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Noun shooting has 2 senses

shooting, shot - the act of firing a projectile; "his shooting was slow but accurate"
--₁ is a kind of propulsion, actuation
--₁ has parts: fire control
--₁ has particulars:
shoot; countershot; discharge, firing, firing off; gunfire, gunshot; headshot; shellfire; potshot

Derived form: verb shoot₃
shooting - killing someone by gunfire; "when the shooting stopped there were three dead bodies"
--₂ is a kind of homicide
--₂ has particulars: drive-by killing; drive-by shooting; wing shooting
Derived form: verb shoot₂

Verb shoot has 20 senses

shoot, hit, pip - hit with a missile from a weapon
--₁ is one way to injure, wound

Derived forms: noun shoot₂, noun shooter₂
Sample sentences:
Somebody ----s something
Somebody ----s somebody
shoot, pip - kill by firing a missile
--₂ is one way to kill

Derived forms: noun shooter₂, noun shooter₅, noun shooting₂
Sample sentence:
They want to shoot the prisoners
shoot - fire a shot
--₃ is one way to fire, discharge

Derived forms: noun shooter₂, noun shoot₂, noun shooting₁
Sample sentences:
Somebody ----s
Somebody ----s something
Somebody ----s PP
film, shoot, take - make a film or photograph of something; "take a scene"; "shoot a movie"
--₄ is one way to record, enter, put down
Sample sentence:
Sam and Sue shoot the movie
shoot - send forth suddenly, intensely, swiftly; "shoot a glance"
--₅ is one way to project, cast, contrive, throw
Sample sentence:
Somebody ----s something
dart, dash, scoot, scud, flash, shoot - run or move very quickly or hastily; "She dashed into the yard"
--₆ is one way to rush, hotfoot, hasten, hie, speed, race, pelt along, rush along, cannonball along, bucket along, belt along
Sample sentences:
Something is ----ing PP
Somebody ----s PP
tear, shoot, shoot down, charge, buck - move quickly and violently; "The car tore down the street"; "He came charging into my office"
--₇ is one way to rush, hotfoot, hasten, hie, speed, race, pelt along, rush along, cannonball along, bucket along, belt along
Sample sentences:
Something is ----ing PP
Somebody ----s PP
shoot - throw or propel in a specific direction or towards a specific objective; "shoot craps"; "shoot a golf ball"
--₈ is one way to hit

Derived forms: noun shooter₄, noun shooter₁
Sample sentences:
Somebody ----s
Somebody ----s something
photograph, snap, shoot - record on photographic film; "I photographed the scene of the accident"; "She snapped a picture of the President"
--₉ is one way to record, enter, put down
Sample sentences:
Somebody ----s
Somebody ----s something
Somebody ----s somebody
shoot - emit (as light, flame, or fumes) suddenly and forcefully; "The dragon shot fumes and flames out of its mouth"
--₁₀ is one way to emit, give out, give off
Sample sentence:
Something ----s something
shoot - cause a sharp and sudden pain in; "The pain shot up her leg"
--₁₁ is one way to ache, smart, hurt
Sample sentence:
Something is ----ing PP
inject, shoot - force or drive (a fluid or gas) into by piercing; "inject hydrogen into the balloon"
--₁₂ is one way to insert, enclose, inclose, stick in, put in, introduce
Sample sentences:
They shoot the fruit with a chemical
They shoot a chemical into the fruit
shoot - variegate by interweaving weft threads of different colors; "shoot cloth"
--₁₃ is one way to weave, interweave
Sample sentence:
Somebody ----s something
shoot - throw dice, as in a crap game
--₁₄ is one way to throw

Derived form: noun shooter₃
Sample sentence:
Somebody ----s
fritter, frivol away, dissipate, shoot, fritter away, fool, fool away - spend frivolously and unwisely; "Fritter away one's inheritance"
--₁₅ is one way to consume, squander, waste, ware
Sample sentence:
Somebody ----s something
shoot - score; "shoot a basket"; "shoot a goal"
--₁₆ is one way to score, hit, tally, rack up
Sample sentence:
Somebody ----s something
shoot - utter fast and forcefully; "She shot back an answer"
--₁₇ is one way to utter, emit, let out, let loose
Sample sentence:
Somebody ----s something
shoot - measure the altitude of by using a sextant; "shoot a star"
--₁₈ is one way to measure, mensurate, measure out
Sample sentence:
Somebody ----s something
shoot, spud, germinate, pullulate, bourgeon, burgeon forth, sprout - produce buds, branches, or germinate; "the potatoes sprouted"
--₁₉ is one way to grow

Derived form: noun shoot₁
Sample sentence:
Something ----s
inject, shoot - give an injection to; "We injected the glucose into the patient's vein"
--₂₀ is one way to administer, dispense
Sample sentences:
Somebody ----s somebody
Somebody ----s somebody with something