shooting

Found in thesaurus: actuation, propulsion, homicide

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shooting
adj. of or pertaining to shooting; sharp, sudden (of pain)
 
n. firing of guns or missiles; hunt; instance in which a person is injured or killed by gunfire
 
shoot
v. fire a weapon; injure or kill a person or animal by gunfire; hunt; radiate, emit; film, photograph; launch a missile or artillery shell; germinate, sprout; throw, project, cast; pass quickly

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Shooting
Shooting is the act or process of discharging firearms or other projectile weapons such as bows or crossbows. Even the firing of artilleryrockets, and missiles can be called shooting. A person who specializes in shooting is a marksman. Shooting can take place in a shooting range or in the field in hunting, in shooting sports, or in combat.

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shooting

Noun
1. the act of firing a projectile; "his shooting was slow but accurate"
(synonym) shot
(hypernym) propulsion, actuation
(hyponym) shoot
(part-meronym) fire control
(derivation) shoot
2. killing someone by gunfire; "when the shooting stopped there were three dead bodies"
(hypernym) homicide
(hyponym) drive-by killing
(derivation) shoot, pip

 
shoot

Noun
1. a new branch
(hypernym) sprout
(hyponym) sucker
(derivation) spud, germinate, pullulate, bourgeon, burgeon forth, sprout
2. the act of shooting at targets; "they hold a shoot every weekend during the summer"
(hypernym) shooting, shot
(hyponym) skeet, skeet shooting, trapshooting

Verb
1. hit with a missile from a weapon
(synonym) hit, pip
(hypernym) injure, wound
(hyponym) gun down
2. kill by firing a missile
(synonym) pip
(hypernym) kill
(hyponym) flight
(verb-group) hit, pip
(derivation) shot, shooter
3. fire a shot
(hypernym) fire, discharge
(hyponym) blaze away, blaze
(verb-group) hit, pip
(derivation) shot, shooter
4. make a film or photograph of something; "take a scene"; "shoot a movie"
(synonym) film, take
(hypernym) record, enter, put down
(hyponym) reshoot
(verb-group) photograph, snap
(classification) movie, film, picture, moving picture, moving-picture show, motion picture, motion-picture show, picture show, pic, flick
5. send forth suddenly, intensely, swiftly; "shoot a glance"
(hypernym) project, cast, contrive, throw
6. run or move very quickly or hastily; "She dashed into the yard"
(synonym) dart, dash, scoot, scud, flash
(hypernym) rush, hotfoot, hasten, hie, speed, race, pelt along, rush along, cannonball along, bucket along, belt along
(hyponym) plunge
(verb-group) tear, shoot down, charge, buck
7. move quickly and violently; "The car tore down the street"; "He came charging into my office"
(synonym) tear, shoot down, charge, buck
(hypernym) rush, hotfoot, hasten, hie, speed, race, pelt along, rush along, cannonball along, bucket along, belt along
(hyponym) rip
(see-also) shoot up
(verb-group) dart, dash, scoot, scud, flash
8. throw or propel in a specific direction or towards a specific objective; "shoot craps"; "shoot a golf ball"
(hypernym) hit
(hyponym) dunk
(derivation) shooter
9. record on photographic film; "I photographed the scene of the accident"; "She snapped a picture of the President"
(synonym) photograph, snap
(hypernym) record, enter, put down
(hyponym) retake
(verb-group) film, take
(classification) photography, picture taking
10. emit (as light, flame, or fumes) suddenly and forcefully; "The dragon shot fumes and flames out of its mouth"
(hypernym) emit, give out, give off
11. cause a sharp and sudden pain in; "The pain shot up her leg"
(hypernym) ache, smart, hurt
12. force or drive (a fluid or gas) into by piercing; "inject hydrogen into the balloon"
(synonym) inject
(hypernym) insert, enclose, inclose, stick in, put in, introduce
(verb-group) inject
13. variegate by interweaving weft threads of different colors; "shoot cloth"
(hypernym) weave, interweave
14. throw dice, as in a crap game
(hypernym) throw
(derivation) shooter, crap-shooter
15. spend frivolously and unwisely; "Fritter away one's inheritance"
(synonym) fritter, frivol away, dissipate, fritter away, fool, fool away
(hypernym) consume, squander, waste, ware
(entail) consume, eat up, use up, eat, deplete, exhaust, run through, wipe out
16. score; "shoot a basket"; "shoot a goal"
(hypernym) score, hit, tally, rack up
(classification) sport, athletics
17. utter fast and forcefully; "She shot back an answer"
(hypernym) utter, emit, let out, let loose
18. measure the altitude of by using a sextant; "shoot a star"
(hypernym) measure, mensurate, measure out
19. produce buds, branches, or germinate; "the potatoes sprouted"
(synonym) spud, germinate, pullulate, bourgeon, burgeon forth, sprout
(hypernym) grow
(verb-group) germinate
20. give an injection to; "We injected the glucose into the patient's vein"
(synonym) inject
(hypernym) administer, dispense
(hyponym) infuse
(verb-group) inject
(classification) medicine, practice of medicine


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shoot
v. střílet; střelit; zastřelit; letět; vrhnout; mrštit; vystřelit; vyfotografovat; nafilmovat; sestřelit koho/co; vyletět

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shooting
Rzecz. strzelanina; polowanie; kręcenie
 
shoot
Czas. strzelać; postrzelić; zastrzelić; polować (na coś); przemykać; rzucać; przeszywać; filmować; fotografować