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Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun The act of one who shoots.
- noun Especially, at the present day, the killing of game with firearms; gunning.
- noun A right, purchased or conferred, to kill game with firearms, especially within certain limits.
- noun A district or defined tract of ground over which game is shot.
- noun A quick dart; a sudden and swift motion.
- noun A quick, glancing pain, often following the track of a nerve.
- noun In carpentry, the operation of planing the edge of a board straight.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- adjective Of or pertaining to shooting; for shooting; darting.
- adjective (Joinery) a fixture used in planing or shooting the edge of a board, by means of which the plane is guided and the board held true.
- adjective a small house in the country for use in the shooting season.
- adjective a range, usually covered, with targets for practice with firearms.
- adjective [Slang, U.S.] a firearm.
- adjective (Astron.), (Bot.) The American cowslip (
Dodecatheon Meadia ). See underCowslip . - adjective (Print.) a tapering piece of wood or iron, used by printers to drive up the quoins in the chase.
- noun The act of one who, or that which, shoots
- noun A wounding or killing with a firearm; specifically (Sporting), the killing of game.
- noun A sensation of darting pain.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- verb Present participle of
shoot . - noun countable An instance of shooting (a person) with a gun.
- noun uncountable The
sport or activity offiring a gun.
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- noun killing someone by gunfire
- noun the act of firing a projectile
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