shooting

(noun) the act of firing a projectile. Synonyms: shot. Example: "His shooting was slow but accurate."

(noun) killing someone by gunfire. Example: "When the shooting stopped there were three dead bodies."

(verb) hit with a missile from a weapon. Synonyms: shoot, hit, pip.

(verb) kill by firing a missile. Synonyms: shoot, pip.

(verb) fire a shot. Synonyms: blast, shoot. Example: "The gunman blasted away."

(verb) make a film or photograph of something. Synonyms: film, shoot, take. Examples: "Take a scene." "Shoot a movie."

(verb) send forth suddenly, intensely, swiftly. Synonyms: shoot. Example: "Shoot a glance."

(verb) run or move very quickly or hastily. Synonyms: dart, dash, scoot, scud, flash, shoot. Example: "She dashed into the yard."

(verb) move quickly and violently. Synonyms: tear, shoot, shoot down, charge, buck. Examples: "The car tore down the street." "He came charging into my office."

(verb) throw or propel in a specific direction or towards a specific objective. Synonyms: shoot. Examples: "Shoot craps." "Shoot a golf ball."

(verb) record on photographic film. Synonyms: photograph, snap, shoot. Examples: "I photographed the scene of the accident." "She snapped a picture of the president."

(verb) emit (as light, flame, or fumes) suddenly and forcefully. Synonyms: shoot. Example: "The dragon shot fumes and flames out of its mouth."

(verb) cause a sharp and sudden pain in. Synonyms: shoot. Example: "The pain shot up her leg."

(verb) force or drive (a fluid or gas) into by piercing. Synonyms: inject, shoot. Example: "Inject hydrogen into the balloon."

(verb) variegate by interweaving weft threads of different colors. Synonyms: shoot. Example: "Shoot cloth."

(verb) throw dice, as in a crap game. Synonyms: shoot.

(verb) spend frivolously and unwisely. Synonyms: fritter, frivol away, dissipate, shoot, fritter away, fool, fool away. Example: "Fritter away one's inheritance."

(verb) score. Synonyms: shoot. Examples: "Shoot a basket." "Shoot a goal."

(verb) utter fast and forcefully. Synonyms: shoot. Example: "She shot back an answer."

(verb) measure the altitude of by using a sextant. Synonyms: shoot. Example: "Shoot a star."

(verb) produce buds, branches, or germinate. Synonyms: shoot, spud, germinate, pullulate, bourgeon, burgeon forth, sprout. Example: "The potatoes sprouted."

(verb) give an injection to. Synonyms: inject, shoot. Example: "We injected the glucose into the patient's vein."