Definition of shooting

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Shooting (n.) A wounding or killing with a firearm; specifically (Sporting), the killing of game; as, a week of shooting..

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Shooting :: Shooting (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Shoo.
Woodcraft :: Woodcraft (n.) Skill and practice in anything pertaining to the woods, especially in shooting, and other sports in the woods..
Gunning :: Gunning (n.) The act or practice of hunting or shooting game with a gun.
Shot :: Shot (n.) A marksman; one who practices shooting; as, an exellent shot..
Shooting :: Shooting (a.) Of or pertaining to shooting; for shooting; darting.
Perseid :: Perseid (n.) One of a group of shooting stars which appear yearly about the 10th of August, and cross the heavens in paths apparently radiating from the constellation Perseus. They are beleived to be fragments once connected with a comet visible in 1862..
Branching :: Branching (a.) Furnished with branches; shooting our branches; extending in a branch or branches.
Range :: Range (v.) A place where shooting, as with cannons or rifles, is practiced..
Outshoot :: Outshoot (v. t.) To exceed or excel in shooting; to shoot beyond.
Stonebrash :: Stonebow (n.) A kind of crossbow formerly used for shooting stones.
Archery :: Archery (n.) The use of the bow and arrows in battle, hunting, etc.; the art, practice, or skill of shooting with a bow and arrows..
Gyropigeon :: Gyropigeon (n.) A flying object simulating a pigeon in flight, when projected from a spring trap. It is used as a flying target in shooting matches..
Shooting :: Shooting (n.) A sensation of darting pain; as, a shooting in one's head..
Radiation :: Radiation (n.) The shooting forth of anything from a point or surface, like the diverging rays of light; as, the radiation of heat..
Bolis :: Bolis (n.) A meteor or brilliant shooting star, followed by a train of light or sparks; esp. one which explodes..
Shoot :: Shoot (n.) The act of shooting; the discharge of a missile; a shot; as, the shoot of a shuttle..
Lyrid :: Lyrid (n.) One of the group of shooting stars which come into the air in certain years on or about the 19th of April; -- so called because the apparent path among the stars the stars if produced back wards crosses the constellation Lyra.
Glancing :: Glancing (a.) Shooting, as light..
Salient :: Salient (v. i.) Shooting out or up; springing; projecting.
Meteoroscope :: Meteoroscope (n.) An instrument for measuring the position, length, and direction, of the apparent path of a shooting star..
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