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 (n.) The act of one who, or that which, shoots; as, the shooting of an archery club; the shooting of rays of light..
Bolis :: Bolis (n.) A meteor or brilliant shooting star, followed by a train of light or sparks; esp. one which explodes..
Salient :: Salient (v. i.) Shooting out or up; springing; projecting.
Sagittarius :: Sagittarius (n.) A zodiacal constellation, represented on maps and globes as a centaur shooting an arrow..
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..
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..
Shooting :: Shooting (n.) A sensation of darting pain; as, a shooting in one's head..
Shooting :: Shooting (a.) Of or pertaining to shooting; for shooting; darting.
Branching :: Branching (a.) Furnished with branches; shooting our branches; extending in a branch or branches.
Flobert :: Flobert (n.) A small cartridge designed for target shooting; -- sometimes called ball cap.
Yew :: Yew (n.) A bow for shooting, made of the yew..
Overshooting :: Overshooting (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Overshoo.
Machicolation :: Machicolation (n.) An opening between the corbels which support a projecting parapet, or in the floor of a gallery or the roof of a portal, shooting or dropping missiles upen assailants attacking the base of the walls. Also, the construction of such defenses, in general, when of this character. See Illusts. of Battlement and Castle..
Glancing :: Glancing (a.) Shooting, as light..
Outshoot :: Outshoot (v. t.) To exceed or excel in shooting; to shoot beyond.
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..
Shot :: Shot (n.) The act of shooting; discharge of a firearm or other weapon which throws a missile.
Meteoroscope :: Meteoroscope (n.) An instrument for measuring the position, length, and direction, of the apparent path of a shooting star..
Radiation :: Radiation (n.) The shooting forth of anything from a point or surface, like the diverging rays of light; as, the radiation of heat..
Gunning :: Gunning (n.) The act or practice of hunting or shooting game with a gun.
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