shooting
noun
[ ˈʃuːtɪŋ ]
• the action or practice of shooting with a gun.
• "the events that led up to the shooting of the man"
• the action of filming or photographing a scene, film, etc.
• "the shooting of a music video"
shooting
adjective
• moving or growing quickly.
• "shooting beams of light played over the sea"
shoot
verb
• kill or wound (a person or animal) with a bullet or arrow.
• "he was shot in the leg during an armed robbery"
Similar:
gun down,
shoot down,
mow down,
hit,
wound,
injure,
cut down,
bring down,
put a bullet in,
pick off,
bag,
fell,
kill,
execute,
put before a firing squad,
pot,
blast,
pump full of lead,
plug,
zap,
slay,
• move suddenly and rapidly in a particular direction.
• "the car shot forward"
Similar:
race,
hurry,
hasten,
flash,
dash,
dart,
rush,
speed,
hurtle,
streak,
really move,
spank along,
whirl,
whizz,
go like lightning,
go hell for leather,
whoosh,
buzz,
zoom,
swoop,
blast,
charge,
stampede,
gallop,
chase,
career,
bustle,
sweep,
hare,
fly,
wing,
scurry,
scud,
scutter,
belt,
scoot,
scorch,
tear,
zap,
zip,
whip (along),
get cracking,
get a move on,
step on it,
burn rubber,
go like a bat out of hell,
bomb,
bucket,
shift,
put one's foot down,
clip,
boogie,
hightail,
barrel,
lay rubber,
fleet,
post,
hie,
drag/tear/haul ass,
• (in soccer, hockey, basketball, etc.) kick, hit, or throw the ball or puck in an attempt to score a goal.
• "Williams twice shot wide"
• film or photograph (a scene, film, etc.).
• "she has just been commissioned to shoot a video"
Similar:
film,
photograph,
take/get a photograph/photo of,
take/get photographs of,
take/get a picture of,
take/get pictures of,
take someone's picture/photo,
take/get a snapshot/snap of,
take,
snap,
make a film of,
televise,
video,
• (of a plant or seed) send out buds or shoots; germinate.
• "some years one or other plant fails to shoot"
• inject oneself or another person with (a narcotic drug).
• "he shot dope into his arm"
• plane (the edge of a board) accurately.
• "I shot the longer edge down on the planer"
Origin:
Old English scēotan, of Germanic origin; related to Dutch schieten and German schiessen, also to sheet1, shot1, and shut.
