shooting

Pronunciation

• IPA ^(key): /ˈʃuːtɪŋ/

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• Hyphenation: shoot‧ing

Verb

Plain form shoot

Third-person singular shoots

Past tense shot

Past participle shot

Present participle shooting

1. The present participle of shoot.

Noun

Singular shooting

Plural shootings

1. (countable) A shooting is the event of a person shooting another with a gun.

   The police are looking for the person responsible for the shooting of a well-known lawyer last night.