shooting

shooting is a 8-letter English word with 7 senses as noun and adjective in the JumbleFix dictionary. One common meaning is: of Shoot. Face value is 12 in Scrabble and 13 in Words With Friends. Use the entries below when you need a playable sense, a nearby word, or another arrangement of the same letters.

8 letters · Scrabble 12 · Words With Friends 13 · 7 senses

Definitions

1. present participle. of Shoot
2. noun. The act of one who, or that which, shoots; as, the shooting of an archery club; the shooting of rays of light.
3. noun. A wounding or killing with a firearm; specifically (Sporting), the killing of game; as, a week of shooting.
4. noun. A sensation of darting pain; as, a shooting in one's head.
5. adjective. Of or pertaining to shooting; for shooting; darting.
6. noun. the act of firing a projectile

   "his shooting was slow but accurate"

   Synonyms: shot

7. noun. killing someone by gunfire

   "when the shooting stopped there were three dead bodies"

Synonyms

shot

Anagrams

Other playable words that use exactly the letters in shooting:

soothing

Common word forms

shoot, shootings

Words from these letters

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