Shooting
Shoot·ing
Shooting
n.
- The act of one who, or that which, shoots; as, the shooting of an archery club; the shooting of rays of light.
- A wounding or killing with a firearm; specifically (Sporting), the killing of game; as, a week of shooting. (Sporting)
- A sensation of darting pain; as, a shooting in one's head.
Shooting
a.
- Of or pertaining to shooting; for shooting; darting.
Phrases & Compounds
- Shooting board
- a fixture used in planing or shooting the edge of a board, by means of which the plane is guided and the board held true.
- Shooting box
- a small house in the country for use in the shooting season.
- Shooting gallery
- a range, usually covered, with targets for practice with firearms.
- Shooting iron
- a firearm.
- Shooting star
- A starlike, luminous meteor, that, appearing suddenly, darts quickly across some portion of the sky, and then as suddenly disappears, leaving sometimes, for a few seconds, a luminous train, -- called also falling star.
- Shooting stick
- a tapering piece of wood or iron, used by printers to drive up the quoins in the chase.