Shooting

The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
  • noun. The act of one who shoots.
  • noun. Especially, at the present day, the killing of game with firearms; gunning.
  • noun. A right, purchased or conferred, to kill game with firearms, especially within certain limits.
  • noun. A district or defined tract of ground over which game is shot.
  • noun. A quick dart; a sudden and swift motion.
  • noun. A quick, glancing pain, often following the track of a nerve.
  • noun. In carpentry, the operation of planing the edge of a board straight.
  • the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
  • noun. The act of one who, or that which, shoots
  • noun. A wounding or killing with a firearm; specifically (Sporting), the killing of game.
  • noun. A sensation of darting pain.
  • adjective. Of or pertaining to shooting; for shooting; darting.
  • adjective. 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.
  • adjective. a small house in the country for use in the shooting season.
  • adjective. a range, usually covered, with targets for practice with firearms.
  • adjective. a firearm.
  • adjective. The American cowslip (Dodecatheon Meadia). See under Cowslip.
  • adjective. a tapering piece of wood or iron, used by printers to drive up the quoins in the chase.
  • Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License
  • verb. Present participle of shoot.
  • noun. An instance of shooting (a person) with a gun.
  • noun. The sport or activity of firing a gun.
  • WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
  • noun. killing someone by gunfire
  • noun. the act of firing a projectile
  • Word Usage
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