Shooting

Context	Synonyms within Context (source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus).
Amusement	Athletic sports, gymnastics; archery, rifle shooting; tournament, pugilism; (contention); sports; horse racing, the turf; aquatics; skating, sliding; cricket, tennis, lawn tennis; hockey, football, baseball, soccer, ice hockey, basketball; rackets, fives, trap bat and ball, la grace; pall-mall, tipcat, croquet, golf, curling, pallone, polo, water polo; tent pegging; tilting at the ring, quintain; greasy pole; quoits, horseshoes, discus; rounders, lacrosse; tobogganing, water polo; knurr and spell.
Arms	Small arms; musket, musketry, firelock, fowling piece, rifle, fusil, caliver, carbine, blunderbuss, musketoon, Brown Bess, matchlock, harquebuss, arquebus, haguebut; pistol, postolet; petronel; small bore; breach-loader, muzzle-loader; revolver, repeater; Minis rifle, Enfield rifle, Flobert rifle, Westley Richards rifle, Snider rifle, Martini-Henry rifle, Lee-Metford rifle, Lee-Enfield rifle, Mauser rifle, magazine rifle; needle gun, chassepot; wind gun, air gun; automatic gun, automatic pistol; escopet, escopette, gunflint, gun-lock; hackbut, shooter, shooting iron , six-shooter, shotgun; Uzzi, assault rifle, KalashnikoVerb:
Killing	Slaughtering; phthisozoics; sport, sporting; the chase, venery; hunting, coursing, shooting, fishing; pig-sticking; sportsman, huntsman, fisherman; hunter, Nimrod; slaughterhouse, meat packing plant, shambles, abattoir.
Physical Pain	Sharp pain, piercing pain, throbbing pain, shooting pain, sting, gnawing pain, burning pain; excruciating pain.
	Noun: pain; suffering, sufferance, suffrance; bodily pain, physical pain, bodily suffering, physical suffering, body pain; mental suffering; dolour, ache; aching. Verb: smart; shoot, shooting; twinge, twitch, gripe, headache, stomach ache, heartburn, angina, angina pectoris; hurt, cut; sore, soreness; discomfort, malaise; cephalalgia, earache, gout, ischiagra, lumbago, neuralgia, odontalgia, otalgia, podagra, rheumatism, sciatica; tic douloureux, toothache, tormina, torticollis.
Pursuit	Chase, hunt, battue, race, steeple chase, hunting, coursing; venation, venery; fox chase; sport, sporting; shooting, angling, fishing, hawking; shikar.
Vice	Brothel; gambling house; joint, opium den, shooting gallery, crack house.
World	Sun, orb of day, Apollo, Phoebus; photosphere, chromosphere; solar system; planet, planetoid; comet; satellite, moon, orb of night, Diana, silver-footed queen; aerolite, meteor; planetary ring; falling star, shooting star; meteorite, uranolite.
Source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus.

Modern Usage: Shooting

Domain	Usage
Screenplays	Well, yeah, but I never tried shooting myself in the head neither (The African Queen; writing credit: C.S. Forester; James Agee) They were on the right side but that didn't help them any when the shooting started (High Noon; writing credit: Carl Foreman) You shot me, I can't believe it. They're giving you a medal for shooting me, you little prick (Speed; writing credit: Graham Yost) Well, if you ask me, uh, we're shooting the wrong gooks (Full Metal Jacket; writing credit: Gustav Hasford; Michael Herr) I suppose you know, Bob, if I ever see you again I'm just going to start shooting and figure it was self-defense (Unforgiven; writing credit: Walon Green; Roy N. Sickner)
Lyrics	It was like shooting a sitting duck (Lay All Your Love On Me; performing artist: Abba) Shooting straight across the sky (This Kiss; performing artist: Faith Hill) I never thought so much could happen just shooting pool (I Can't Dance; performing artist: Genesis) Well I heard somebody shooting a gun (Long Cool Woman (In a Black Dress); performing artist: Hollies) Shouting and shooting, I can't let them catch me ("El Paso"; performing artist: Marty Robbins)
Clever	Juvenile Court to Try Shooting Defendant (references; author: unknown)
Movie/TV Titles	Shooting the Moonshine War (1970) The Shooting of Caribou Lou (1967) Trick Shooting with Kenne Duncan (1953) The Shooting of Dan McGoo (1945) Keep Shooting (1942)
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

Commercial Usage: Shooting

Domain	Title
References	Hunting and Shooting Equipment in France: A Strategic Entry Report, 1996 (reference) The World Market for Merry-Go-Rounds, Swings, Shooting Galleries, Fairground Amusements, Traveling Circuses, Traveling Menageries, and Traveling Theatres: A 2004 Global Trade Perspective (reference) (more reference examples)

Books	Shooting to Kill: How an Independent Producer Blasts Through the Barriers to Make Movies That Matter (reference) Shooting the Boh: A Woman's Voyage Down the Wildest River in Borneo (Vintage Departures) (reference) Anabolic Outlaw : "I was a drug dealing, pot smoking, cocaine snorting, pill popping, acid dropping, whiskey drinking, steroid shooting bodybuilder!" (reference) Punch-Drunk Love: The Shooting Script (reference) The Hunter's Guide to Accurate Shooting (reference) (more book examples)

Periodicals	Precision Shooting (reference) Australian Camera & Shooting Video Photographers Handbook (reference) Australian Clay Target Shooting News (reference) Shooting Sportsman : Magazine Of Wingshooting & Fine Guns (reference) Shooting Sports Usa (reference) (more periodical examples)

Theater & Movies	Shooting Fish (reference) Sopranos Unauthorized - Shooting Sites Uncovered (reference) The Shooting (reference) (more DVD examples; more video examples)

Music	Shooting Rubberbands At The Stars (reference) Shooting Straight in the Dark (reference) (more classical music examples; more popular music examples)

High Tech	Gekioh Shooting King (reference) Shooting Gallery Games (reference) (more camera examples; more video game examples; more computer examples; more electronic examples; more software examples)
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

Image Slideshow: Shooting

Photo Album: Shooting

Thumbnail	Description & Credit	Thumbnail	Description & Credit
	Shooting Star Experiment. Credit: NASA.		Hydrographic survey operations - note line from leadline extending ahead Two observers shooting angles. Credit: Coast & Geodetic Survey Historical Image Collection.
	Some tools of the trade - wiredrag at Mitchell-Jordan Reservoir Sextants for shooting horizontal angles, 3-arm protractor for plotting positions Wiredrag party of Max Ricketts. Credit: Coast & Geodetic Survey Historical Image Collection.		Photo # 4 - Streaming net during trawling operations. Just prior to "shooting the doors" and pulling yellow floats under water. Credit: Paths Less Taken - NOAA at the Ends of the Earth.
	Photo # 5 - "Shooting the doors". The "doors" help pull the net down and also spread open the mouth of the net. Credit: Paths Less Taken - NOAA at the Ends of the Earth.		Photo # 6 - "Shooting the doors". The "doors" help pull the net down and also spread open the mouth of the net. Credit: Paths Less Taken - NOAA at the Ends of the Earth.
	Photo # 7 - "Shooting the doors". The "doors" help pull the net down and also spread open the mouth of the net. Credit: Paths Less Taken - NOAA at the Ends of the Earth.		A blow-hole shooting pressurized water high into the air. Credit: Small World.
	Shooting starDodecatheon sp.Wildflower. Credit: Roger Rosentreter.		A "No Rifle Shooting" sign near the Chadwick Hill Marsh. Credit: John Craig.
Source: pictures compiled by the editor from various references; see picture credits.

Sounds Captioned with "Shooting".

Historic Usage: Shooting

Use in Literature: Shooting

Non-Fiction Usage: Shooting

Subject	Topic	Quote
Health		The pain may be localized in the lower back or may consist of sharp, shooting sensations that radiate down the legs or arms or around the torso. (references)
		The drugs can damage nerves, leading to burning, numbness, tingling or shooting pain, most often in the fingers or toes. Some drugs can also cause mouth sores, headaches, muscle pains, and stomach pains. (references)
		Individuals of all ages including children, adolescents, young adults and older people can develop NIHL. Exposure occurs in the work place, in recreational settings and at home. There is an increasing awareness of the harmful noises in recreational activities, for example, target shooting or hunting, snowmobiles, go-carts, woodworking and other hobby equipment, power horns, cap guns and model airplanes. (references)
Children	Guatemala	In May Casa Alianza lodged formal complaints against two private security guards for the rape and shooting of street child Sandra Herlinda Ponciano Ichiche. (references)
Civil Liberties	Yemen	After the shooting, there was a brief spontaneous demonstration. (references)
	Argentina	The following week, Oeschger received a telephone threat referring to the shooting. (references)
Economic History	Cote D'ivoire	There are also a number of onshore blocks for which the Chinese in conjunction with Petroci is shooting new seismic data. (references)
	Rwanda	The RPF battalion stationed in Kigali under the Arusha accords came under attack immediately after the shooting down of the president's plane. (references)
	Republic of Congo	Although the persons accused of shooting Ngouabi were tried and some of them executed, the motivation behind the assassination is still not clear. (references)
Human Rights	Nicaragua	He lost an eye as a result of the shooting. (references)
	Nicaragua	The judge ruled that the shooting was an accident. (references)
	Cameroon	The shooting followed a quarrel over authority issues. (references)
Minorities	Yemen	In May five persons were killed in a drive-by shooting in Sana'a. (references)
Political Economy	Indonesia	Security forces were responsible for numerous instances of, at times indiscriminate, shooting of civilians, torture, rape, beatings and other abuse, and arbitrary detention in Aceh, West Timor, Papua (formerly known as Irian Jaya), and elsewhere in the country. (references)
	Indonesia	It is too early to know whether or not President Megawati will be effective at promoting respect of human rights.. Human rights advocates were pleased when she decreed that longstanding human rights cases predating East Timor's independence, as well as the 1984 shooting of unarmed civilians at Tandjung Priok, be heard in an ad hoc human rights tribunal. (references)
Political Rights	Honduras	No one has been identified in the shooting. (references)
Source: compiled by the editor from ICON Group International, Inc.; see credits.

Spoken Usage: Shooting

Usage Frequency: Shooting

Expressions: Shooting

Frequency of Internet Keywords: Shooting

Modern Translation: Shooting

Language		Translations for "shooting"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses.
Albanian		xhirim (camerawork, production), të stëna, qitje (discharge, firing, gunning, gunshot, shoot, shot), pushkatim, gjuajtje (hit, kick, shoot, stroke), gjah (battue, catch, chase, chivy, coursing, game, Hunt, hunting, prey, sport), batare (cannonade, firing, salvo, volley). (various references)

Arabic		‏قنص (hunting, snipe), ‏صيد (catch, chase, hunt, hunting, prey), ‏الرماية, ‏إطلاق نار (gunshot, shoot out, shot). (various references)

Bulgarian		стрелба (field sports, fire, firing, gunning, shoot, shot), ловно парк, ловно имение, лов (chase, field sports, gunning, hunting, shikar, shoot), право на лов, покарал (germinating, sprouting), изстрелване (projection, shoot, shot). (various references)

Chinese		射击 (fired, shoot, shot, Shots). (various references)

Czech		střelba (fire, firing), sestřelení, natáèení, honitba. (various references)

Danish		straekning (elongation, stem elongation, strain), spiring (budding, floor malting, germination, sprouting), spiren (budding, sprouting), skyden (budding, sprouting), emergens (braird, emergence). (various references)

Dutch		schieten (fire, shoot), uitbotten (bud), opkomst (braird, emergence), opkomen (arise, ascend, get up, go up, lift, rise), botten (bud). (various references)

Finnish		versominen (budding, sprouting, tillering), orastuminen (budding, sprouting, stem elongation), laukaustenvaihto (exchange of shots), ammunta (fire). (various references)

French		tournage, prise de vues. (various references)

German		Schossen (stem elongation), schiessend, schießerei (gun battle, gunfight, shoot out), schießen (fire, gun, hit, jet, pot, punt, score, send, shoot, shoot away, sprout, spurt), Scharfschießen (live shooting), jagdrechte (shooting rights), Aufgehen (arise, ascend, be taken up with, become apparent, come off, come out, come undone, come unstitched, come up, dawn, get up, go up, lift, open, open out, open up, opening, Orient, rise, rising, to rise, unfasten, unzip, work out), Auflaufen (accumulate, collide with, mount up, rise, run aground, run into, strike, swell up), aufnahme (absorption, acceptance, acceptation, admission, affiliation, assimilation, commencement, embodiment, enrollment, establishment, filming, inclusion, incorporation, initiation, intake, photo, photograph, photographing, picture, raising, reception, record, recording, shot, start, taking, taking down, taking up), Ausschlagen (be deflected, beat out, bowl out, bud, burgeon, germinate, hit out, kick, kick out, knock out, lash out, redound, refuse, reject, start to bud, swing round, turn down, waive), emporschiessend, erschießung (execution), Feldaufgang (braird, emergence), Aufgang (appearance, ascent, emergence, opening, rise, rising, stairs), jagd (chase, chevies, dash, Hunt, hunt(ing), hunting, meet, pursuit, race, shoot), Treiben (battue, be adrift, be up to, beat, bring, carry on, chase, commit, create, do, drift, drive, drive on, enchase, float, force, hustle and bustle, impel, jack up, leaven, make, make rise, move, propel, pursue, push, push out, put forth, put out, rush, shoo, sprout, swirling, throw out, thrust, to enchase, urge, work, wreak), jagdrevier (hunting ground, shoot), jagen (bag, chase, drive, drive on, hound, Hunt, hunting, impel, pursue, race, rout out, scud, shoo, to chase, to hunt, to scud), feuer (Ardor, ardour, beacon, blaze, bonfire, fieriness, fire, firing, flame, glitter, glow, heat, kick, light, mettle, passion, raciness, sparkle, spunk, vigor, vigour). (various references)

Greek		κυνήγι (chase, hunting, shoot, venery, venison), βλάστηση (gemmation, germination, growth, vegetation), βλάστημα (browse, budding, sprouting), πυροβολισμός (gunshot, shot), τουφέκισμα, τουφεκισμόσ (military execution, musketry, shot). (various references)

Hebrew		יריה (fire, gunshot, shot), ירי (fire, shoot, shot), ציד (chase, hunting). (various references)

Hungarian		tüzelés (fire, firing), lövészet (firing, gunner, gunnery, marksmanship, musketry, rifle shooting, sharpshooting, shoot), lövés (ammunition, crack, discharge, firing, gunfire, gunning, munition, pot, round, shoot, shot, sitting shot). (various references)

Indonesian		tembakan (gunfire), tembak menembak. (various references)

Italian		sparatoria (gunfight), sparare (fire, firing, go, go off, let off, score, shoot), tiro (cast, draft, draught, draw, drawing, farce, fire, haul, horse, jape, joke, prank, puff, shot, team, throw, trick), riprese, levata (collection, rising), lancio (casting, dropping, flaw, flinging, hurling, jump, launching, pitch, putting, shot, skip, throw, throwing), germogliazione (budding, bursting of buds, sprouting), germinazione (germination), emergenza (coincidence, emergency, flukiness, hap), caccia (chase, coursing, game, gunning, hue and cry, Hunt, hunting). (various references)

Japanese Kanji		狙撃 (sniping). (various references)

Japanese Katakana		しゃしゅつ (emitting), しゃげき (fire, firing, gunshot, marksmanship), ねらいうち (sniping), そげき (sniping), じゅうりょう (heavyweight boxer, hunting, junior grade sumo wrestler, weight), じゅうげき (gunning), はっしゃ (catapult, departure of a vehicle, discharge, firing). (various references)

Korean		쏨. (various references)

Manx		lhiggey (act, act pretend, allow, broach, delay, discharge, fire, firing, go off, heave, ignore, let, let down, let off, letting, level, loose, permission, permit, pierce, remission, shoot, shoot up, slip, suffer, water pipe), lhiggee (permissive), gunneraght (gunnery), correy (addendum, draught, sowing, spawning). (various references)

Pig Latin		ootingshay.(various references)

Portuguese		tiroteio (firing, gunfire), reserva de caça (game park, game preserve, game reserve, game sanctuary), rebento (browse, bud, chit, gemma, layer, offset, offshoot, plant, scion, shoot, slip, sprig, sprout, twig), penetrante (acerbic, biting, bitter, clear-sighted, discriminating, incisive, in-depth, keen, penetrating, penetrative, perspicacious, pervasive, piercing, pointed, screaming, screamy, searching, sharp, sharply, shrill, smart, subtil, subtile, subtle), fuzilamento (execution by a firing squad), emergência (emergence, emergency, exigency, need), caça com arma de fogo, ato de caçar. (various references)

Romanian		vânãtoare cu arme de foc, tragere (draught, draw, drawing, gunnery, gunning, pluck, pull, running, tug), permis de vânãtoare, filmare (filming), durere acutã şi bruscã. (various references)

Russian		стрельба (fire, firing, gunning, shootings), стрелять стрельба стрелковый, расстрел (shooting down), киносъемка (camerawork, filming), внезапная острая боль (pang), острая боль (keen pain, pang), охота (chase, hunting, hunting-party, readiness, shikar, shoot, sporting). (various references)

Scottish		eunach (fowling, shooting birds). (various references)

Serbo-Croatian		sevanje, pucanje (firing, scoring, shot), lov (battue, chase, hunt, hunting, kill, shikar, shoot), gađanje, žiganje (pang, twinge). (various references)

Spanish		brote (bud, burgeon, outbreak, shoot, sprout, upsurge). (various references)

Swedish		skytte (blight, needle cast). (various references)

Turkish		sızlayan, sızlama (tingle), zonklayan, zonklama (throb), film çekme (shot), filizlenme (germination, sprouting), filizlenen (germinante, sprouting, viviparous), avcılık (hunting, sporting, the chase), av sahası, av (catch, chase, fowling, Hunt, hunting, kill, killing, pickup, prey, quarry, shikar, shoot, sporting), atıcılık, atış (beat, burst, chuck, firing, fling, gunshot, inning, innings, pistol shot, projection, put, shoot, shot, shy, throw), çekim (attraction, conjugation, declension, draw, filming, flection, flexion, flexional, force of gravity, gravitation, gravitational, gravity, inflection, inflexion, pull, shoot, shot). (various references)

Ukrainian		стрільба (fire, firing), гострий раптовий біль, вогонь (cannonade, fire), полювання з рушницею (gunning). (various references)

Vietnamese		sự quay phim, sự bắn. (various references)
Source: compiled by the editor from various translation references.

Ancestral Language Translations: Shooting

Bible Trace: Shooting

Matched Bible Translations: Shooting

Language	1 Chronicles Chapter 12, Verse 2
Cebuano	Ug sila nasangkap sa mga pana, ug makagamit sa too ug walang kamot sa paglabyog sa mga bato ug sa pagpana sa mga udyong gikan sa pana: sila sa kaigsoonan ni Saul sa Benjamin.
Croatian	umjeli su rukovati lukom i desnicom i ljevicom i znali se služiti kamenjem i strijelama. Izmeðu Šaulove braæe, Benjaminovaca:
Danish	de var væbnet med Bue og øvet i Stenkast og Pileskydning både med højre og venstre Hånd; de hørte til Sauls Brødre, Benjaminiterne.
Dutch	Gewapend met bogen, rechts en links met stenen werpende, en met pijlen schietende uit den boog; zij waren van de broederen van Saul, uit Benjamin.
Finnish	He olivat asestetut jousella ja taitavia sekä oikealla että vasemmalla kädellä linkoamaan kiviä ja ampumaan jousella nuolia. Saulin heimolaisia, benjaminilaisia:
French	C`étaient des archers, lançant des pierres de la main droite et de la main gauche, et tirant des flèches avec leur arc: ils étaient de Benjamin, du nombre des frères de Saül.
German	mit Bogen gerüstet, geschickt mit beiden Händen, auf Steine und auf Pfeile und Bogen: von den Brüdern Sauls, die aus Benjamin waren:
Indonesian-Bahasa Sehari-hari	Mereka dari suku Benyamin seperti Saul. Mereka pandai memanah dan mengumban--baik dengan tangan kanan maupun dengan tangan kiri.
Indonesian-Terjemahan Lama	Lagipun mereka itu bersenjatakan busur panah dan dapat mengali-ali batu dengan tangan kiri kanan dan pandai memanahkan anak panah, maka mereka itupun dari pada segala saudara Saul, yaitu dari pada suku Benyamin.
Maori	He hunga kukume kopere ratou, ko te maui, ko te matau, ki te kotaha kohatu, ki te kopere i te pere; no nga teina ano o Haora, no Pineamine.
Norwegian	de var væbnet med bue og opøvd i å slynge stener og skyte piler med buen, både med høire og venstre hånd; de hørte til Sauls stammefrender, til benjaminittene.
Portuguese	Eram archeiros, e usavam tanto da mão direita como da esquerda em atirar pedras com fundas e em disparar flechas com o arco; eram dos irmãos de Saul, benjamitas.
Rumanian	Erau arcawi, cu mkna dreaptq wi cu mkna stkngq aruncau pietre, iar cu arcul trqgeau sqgeyi: erau din Beniamin, din numqrul frayilor lui Saul.
Spanish	Estaban armados con arcos y usaban tanto la mano derecha como la izquierda para tirar piedras con la honda y flechas con el arco. De los hermanos de Saúl, de Benjamín:
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

Domain	Definition
Dream Interpretation	To dream that you see or hear shooting, signifies unhappiness between married couples and sweethearts because of over-weaning selfishness, also unsatisfactory business and tasks because of negligence. Source: Ten Thousand Dreams Interpreted ....
Industry	English term which signifies the shedding action in weaving cloth on a loom. . . . . shedding: the raising and lowering of the warp ends by means of the harnesses and heddles to form the shed. Source: European Union. (references)
Mining	The use of explosives in rock breaking. (references)
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

Pos	Athlete
1	Pantelis Karasevdas (GRE)
2	Paulos Paulidis (GRE)
3	Nikolaos Trikoupis (GRE)

Pos	Athlete
1	Georgios Orfanidis (GRE)
2	Ioannis Frangoudis (GRE)
3	Viggo Jensen (DEN)

Pos	Athlete
1	John Paine (USA)
2	Sumner Paine (USA)
3	Nikolaos Dorakis (GRE)

Pos	Athlete
1	Ioannis Frangoudis (GRE)
2	Georgios Orfanidis (GRE)
3	Holger Nielsen (DEN)

Pos	Athlete
1	Emil Kellenberger (SUI)
2	Anders Peter Nielsen (DEN)
3	Ole Østmo (NOR)
3	Paul Van Asbroeck (BEL)

Pos	Athlete
1	Lars Jørgen Madsen (DEN)
2	Ole Østmo (NOR)
3	Charles Paumier du Verger (BEL)

Pos	Athlete
1	Konrad Stäheli (SUI)
2	Emil Kellenberger (SUI)
2	Anders Peter Nielsen (DEN)

Pos	Athlete
1	Achile Paroche (FRA)
2	Anders Peter Nielsen (DEN)
3	Ole Østmo (NOR)

Pos	Athlete
1	Switzerland
Emil Kellenberger, Franz Böckli, Konrad Stäheli, Louis Richardet, Alfred Grütter
2	Norway
Ole Østmo, Hellmer Hermandsen, Tom Seeberg, Ole Sæther, Olaf Frydenlund
3	France
Achile Paroche, Auguste Cavadini, Léon Moreaux, Maurice Lecoq, René Thomas

Pos	Athlete
1	Conrad Röderer (SUI)
2	Achile Paroche (FRA)
3	Konrad Stäheli (SUI)

Pos	Athlete
1	Roger de Barbarin (FRA)
2	Rene Guyot (FRA)
3	Justinien de Clary (FRA)


"He who rocks hardest..." by Justin Baker Commentary: "Timothy Green rocking out... hard. Shot taken with Fujifilm Velvia (50 ISO) transparency film. Shooting a daylight balanced film under fluorescent lighting conditions can prove to be interesting. I enjoyed the contrast between the guitar and the bg, as w"	"Jeremy." by Slivester Chua Commentary: "This is a my very first shooting experience. I had this guy standing on the side of the road."
Source: photographs selected by the editor, with permission from the photographers.

Play	Caption	Play	Caption
	Phaser shooting sound.		Laser shooting sound effect.
	Machine gun shooting rounds of ammunition.		Bullet shooting from an automatic rifle.
	Phaser shooting sound.		Laser gun shooting.
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

Author	Date	Quotation
Treaty of Versailles	1919	Educational establishments, the universities, societies of discharged soldiers, shooting or touring clubs and, generally speaking associations of every description, whatever be the age of their members, must not occupy themselves with any military matters. (reference)
Source: compiled by the editor from various references.

Pos	Athlete
1	Switzerland
Conrad Röderer, Konrad Stäheli, Louis Richardet, Friedrich Lüthi, Paul Probst
2	France
Achile Paroche, Louis Duffoy, Léon Moreaux, Trinité, Maurice Lecoq
3	Netherlands
Dirk Boest Gips, Henrik Sillem, Antonius Bouwens, Solko Van Den Bergh, Anthony Sweijs

Parts of Speech	Percent	Usage per 100 Million Words	Rank in English
Lexical Verb (-ing form)	67.55%	938	7,718
Noun (singular)	19.78%	275	17,685
Adjective (general or positive)	8.2%	114	30,294
Noun (proper)	4.32%	60	43,597
Noun (common)	0.14%	2	245,945
Total	100.00%	1,389	N/A

Expressions using "shooting": a shooting pain ♦ actuality shooting ♦ bird shooting ♦ clay pigeon shooting ♦ Crap shooting ♦ duck shooting ♦ field shooting ♦ flash shooting ♦ go out shooting ♦ go shooting ♦ pigeon shooting ♦ recreational shooting ♦ shooting board ♦ shooting box ♦ shooting brake ♦ shooting buds ♦ shooting club ♦ shooting down ♦ shooting equipment ♦ shooting flow ♦ shooting gallery ♦ shooting iron ♦ shooting jacket ♦ shooting licence ♦ shooting license ♦ shooting lodge ♦ shooting match ♦ shooting off ♦ shooting pain ♦ shooting party ♦ shooting preserve ♦ shooting range ♦ shooting report ♦ shooting rights ♦ shooting script ♦ shooting season ♦ shooting star ♦ shooting stick ♦ shooting war ♦ skeet shooting ♦ sure as shooting ♦ target shooting ♦ trap shooting ♦ trouble shooting ♦ wing shooting. Additional references.
Hyphenated Usage
	Beginning with "shooting": shooting-brake, shooting-down, shooting-gallery, shooting-jacket, shooting-lodge, shooting-match, shooting-out, shooting-parties, shooting-party, shooting-range, shooting-stars, shooting-stick, shooting-sticks, shooting-up.
	Ending with "shooting": grouse-shooting, sharp-shooting, trouble-shooting.
	Containing "shooting": hunting-shooting-and-fishing, riding-shooting-fishing.
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

Speaker	Phrase(s)
Russell Crowe	The first day of shooting was basically the day after the Academy Awards, which was unfortunate for me, because I had to put celebrations off. And I'm, you know, I'm one for the celebrations.
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

Expression	Frequency per Day	Expression	Frequency per Day
shooting game	2,349	columbine high school shooting	99
shooting	1,075	police shooting	95
shooting star	677	shooting sports	92
online shooting game	534	single action shooting society	90
free shooting game	434	kent state shooting	88
columbine shooting	362	shooting bench	78
school shooting	313	shooting vest	76
target shooting	296	shooting sportsman	74
shooting range	202	shooting gun	72
free game online shooting	198	columbine school shooting	67
trap shooting	195	shooting times	67
shooting supply	177	shooting star picture	61
skeet shooting	166	long range shooting	58
shooting glasses	162	game online play shooting	58
shooting star casino	144	clay pigeon shooting	57
cowboy action shooting	141	shooting cum	54
sentimental shooting	133	basketball shooting	53
shooting star tattoo	130	midway shooting supply	52
shooting accessory	120	basketball shooting tip	50
game play shooting	108	hollywood north shooting	49
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

Language	Period	Translations
Latin	500 BCE-Modern	missum, missus. (various references)
Source: compiled by the editor from various references.

Language	Date	Source	1 Chronicles Chapter 12, Verse 2
Greek (transliterated)	250 BC	Septuagint	Kai toxw ek dexiwn kai ex aristerwn kai sfendonhtai en liqoiV kai toxoiV ek twn adelfwn saoul ek beniamin
Latin	405	Vulgate	Tendentes arcum et utraque manu fundis saxa iacientes et dirigentes sagittas de fratribus Saul ex Beniamin
Jacobean English	1611	King James	They were armed with bows, and could use both the right hand and the left in hurling stones and shooting arrows out of a bow, even of Saul's brethren of Benjamin.
Victorian English	1833	Webster	They were armed with bows, and could use both the right hand and the left in hurling stones, and shooting arrows from a bow, even of Saul's brethren of Benjamin.
Basic English	1964	Ogden	They were armed with bows, and were able to send stones, and arrows from the bow, with right hand or left: they were Saul's brothers, of Benjamin.
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

Derivations
	Words beginning with "shooting": shootings. (additional references)
	Words ending with "shooting": outshooting, overshooting, reshooting, sharpshooting, trapshooting, troubleshooting, undershooting, upshooting. (additional references)
	Words containing "shooting": sharpshootings, trapshootings. (additional references)
Misspellings
	"Shooting" is suggested in spellcheckers for the following: shiating, shmoozing, shooshing, shootting, Shotingo, shotting, Shuqing, shuting, thooting. (additional references)
Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references).

Shooting

Definition: Shooting

Shooting

Noun

Specialty Definition: Shooting

Specialty Definition: Shooting

Shooting technique

Shooting at the 1896 Summer Olympics

Shooting at the 1900 Summer Olympics

Synonym: Shooting

Synonyms within Context: Shooting

Amusement

Arms

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Physical Pain

Pursuit

Vice

World

Crosswords: Shooting

Modern Usage: Shooting

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Clever

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Historic Usage: Shooting

Treaty of Versailles

Use in Literature: Shooting

Grapes of Wrath

Steinbeck, John

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Spoken Usage: Shooting

Russell Crowe

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Expressions: Shooting

Frequency of Internet Keywords: Shooting

Modern Translation: Shooting

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