ˈshüd.]iŋ, -üt], ]ēŋ\ noun
( -s )
Etymology: Middle English sheting, shoting, shuting, from gerund of sheten, shoten, shuten to shoot
1.
a. : the act or practice or a performance of one that shoots
expert rifle shooting
best in the league at foul shooting
b. : a wounding or killing with a firearm
a mysterious shooting at a summer resort
specifically : the killing of game with a gun : hunting
c. chiefly Britain
(1) : the right to shoot game in a given area
(2) : the area designated
2. : a sensation of darting pain
3.
a. : sprouting or rapid growth (as of a plant) ; also : a shoot or cluster of shoots
b. : the period in the growth of various plants (as grasses and cereal grains) when the flowering and fruiting stem develops
4. : the issue of spicules in crystallization
5. : blasting