shooting
pronunciation
How to pronounce shooting in British English:
UK [ˈʃuːtɪŋ]
How to pronounce shooting in American English:
US [ˈʃuːtɪŋ]
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- Noun:
- the act of firing a projectile
- killing someone by gunfire
Word Origin
- shooting (n.)
- Old English scotung, verbal noun from shoot (v.). Sports sense from 1885; film camera sense by 1920. Shooting gallery is from 1836; shooting match is from 1750. Shooting star first recorded 1590s (shoot (v.) with reference to meteors is from late 13c.).
Example
- 1. The death toll from the shooting remains at 12 .
- 2. Evidently he had plans for a columbine-style shooting spree .
- 3. Backscatter scanners work by shooting a beam of x-rays at a subject .
- 4. The independent inquiry uncovered multiple security flaws and concluded that mr breivik 's shooting spree on utoya island could have been stopped a lot sooner .
- 5. In the same conversation , representative trent franks , an arizona republican , found himself deflecting the suggestion that perhaps the shooting indicated a need for tighter gun control laws .