shooting
Definitions
Noun
- The act of firing a projectile
- Killing someone by gunfire
Verb
- Hit with a missile from a weapon
- Kill by firing a missile
- Fire a shot
- Make a film or photograph of something
- Send forth suddenly, intensely, swiftly
- Run or move very quickly or hastily
- Move quickly and violently
- Throw or propel in a specific direction or towards a specific objective
- Record on photographic film
- Emit (as light, flame, or fumes) suddenly and forcefully
- Cause a sharp and sudden pain in
- Force or drive (a fluid or gas) into by piercing
- Variegate by interweaving weft threads of different colors
- Throw dice, as in a crap game
- Spend frivolously and unwisely
- Score
- Utter fast and forcefully
- Measure the altitude of by using a sextant
- Produce buds, branches, or germinate
- Give an injection to
Fragment
Sounds Like
Spelled Like
Words That Follow
Words That Precede
Statistically Associated
Consonant Match
As a Fragment
Words that contain the term "shooting".
| # | Word | Syllables | Freq |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | shooting | 2 | 48 |
| 2 | shootings | 2 | 1 |
| 3 | overshooting | 4 | 0 |
Sounds Like
Words that sound like the term "shooting".
| # | Word | Syllables | Freq |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | shouting | 2 | 32 |
| 2 | shopping | 2 | 27 |
| 3 | sharing | 2 | 23 |
| 4 | shaking | 2 | 21 |
| 5 | shining | 2 | 21 |
| 6 | shipping | 2 | 19 |
| 7 | assuring | 3 | 10 |
| 8 | shaping | 2 | 8 |
| 9 | shearing | 2 | 7 |
| 10 | shaving | 2 | 6 |
| 11 | shoving | 2 | 6 |
| 12 | shading | 2 | 4 |
| 13 | shocking | 2 | 4 |
| 14 | sheathing | 2 | 2 |
| 15 | shedding | 2 | 2 |
| 16 | shirking | 2 | 2 |
| 17 | shutting | 2 | 2 |
| 18 | schilling | 2 | 1 |
| 19 | sheeting | 2 | 1 |
| 20 | showering | 3 | 1 |
| 21 | shunning | 2 | 1 |
| 22 | schimming | 2 | 0 |
| 23 | shaging | 2 | 0 |
| 24 | shaming | 2 | 0 |
| 25 | shelling | 2 | 0 |
| 26 | shilling | 2 | 0 |
| 27 | shirting | 2 | 0 |
| 28 | shitting | 2 | 0 |
| 29 | shoring | 2 | 0 |
| 30 | shucking | 2 | 0 |
| 31 | shuping | 2 | 0 |
Spelled Like
Words that are spelled similarly to the term "shooting".
| # | Word | Syllables | Freq |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | showing | 2 | 61 |
| 2 | shouting | 2 | 32 |
| 3 | shoving | 2 | 6 |
| 4 | schooling | 2 | 5 |
| 5 | soothing | 2 | 4 |
| 6 | looting | 2 | 3 |
| 7 | footing | 2 | 3 |
| 8 | shootin' | 2 | 2 |
| 9 | smoothing | 2 | 2 |
| 10 | rooting | 2 | 2 |
| 11 | shootings | 2 | 1 |
| 12 | sorting | 2 | 1 |
| 13 | hooking | 2 | 1 |
| 14 | soothingly | 3 | 1 |
| 15 | shorting | 2 | 0 |
| 16 | shmoozing | 2 | 0 |
| 17 | shoring | 2 | 0 |
| 18 | overshooting | 4 | 0 |
| 19 | hosting | 2 | 0 |
| 20 | booting | 2 | 0 |
Words That Follow
Words that often follow the term "shooting" in a sentence.
| # | Word | Syllables | Freq |
|---|
Words That Precede
Words that often precede the term "shooting" in a sentence.
| # | Word | Syllables | Freq |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | the shooting | 1 | 4 |
Statistically Associated
Words that are statistically associated with "shooting" in the same piece of text.
| # | Word | Syllables | Freq |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | investigation | 5 | 2 |
| 2 | conclusion | 3 | 2 |
| 3 | accused | 2 | 2 |
| 4 | politburo | 4 | 2 |
Results:
Term
Definitions: 22
Fragments: 3
Sound Alikes: 31
Spelled Like: 20
Words that Follow: 0
Words that Precede: 1
Statistically Associated: 4
Consonant Matches: 9
Freq: The frequency is a relative score of how often the word appears in standard English text.
📰 This Word in the News:
Suspect in girlfriend's shooting found dead in Temple Hills parking lot
Sep 22, 2026 NBC4 Washington
Sep 22, 2026 NBC4 Washington
Hunter Mistook Woman for Deer in Fatal Delaware Shooting, Police Say
Sep 21, 2026 The New York Times
Sep 21, 2026 The New York Times
Suspect in Yom Kippur shooting outside Ontario synagogue dies from his injuries
Sep 23, 2026 AP News
Sep 23, 2026 AP News
ICE officer who shot man in Austin was issued a body cam but wasn’t wearing it
Sep 22, 2026 NBC News
Sep 22, 2026 NBC News

