shooting

noun

shoot·​ing ˈshü-tiŋ 

plural shootings

1

: the act of shooting a gun

But shooting is many a man's choice, especially up at the great hunting clubs like Choctaw Bluff …

—Harriet de Rosišre

2

: an instance of gun violence directed toward a person or group of people

a drive-by shooting

mass shootings

… a clutch of outspoken student activists flipped the national script on school shootings in America.

—Dahlia Lithwick

3

: the act of photographing or filming someone or something

A large fan specially designed to create the effect of wind during shooting.

—Ira Konigsberg

That part of filmmaking that comes immediately after the shooting is completed …

—Ira Konigsberg

Examples of shooting in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web

Prince finished with just four points on 1-of-4 shooting and nine rebounds. —Cameron Teague Robinson, New York Times, 1 Apr. 2025

Davis scored just 12 points on 6-for-9 shooting when the Mavericks visited Brooklyn a week prior. —C.j. Holmes, New York Daily News, 1 Apr. 2025

Despite being the higher seed, the Horned Frogs were underdogs, with Hailey Van Lith putting up 26 points on 10-for-21 shooting. —Josh Hammer, MSNBC Newsweek, 1 Apr. 2025

Chen had 15 points on 6-for-9 shooting, two assists and a steal en route to her first Final Four. —Lori Riley, Hartford Courant, 1 Apr. 2025

Word History

First Known Use

13th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1

Phrases Containing shooting

• go shooting
• hip-shooting
• shooting gallery
• shooting guard
• shooting iron
• shooting script
• shooting star
• shooting stick
• skeet shooting
• the whole shooting match
• wing shooting

Rhymes for shooting

• booting
• fluting
• fruiting
• hooting
• looting
• muting
• rooting
• scooting
• suiting
• tooting
• commuting
• computing

Medical Definition

shooting

adjective

shoot·​ing

: characterized by sudden sharp piercing sensations

shooting pains