Shooting

//ˈʃuːtɪŋ//

Synonyms for "shooting" (205 found)

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Adjective(1 words)
darting

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Related words (102)

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Noun(1 words)
shot
Adjective(1 words)
splitting

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derived

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derived from

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is a

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related to

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Translations

69 translations across 39 languages.

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Arabic

1 entries
  • رِمَايَة noun (the sport or activity of firing a gun or other weapon)

Armenian

1 entries
  • կրակ noun (instance of shooting)

Belarusian

2 entries
  • стральба́ noun (instance of shooting)
  • страляні́на noun (instance of shooting)

Bulgarian

1 entries
  • стрелба́ noun (instance of shooting)

Catalan

2 entries
  • afusellament noun (instance of shooting)
  • tiroteig noun (instance of shooting)

Cebuano

1 entries
  • pagpamusil noun (instance of shooting)

Chinese Mandarin

1 entries
  • 射擊 /射击 noun (instance of shooting)

Czech

1 entries
  • střelba noun (instance of shooting)

Danish

1 entries
  • skudangreb noun (instance of shooting)

Dutch

1 entries
  • schietpartij noun (instance of shooting)

Eastern Mari

1 entries
  • лӱйышӧ adj (of a pain: sudden and darting)

Esperanto

2 entries
  • pafado noun (instance of shooting)
  • pafado noun (the sport or activity of firing a gun or other weapon)

Finnish

4 entries
  • pistävä adj (of a pain: sudden and darting)
  • terävä adj (of a pain: sudden and darting)
  • viiltävä adj (of a pain: sudden and darting)
  • ammunta noun (the sport or activity of firing a gun or other weapon)

French

2 entries
  • fusillade noun (instance of shooting)
  • tir noun (instance of shooting)

German

2 entries
  • Schießen noun (instance of shooting)
  • Schießerei noun (instance of shooting)

Hungarian

4 entries
  • nyilalló adj (of a pain: sudden and darting)
  • lövés noun (instance of shooting)
  • lövészet noun (the sport or activity of firing a gun or other weapon)
  • lövöldözés noun (instance of shooting)

Icelandic

1 entries
  • skotárás noun (instance of shooting)

Ido

1 entries
  • pafado noun (instance of shooting)

Ingrian

2 entries
  • ampumiin noun (instance of shooting)
  • ampumiin noun (the sport or activity of firing a gun or other weapon)

Irish

1 entries
  • lámhach noun (instance of shooting)

Italian

1 entries
  • sparatoria noun (instance of shooting)

Japanese

1 entries
  • 射撃 noun (instance of shooting)

Karachay-Balkar

1 entries
  • атыш noun (instance of shooting)

Korean

3 entries
  • 발포 noun (instance of shooting)
  • 사격 noun (instance of shooting)
  • 사격 noun (the sport or activity of firing a gun or other weapon)

Māori

2 entries
  • tākirikiri adj (of a pain: sudden and darting)
  • puhanga noun (instance of shooting)

Norman

1 entries
  • tith'thie noun (instance of shooting)

Norwegian Bokmål

2 entries
  • skyteangrep noun (instance of shooting)
  • skyting noun (the sport or activity of firing a gun or other weapon)

Norwegian Nynorsk

1 entries
  • skyting noun (the sport or activity of firing a gun or other weapon)

Polish

2 entries
  • palba noun (instance of shooting)
  • strzelanie noun (instance of shooting)

Portuguese

2 entries
  • tiro noun (the sport or activity of firing a gun or other weapon)
  • tiroteio noun (instance of shooting)

Russian

4 entries
  • пальба́ noun (instance of shooting)
  • перестре́лка noun (instance of shooting)
  • стрельба́ noun (instance of shooting)
  • стрельба́ noun (the sport or activity of firing a gun or other weapon)

Serbo-Croatian

2 entries
  • pucanje noun (instance of shooting)
  • пуцање noun (instance of shooting)

Slovak

1 entries
  • streľba noun (instance of shooting)

Slovene

2 entries
  • strel noun (instance of shooting)
  • streljanje noun (instance of shooting)

Spanish

4 entries
  • balacera noun (instance of shooting)
  • baleadura noun (instance of shooting)
  • tiro noun (the sport or activity of firing a gun or other weapon)
  • tiroteo noun (instance of shooting)

Swahili

1 entries
  • upigaji risasi noun (instance of shooting)

Swedish

2 entries
  • skjutning noun (instance of shooting)
  • skottlossning noun (instance of shooting)

Tagalog

1 entries
  • pamamaril noun (instance of shooting)

Ukrainian

2 entries
  • стрільба́ noun (instance of shooting)
  • стріляни́на noun (instance of shooting)

Sample sentences

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He came out shooting, same as you said he would.

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This was third school shooting incident in six months.

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Why am I shooting these guys, tell me, what have they done?

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Terrible shooting broke out the night before last.

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