjōta; akin to shot1
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Parts of speech for Shooting
noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
shooting popularity
A common word. It’s meaning is known to most children of preschool age. About 96% of English native speakers know the meaning and use the word.
Most Europeans know this English word. The frequency of it’s usage is somewhere between "mom" and "screwdriver".
shooting usage trend in Literature
This diagram is provided by Google Ngram ViewerSynonyms for shooting
adj shooting
- acuate — to sharpen
- acuminous — keen insight; shrewdness: remarkable acumen in business matters.
- apical — of, at, or being the apex
- horned — made of horn.
- knife-edged — having a thin, sharp edge.
noun shooting
- assassination — to kill suddenly or secretively, especially a politically prominent person; murder premeditatedly and treacherously.
- cannonading — a continued discharge of cannon, especially during an attack.
- decapitation — to cut off the head of; behead: Many people were decapitated during the French Revolution.
- falconry — the sport of hunting with falcons, hawks, eagles, etc.; hawking.
- fishery — a place where fish are bred; fish hatchery.
adjective shooting
- excruciating — Intensely painful.
- knifelike — Resembling a knife or its effects.
- needlelike — a small, slender, rodlike instrument, usually of polished steel, with a sharp point at one end and an eye or hole for thread at the other, for passing thread through cloth to make stitches in sewing.
Top questions with shooting
- what is a shooting star?
- when was the columbine shooting?
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