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Added 9 October 2026

shooting

/ˈʃuːtɪŋ/ noun

noun Definition from WordNet 3.1, Princeton University. Pronunciation from Wiktionary, via Kaikki.org. More about shooting at Wordnik → Where our words come from →

The act of firing a projectile.
his shooting was slow but accurate
Killing someone by gunfire.
when the shooting stopped there were three dead bodies

Origin

From Middle English shoting, schoting, from Old English scotung (“shooting”), from Proto-Germanic *skutungō, equivalent to shoot + -ing. Cognate with Dutch schieting, German Erschießung (“shooting”), Swedish skjutning (“shooting”).

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