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Noun shooting has 2 senses
  1. 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
  2. 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
  1. 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
  2. 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
  3. 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
  4. 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
  5. shoot - send forth suddenly, intensely, swiftly; "shoot a glance"
    --5 is one way to     project, cast, contrive, throw
    Sample sentence:
    Somebody ----s something
  6. 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
  7. 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
  8. 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
  9. 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
  10. 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
  11. 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
  12. 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
  13. shoot - variegate by interweaving weft threads of different colors; "shoot cloth"
    --13 is one way to     weave, interweave
    Sample sentence:
    Somebody ----s something
  14. shoot - throw dice, as in a crap game
    --14 is one way to     throw
    Derived form: noun shooter3
    Sample sentence:
    Somebody ----s
  15. 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
  16. shoot - score; "shoot a basket"; "shoot a goal"
    --16 is one way to     score, hit, tally, rack up
    Sample sentence:
    Somebody ----s something
  17. 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
  18. 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
  19. 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
  20. 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
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