killing by gunfire; " when the shooting stopped there were three dead bodies"

the act of firing a projectile; " his shooting was slow but accurate"

killing someone by gunfire; " when the shooting stopped there were three dead bodies"

of Shoot

The act of one who, or that which, shoots; as, the shooting of an archery club; the shooting of rays of light.

A wounding or killing with a firearm; specifically ( Sporting), the killing of game; as, a week of shooting.

A sensation of darting pain; as, a shooting in one's head.

Of or pertaining to shooting; for shooting; darting.

Act of discharging fireams or an arrow: sensation of a quick pain: act or practice of killing game.

Act or practice of killing game with firearms.

The act of discharging fire- arms or arrows; the act or practice of killing game with the gun; a game- preserve; sensation of a quick glancing pain.

The act or practice of killing game with firearms; sensation of a quick darting pain.

Moving rapidly, as an arrow from a bow, or a ball from a gun; quick and darting.

With prices shooting up in this market, what is to become of our picture post- cards? – Love Conquers All by Robert C. Benchley

The radial edges of the segments are trimmed on what is termed a shooting board, which is a device such as shown in Fig. – Modern Machine-Shop Practice, Volumes I and II by Joshua Rose

Oh, how they keep on shooting! – A Dash from Diamond City by George Manville Fenn

Now, you stay here, and if you hear any shooting, run for the boat. – Frank on the Lower Mississippi by Harry Castlemon

" I don't want any shooting here. – Hopalong Cassidy's Rustler Round-Up Bar-20 by Clarence Edward Mulford

There was a lot of noise, but no shooting. – Four-Day Planet by Henry Beam Piper

They wouldn't dare to begin shooting, would they? – The Captain of the Gray-Horse Troop by Hamlin Garland

It was evidently the theory of the prosecution that the prisoner, after shooting Sir Horace, had fled. – The Hampstead Mystery by John R. Watson

He stood in front of her on the lonely road; and it was as though his grey eyes flashed lightning, shooting blue spark after blue spark of rage and pain. – Dr. Adriaan by Louis Couperus

I see, he says, that you have got out the Shooting- Book under the title of 'The Dead Shot. – The Eulogy of Richard Jefferies by Walter Besant

The woman who did the shooting, I wondered whether she really loved Kootanie George most . – Wolf Breed by Jackson Gregory

I am afraid he will get into some shooting affair. – Whispering Smith by Frank H. Spearman

This saved me from shooting any. – Wanderings Among South Sea Savages And in Borneo and the Philippines by H. Wilfrid Walker

" That will not prevent me from shooting you dead unless you speak the truth. – Stingaree by E. W. (Ernest William) Hornung

The morning was hot, but not too hot, with just a pleasant breeze stirring in the bush, and I rather desired to go on the shooting expedition. – The Moving Finger A Trotting Christmas Eve at Warwingie Lost! The Loss of the "Vanity" Dick Stanesby's Hutkeeper The Yanyilla Steeplechase A Digger's Christmas by Mary Gaunt

It was our shooting, most likely. – Starr, of the Desert by B. M Bower

All at once, I heard a cry like that which Kees used to make when I returned from my shooting, and had not taken him with me. – Illustrative Anecdotes of the Animal Kingdom by Samuel Griswold Goodrich

Keep under cover and wait until you can see something worth shooting at. – The Year When Stardust Fell by Raymond F. Jones

And did you have your day's shooting? – Sisters by Ada Cambridge

Then he and Jimmy began shooting. – Bobby of the Labrador by Dillon Wallace