Shooting
['ʃuːtɪŋ] or ['ʃutɪŋ]
Definition
(noun.) the act of firing a projectile; 'his shooting was slow but accurate'.
(noun.) killing someone by gunfire; 'when the shooting stopped there were three dead bodies'.
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Definition
(p. pr. & vb. n.) of Shoot
(n.) The act of one who, or that which, shoots; as, the shooting of an archery club; the shooting of rays of light.
(n.) A wounding or killing with a firearm; specifically (Sporting), the killing of game; as, a week of shooting.
(n.) A sensation of darting pain; as, a shooting in one's head.
(a.) Of or pertaining to shooting; for shooting; darting.
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Unserious Contents or Definition
To dream that you see or hear shooting, signifies unhappiness between married couples and sweethearts because of over-weaning selfishness, also unsatisfactory business and tasks because of negligence. See Pistol.
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Examples
- Boggley Wollah is situated in a fine, lonely, marshy, jungly district, famous for snipe-shooting, and where not unfrequently you may flush a tiger. William Makepeace Thackeray. Vanity Fair.
- If they fire, Watson, have no compunction about shooting them down. Arthur Conan Doyle. The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes.
- I do not know what I had expected, death perhaps and shooting in the dark and running, but nothing happened. Ernest Hemingway. A Farewell To Arms.
- Mr Wegg hinted, to jog his attention: 'You could hardly have been out parrot-shooting, in the British climate, sir? Charles Dickens. Our Mutual Friend.
- I am a physician and was requested--five minutes ago--to come and visit a sick man at George's Shooting Gallery. Charles Dickens. Bleak House.
- The long sprays of the hawthorns, shooting out before them, served as a screen. Charlotte Bronte. Shirley.
- All this sharp-shooting is done to divert our attention. Fergus Hume. The Island of Fantasy.
- I myself had felt much emotion at the shooting of the _guardia civil_ by Pablo, Pilar said. Hemingway, Ernest. For Whom The Bell Tolls.
- How could the _Ingl閟_ say that the shooting of a man is like the shooting of an animal? Hemingway, Ernest. For Whom The Bell Tolls.
- I have had Frenchwomen come, before now, and show themselves dabs at pistol-shooting. Charles Dickens. Bleak House.
- He is shooting in Yorkshire,' said Tom. Charles Dickens. Hard Times.
- Meanwhile, let us come and look at the shooting. Fergus Hume. The Island of Fantasy.
- We walked through some narrow courts, for which Mr. George apologized, and soon came to the shooting gallery, the door of which was closed. Charles Dickens. Bleak House.
- He kept waving the pistol and shouting at them and we were all shooting at him but no one hit him. Hemingway, Ernest. For Whom The Bell Tolls.
- I ask your pardon, my good friend, said he, but is this George's Shooting Gallery? Charles Dickens. Bleak House.
- I do not like the shootings, you understand. Hemingway, Ernest. For Whom The Bell Tolls.
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