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shooting

shoo·ting

UK/ˈʃuːtɪŋ/ US/ˈʃutɪŋ/ common

noun

1.

the act of firing a projectile

  • “his shooting was slow but accurate”
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2.

killing someone by gunfire

  • “when the shooting stopped there were three dead bodies”

Origin

From Middle English shoting, schoting, from Old English scotung (“shooting”), from Proto-Germanic *skutungō, equivalent to shoot + -ing. Cognate with Dutch schieting, German Erschießung (“shooting”), Swedish skjutning (“shooting”).

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