Unscramble shooting

Definition of shooting

noun:

• the act of firing a projectile; "his shooting was slow but accurate". Synonyms: shot.
• killing someone by gunfire; "when the shooting stopped there were three dead bodies".

verb:

• hit with a missile from a weapon. Synonyms: hit, pip, shoot.
• kill by firing a missile. Synonyms: pip, shoot.
• fire a shot; "the gunman blasted away". Synonyms: blast, shoot.
• make a film or photograph of something; "take a scene", "shoot a movie". Synonyms: film, shoot, take.
• send forth suddenly, intensely, swiftly; "shoot a glance". Synonyms: shoot.
• run or move very quickly or hastily; "She dashed into the yard". Synonyms: dart, dash, flash, scoot, scud, shoot.
• move quickly and violently; "The car tore down the street", "He came charging into my office". Synonyms: buck, charge, shoot, shoot down, tear.
• throw or propel in a specific direction or towards a specific objective; "shoot craps", "shoot a golf ball". Synonyms: shoot.
• record on photographic film; "I photographed the scene of the accident", "She snapped a picture of the President". Synonyms: photograph, shoot, snap.
• emit (as light, flame, or fumes) suddenly and forcefully; "The dragon shot fumes and flames out of its mouth". Synonyms: shoot.
• cause a sharp and sudden pain in; "The pain shot up her leg". Synonyms: shoot.
• force or drive (a fluid or gas) into by piercing; "inject hydrogen into the balloon". Synonyms: inject, shoot.
• variegate by interweaving weft threads of different colors; "shoot cloth". Synonyms: shoot.
• throw dice, as in a crap game. Synonyms: shoot.
• spend frivolously and unwisely; "Fritter away one's inheritance". Synonyms: dissipate, fool, fool away, fritter, fritter away, frivol away, shoot.
• score; "shoot a basket", "shoot a goal". Synonyms: shoot.
• utter fast and forcefully; "She shot back an answer". Synonyms: shoot.
• measure the altitude of by using a sextant; "shoot a star". Synonyms: shoot.
• produce buds, branches, or germinate; "the potatoes sprouted". Synonyms: bourgeon, burgeon forth, germinate, pullulate, shoot, sprout, spud.
• give an injection to; "We injected the glucose into the patient's vein". Synonyms: inject, shoot.

Related words

birdie, blaze, bogey, break, carom, chip, countershot, discharge, dunk, eagle, fire, firing, flight, grass, gun, gunfire, gunshot, headshot, immunise, immunize, infuse, inoculate, kneecap, knuckle, overshoot, plunge, potshot, pump, reshoot, retake, rip, sharpshoot, shellfire, shoot, snipe, vaccinate.

Words nearby

shouting.

Rhymes with

commuting, computing, fruiting, looting, rooting, suiting, telecommuting.