See Also: Speed Shooting, Shower Shooting - Archery(gambling)
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shooting noun. ME.
[formed as SHOOTER + -ING1.]
The action or practice of SHOOT verb. Also, an instance of this. ME.
b. The right to shoot game over a particular estate, covert, etc. Also, an estate, covert, etc., over which a person has the right to shoot game. M19.
c. An incident in which a person is shot with a firearm. L19.
The feeling of a sudden pain; a sudden piercing pain. E16.
A shoot of a plant etc.; such shoots collectively. M17.
Comb.: shooting board Carpentry a board with a step-shaped profile used to guide the motion of a plane relative to a workpiece to ensure accurate planing; shooting box a small house or lodge for use during the shooting season; shooting brake: see BRAKE noun6 5; shooting-gallery (a) a long room or fairground booth used for shooting at targets with rifles etc.; (b) N. Amer. slang a place where addictive drugs may be illicitly obtained and injected; shooting-glove Archery a glove worn to protect the hand in drawing a bow; shooting-ground a district or place where shooting is carried on; spec. = sense 1b above; shooting-iron (chiefly US colloq.) a firearm, esp. a revolver; shooting-lodge a lodge for use during the shooting season; shooting match a competition testing skill in shooting; the whole shooting match (colloq.), everything; shooting-range a ground with butts for rifle-practice; shooting season the time of year assigned to the shooting of game; shooting-stick (a) Printing a piece of hard wood or metal to be struck by a mallet to tighten or loosen the quoins in a forme; (b) a walking-stick with a handle consisting of a foldable seat; shooting war hostilities involving armed conflict.