Shooting - definition, pronunciation, transcription

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Amer.  |ˈʃuːtɪŋ|  American pronunciation of the word shooting
Brit.  |ˈʃuːtɪŋ|  British pronunciation of the word shooting
- this word is used as a present participle form of the verb 'to be'to shoot

noun

- the act of firing a projectile (syn: shot)
his shooting was slow but accurate
- killing someone by gunfire
when the shooting stopped there were three dead bodies

Extra examples

The enemy was shooting at the rescue helicopter.

I tried shooting a gun for the first time.

There's no shooting till September.

He rented for two or three years the shooting.

His brother was killed in a shooting incident last year.

The shooting party set off shortly before dawn.

We had two weeks of rehearsals before shooting began.

He aimed the gun carefully before shooting.

He aimed carefully before shooting.

The actors are shooting blanks.

Two innocent bystanders were injured in the shooting.

They were shooting dice in one of the bar's back rooms.

The police are hoping to locate an eyewitness to the shooting.

He was able to give an eyewitness account of the shooting.

...the fatal shooting of a fellow homey was just the wake-up call he needed to get out of the drug trade...

Word forms

noun
singular: shooting
plural: shootings
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