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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Shot :: Shot (n.) The act of shooting; discharge of a firearm or other weapon which throws a missile.
Salient :: Salient (v. i.) Shooting out or up; springing; projecting.
Outshoot :: Outshoot (v. t.) To exceed or excel in shooting; to shoot beyond.
Shoot :: Shoot (v. i.) To penetrate, as a missile; to dart with a piercing sensation; as, shooting pains..
Jet :: "Jet (n.) A shooting forth; a spouting; a spurt; a sudden rush or gush, as of water from a pipe, or of flame from an orifice; also, that which issues in a jet..
Sharpshooting :: Sharpshooting (n.) A shooting with great precision and effect; hence, a keen contest of wit or argument..
Shoot :: Shoot (v. i.) To be shot or propelled forcibly; -- said of a missile; to be emitted or driven; to move or extend swiftly, as if propelled; as, a shooting star..
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..
Radiant :: Radiant (n.) The point in the heavens at which the apparent paths of shooting stars meet, when traced backward, or whence they appear to radiate..
Sharpshooter :: Sharpshooter (n.) One skilled in shooting at an object with exactness; a good marksman.
Fowl :: Fowl (v. i.) To catch or kill wild fowl, for game or food, as by shooting, or by decoys, nets, etc..
Shot :: Shot (n.) A marksman; one who practices shooting; as, an exellent shot..
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.
Range :: Range (v.) A place where shooting, as with cannons or rifles, is practiced..
Shooting :: Shooting (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Shoo.
Stonebrash :: Stonebow (n.) A kind of crossbow formerly used for shooting stones.
Radiation :: Radiation (n.) The shooting forth of anything from a point or surface, like the diverging rays of light; as, the radiation of heat..
Woodcraft :: Woodcraft (n.) Skill and practice in anything pertaining to the woods, especially in shooting, and other sports in the woods..
Shooter :: Shooter (n.) A shooting star.
Popgun :: Popgun (n.) A child's gun; a tube and rammer for shooting pellets, with a popping noise, by compression of air..
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