shooting
noun
shoot·ing ˈshü-tiŋ 
plural shootings
1
: the act of shooting a gun
But shooting is many a man's choice, especially up at the great hunting clubs like Choctaw Bluff …
Harriet de Rosišre
Harriet de Rosišre2
: an instance of gun violence directed toward a person or group of people
a drive-by shooting
mass shootings
… a clutch of outspoken student activists flipped the national script on school shootings in America. Dahlia Lithwick
Dahlia Lithwick3
: the act of photographing or filming someone or something
A large fan specially designed to create the effect of wind during shooting. Ira Konigsberg
Ira KonigsbergThat part of filmmaking that comes immediately after the shooting is completed … Ira Konigsberg
Ira Konigsberg
Word History
First Known Use
13th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1
Phrases Containing shooting
Medical Definition
shooting
adjective
shoot·ing
: characterized by sudden sharp piercing sensations
shooting pains
shooting 1 of 3
noun
as in firing
Synonyms & Similar Words
Relevance
- firing
- bursting
- detonation
- explosion
- discharge
- eruption
- burst
- blowout
- blowup
- blast
- outburst
- boom
- pop
- bang
- flare-up
- airburst
- groundburst
Antonyms & Near Antonyms
- implosion
shooting
2 of 3adjective
as in stabbing
Synonyms & Similar Words
- stabbing
- cutting
- penetrating
- tearing
- piercing
- biting
- stinging
- violent
- tingling
- intense
- extreme
- acute
- smarting
- sharp
- torturing
- racking
- exquisite
- agonizing
- fierce
- wrenching
- raging
- vehement
- tormenting
- harrowing
- excruciating
- torturous
shooting
3 of 3verb
1
as in launching
to cause (a projectile) to be driven forward with force BB guns shoot small round metal pellets Synonyms & Similar Words
- firing
- launching
- throwing
- blasting
- hurling
- discharging
- squeezing off
- projecting
- loosing
- flinging
- slinging
- casting
- lobbing
- tossing
- catapulting
- pelting
- hurtling
- sniping (at)
- heaving
- pitching
- blazing (at)
2
as in blasting
to cause a weapon to release a missile with great force soldiers train extensively to learn to shoot accurately and quickly Synonyms & Similar Words
- firing
- blasting
- sniping
- discharging
- blazing
- peppering
- plinking
- potshotting
3
as in drilling
to strike with a missile from a gun hunters can shoot deer only during the legally specified open season Synonyms & Similar Words
- drilling
- gunning
- killing
- popping
- slaying
- slaughtering
- plugging
- dropping
- destroying
- butchering
- blazing
- shotgunning
- massacring
- peppering
- dispatching
- shooting down
- bringing down
- picking off
- blowing away
- potshotting
- machine-gunning
- annihilating
- pistoling
- decimating
- felling
- pistolling
- wiping out
- sniping (at)
- tommy-gunning
- blotting out
- firing (at)
- icing
- blasting (at)
- doing in
- croaking
4
as in traveling
to proceed or move quickly some show-off shot past all the other skiers on the slope Synonyms & Similar Words
- traveling
- driving
- flying
- racing
- rushing
- jumping
- speeding
- chasing
- trotting
- running
- zipping
- travelling
- hurrying
- scurrying
- blasting
- zooming
- buzzing
- bowling
- darting
- blowing
- scooting
- stepping
- jogging
- ramming
- tearing
- blazing
- ripping
- bombing
- dashing
- scuttling
- hustling
- bolting
- hurling
- humping
- barreling
- whirling
- motoring
- rocketing
- careering
- pelting
- bustling
- breezing
- bundling
- haring
- jetting
- careening
- hying
- rustling
- whisking
- coursing
- cannonballing
- galloping
- nipping
- hastening
- hurtling
- highballing
- beating it
- belting
- barrelling
- sprinting
- scuffling
- getting a move on
- flitting
- hieing
- shaking a leg
- making tracks
- scampering
- streaking
- accelerating
- whizzing
- scudding
- stepping on it
- cracking (on)
- stampeding
- hotfooting (it)
- outrunning
- beetling
- overtaking
- outpacing
- stepping out
- arrowing
- quickening
- catching up
- beelining
- outstripping
- fast-forwarding
Antonyms & Near Antonyms
- creeping
- crawling
- poking
- dragging
- lingering
- poking
- hanging (around or out)
- strolling
- lagging
- loitering
- dawdling
- shuffling
- sauntering
- ambling
- lumbering
- plodding
- dallying
- decelerating
- dillydallying
- tarrying
- slowing (down or up)
5
as in photographing
to take a photograph of shooting the lakeside scene while the light lasted Synonyms & Similar Words
- photographing
- filming
- mugging
- photoing
- snapping
- videotaping
- retaking
- picturing
- rephotographing
- imaging
6
as in casting
to throw or give off suddenly the old, broken-down toaster began shooting out sparks Synonyms & Similar Words
- casting
- radiating
- releasing
- emitting
- evolving
- eliminating
- issuing
- expelling
- discharging
- pouring
- exhaling
- emanating
- spraying
- venting
- irradiating
- evacuating
- erupting
- ejecting
- throwing out
- giving out
- squirting
- sending (out)
- excreting
- oozing
- expiring
- exuding
- spurting
- secreting
- jetting
- spewing
- gushing
- spouting
- outpouring
Antonyms & Near Antonyms
- absorbing
- inhaling
- taking up
- soaking (up)
- sucking (up)
- sponging
7
as in shouting
to voice one's opinions freely with force you've been wanting to say something since this meeting started, so shoot Synonyms & Similar Words
- shouting
- crying
- yelling
- calling
- hollering
- speaking out
- sounding off
- speaking up
- roaring
- talking up
- thundering
- piping up
- bawling
- vociferating
- spouting (off)
- articulating
- baying
- speaking one's mind
- enouncing
- singing (out)
- bellowing
- enunciating
Antonyms & Near Antonyms
- suppressing
- hushing
- clamming up
- quieting
- shutting up
- belting up
- dummying up
8
as in sprinkling
to mark with small spots especially unevenly hazel eyes that were brown shot with green Synonyms & Similar Words
- sprinkling
- spotting
- peppering
- dotting
- dyeing
- staining
- flecking
- stippling
- speckling
- specking
- blotching
- mottling
- freckling
- splotching
- dappling
- striping
- marbling
- streaking
- blotting
- interspersing
- setting
- banding
- spattering
- barring
- studding
- bespattering
9
as in sending
to cause to go or be taken from one place to another shot a congratulatory e-mail to his friend as soon as he heard the good news Synonyms & Similar Words
- sending
- transporting
- shipping
- transmitting
- dispatching
- transferring
- delivering
- rendering
- launching
- passing
- conveying
- exporting
- returning
- importing
- giving
- advancing
- addressing
- packing (off)
- consigning
- dropping
- presenting
- contributing
- donating
- forwarding
- handing over
- bestowing
- resending
Antonyms & Near Antonyms
- receiving
- getting
- drawing
- accepting
- obtaining
- acquiring
- securing
- earning
- gaining
- procuring
- garnering