shooting

B2 Topic:People & Society

US /ˈʃuːtɪŋ/ See IPA manual

Freq #1328

Meanings

1

noun
An event in which someone is hit or killed with a gun.

Police are investigating the shooting that happened last week.
2

noun
The sport or activity of firing a gun.

He enjoys shooting and fishing on the weekends.
3

adj
Of a pain, sudden and sharp, moving quickly through the body.

I often feel a shooting pain in my arm.

Thesaurus

Synonyms

1 noun · an event in which someone... shot

3 adj · of a pain, sudden and... splitting

Word family

Forms shootings

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Phrases (9)

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drive-by shooting
a shooting carried out from a moving vehicle against a person or building

Adjective + noun
fatal shooting
a shooting that results in at least one person's death

Adjective + noun
mass shooting
a shooting incident in which multiple people are killed or injured

Adjective + noun
investigate a shooting
to examine the facts and circumstances surrounding a shooting incident

Verb + noun
report a shooting
to give an account of a shooting incident to authorities or the public

Verb + noun
survive a shooting
to remain alive after being shot

Verb + noun

Etymology

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”).

shoting Middle English scotung Old English *skutungō Proto-Germanic

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# shooting

**Type:** Word
**Level:** B2
**Part of speech:** noun, adj
**IPA (US):** /ˈʃuːtɪŋ/
**Frequency rank:** 1328

## Meanings
1. An event in which someone is hit or killed with a gun.
2. The sport or activity of firing a gun.
3. Of a pain, sudden and sharp, moving quickly through the body.

## Examples
- Police are investigating the shooting that happened last week.
- He enjoys shooting and fishing on the weekends.
- I often feel a shooting pain in my arm.

## Roots and Affixes
- Root: shoting
- Root: scotung
- Root: *skutungō

## Etymology
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”).

## AI Etymology
Shooting is 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”). Important forms in the word's history include Middle English shoting, Old English scotung, Proto-Germanic *skutungō. In current use it includes senses such as An event in which someone is hit or killed with a gun and The sport or activity of firing a gun.

## Topics
- People & Society

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