shootingPronunciation: /ˈʃuːtɪŋ/Translate shooting | into French | into Italian | into Spanish Definition of shooting noun [mass noun] the action or practice of shooting:the unprovoked shooting of civilians by soldiers [count noun]:20,000 fatal shootings a year the sport or pastime of shooting with a gun. the right of shooting game over an area of land. [count noun] an estate or other area rented to shoot over. adjective moving or growing quickly:shooting beams of light played over the sea (of a pain) sudden and piercing: I often feel a shooting pain at the end of my left armPhrases the whole shooting match informal everything:the whole shooting match is being computerizedshooting in other Oxford dictionaries Definition of shooting in the US English dictionary
