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shooting
(mass) | shooting
- strieľanie, streľba |
shooting
(encz) | shooting,střelba n: Zdeněk Brož |
shooting
(encz) | shooting,střílení n: Zdeněk Brož |
Shooting
(gcide) | Shoot \Shoot\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Shot; p. pr. & vb. n.
Shooting. The old participle Shotten is obsolete. See
Shotten.] [OE. shotien, schotien, AS. scotian, v. i.,
sce['o]tan; akin to D. schieten, G. schie?en, OHG. sciozan,
Icel. skj?ta, Sw. skjuta, Dan. skyde; cf. Skr. skund to jump.
[root]159. Cf. Scot a contribution, Scout to reject,
Scud, Scuttle, v. i., Shot, Sheet, Shut, Shuttle,
Skittish, Skittles.]
1. To let fly, or cause to be driven, with force, as an arrow
or a bullet; -- followed by a word denoting the missile,
as an object.
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If you please
To shoot an arrow that self way. --Shak.
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2. To discharge, causing a missile to be driven forth; --
followed by a word denoting the weapon or instrument, as
an object; -- often with off; as, to shoot a gun.
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The two ends od a bow, shot off, fly from one
another. --Boyle.
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3. To strike with anything shot; to hit with a missile;
often, to kill or wound with a firearm; -- followed by a
word denoting the person or thing hit, as an object.
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When Roger shot the hawk hovering over his master's
dove house. --A. Tucker.
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4. To send out or forth, especially with a rapid or sudden
motion; to cast with the hand; to hurl; to discharge; to
emit.
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An honest weaver as ever shot shuttle. --Beau. & Fl.
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A pit into which the dead carts had nightly shot
corpses by scores. --Macaulay.
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5. To push or thrust forward; to project; to protrude; --
often with out; as, a plant shoots out a bud.
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They shoot out the lip, they shake the head. --Ps.
xxii. 7.
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Beware the secret snake that shoots a sting.
--Dryden.
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6. (Carp.) To plane straight; to fit by planing.
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Two pieces of wood that are shot, that is, planed or
else pared with a paring chisel. --Moxon.
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7. To pass rapidly through, over, or under; as, to shoot a
rapid or a bridge; to shoot a sand bar.
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She . . . shoots the Stygian sound. --Dryden.
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8. To variegate as if by sprinkling or intermingling; to
color in spots or patches.
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The tangled water courses slept,
Shot over with purple, and green, and yellow.
--Tennyson.
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To be shot of, to be discharged, cleared, or rid of.
[Colloq.] "Are you not glad to be shot of him?" --Sir W.
Scott.
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Shooting
(gcide) | Shooting \Shoot"ing\, a.
Of or pertaining to shooting; for shooting; darting.
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Shooting board (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.
Shooting box, a small house in the country for use in the
shooting season. --Prof. Wilson.
Shooting gallery, a range, usually covered, with targets
for practice with firearms.
Shooting iron, a firearm. [Slang, U.S.]
Shooting star.
(a) (Astron.) A starlike, luminous meteor, that, appearing
suddenly, darts quickly across some portion of the sky,
and then as suddenly disappears, leaving sometimes, for a
few seconds, a luminous train, -- called also {falling
star}.
Note: Shooting stars are small cosmical bodies which
encounter the earth in its annual revolution, and which
become visible by coming with planetary velocity into
the upper regions of the atmosphere. At certain
periods, as on the 13th of November and 10th of August,
they appear for a few hours in great numbers,
apparently diverging from some point in the heavens,
such displays being known as meteoric showers, or star
showers. These bodies, before encountering the earth,
were moving in orbits closely allied to the orbits of
comets. See Leonids, Perseids.
(b) (Bot.) The American cowslip (Dodecatheon Meadia). See
under Cowslip.
Shooting stick (Print.), a tapering piece of wood or iron,
used by printers to drive up the quoins in the chase.
--Hansard.
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Shooting
(gcide) | Shooting \Shoot"ing\, n.
1. The act of one who, or that which, shoots; as, the
shooting of an archery club; the shooting of rays of
light.
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2. A wounding or killing with a firearm; specifically
(Sporting), the killing of game; as, a week of shooting.
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3. A sensation of darting pain; as, a shooting in one's head.
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shooting
(wn) | shooting
n 1: the act of firing a projectile; "his shooting was slow but
accurate" [syn: shooting, shot]
2: killing someone by gunfire; "when the shooting stopped there
were three dead bodies" |
| | podobné slovo | definícia |
shooting
(mass) | shooting
- strieľanie, streľba |
shooting range
(mass) | shooting range
- strelnica |
crap shooting
(encz) | crap shooting, n: |
drive-by shooting
(encz) | drive-by shooting, n: |
line-shooting
(encz) | line-shooting, n: |
overshooting
(encz) | overshooting,přestřelování n: Zdeněk Brož |
shooting
(encz) | shooting,střelba n: Zdeněk Brožshooting,střílení n: Zdeněk Brož |
shooting (of the film)
(encz) | shooting (of the film),natáčení n: Zdeněk |
shooting box
(encz) | shooting box, n: |
shooting brake
(encz) | shooting brake, n: |
shooting fish in a barrel
(encz) | shooting fish in a barrel, |
shooting gallery
(encz) | shooting gallery, |
shooting iron
(encz) | shooting iron, n: |
shooting lodge
(encz) | shooting lodge, n: |
shooting preserve
(encz) | shooting preserve, n: |
shooting range
(encz) | shooting range, n: |
shooting script
(encz) | shooting script, n: |
shooting star
(encz) | shooting star,létavice n: Zdeněk Brož |
shooting stick
(encz) | shooting stick, |
skeet shooting
(encz) | skeet shooting, n: |
sure as shooting
(encz) | sure as shooting, adv: |
the whole shooting match
(encz) | the whole shooting match, |
trapshooting
(encz) | trapshooting,střelba na asfaltové holuby n: [sport.] Jiří Dadák |
troubleshooting
(encz) | troubleshooting,hledání závady Zdeněk Brožtroubleshooting,řešení problémů Zdeněk Brož |
undershooting
(encz) | undershooting, |
wing shooting
(encz) | wing shooting, n: |
like shooting fish in a barrel
(czen) | Like Shooting Fish In A Barrel,LSFIAB[zkr.] |
Crap shooting
(gcide) | Crap shooting \Crap shooting\
Same as Craps.
[Webster 1913 Suppl.] Crapula |
Overshooting
(gcide) | Overshoot \O`ver*shoot"\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Overshot; p. pr.
& vb. n. Overshooting.]
1. To shoot over or beyond; to miss; as, to overshoot a mark;
to overshoot the green in golf. "Not to overshoot his
game." --South.
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2. Hence: To go beyond an intended point or limit; as, to
overshoot the runway in landing an airplane; to overshoot
the endpoint in a titration.
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2. To pass swiftly over; to fly beyond. --Hartle.
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3. To exceed; as, to overshoot the truth. --Cowper.
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To overshoot one's self, to venture too far; to assert too
much.
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Sharpshooting
(gcide) | Sharpshooting \Sharp"shoot`ing\, n.
A shooting with great precision and effect; hence, a keen
contest of wit or argument.
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Shooting board
(gcide) | Shooting \Shoot"ing\, a.
Of or pertaining to shooting; for shooting; darting.
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Shooting board (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.
Shooting box, a small house in the country for use in the
shooting season. --Prof. Wilson.
Shooting gallery, a range, usually covered, with targets
for practice with firearms.
Shooting iron, a firearm. [Slang, U.S.]
Shooting star.
(a) (Astron.) A starlike, luminous meteor, that, appearing
suddenly, darts quickly across some portion of the sky,
and then as suddenly disappears, leaving sometimes, for a
few seconds, a luminous train, -- called also {falling
star}.
Note: Shooting stars are small cosmical bodies which
encounter the earth in its annual revolution, and which
become visible by coming with planetary velocity into
the upper regions of the atmosphere. At certain
periods, as on the 13th of November and 10th of August,
they appear for a few hours in great numbers,
apparently diverging from some point in the heavens,
such displays being known as meteoric showers, or star
showers. These bodies, before encountering the earth,
were moving in orbits closely allied to the orbits of
comets. See Leonids, Perseids.
(b) (Bot.) The American cowslip (Dodecatheon Meadia). See
under Cowslip.
Shooting stick (Print.), a tapering piece of wood or iron,
used by printers to drive up the quoins in the chase.
--Hansard.
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Shooting box
(gcide) | Shooting \Shoot"ing\, a.
Of or pertaining to shooting; for shooting; darting.
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Shooting board (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.
Shooting box, a small house in the country for use in the
shooting season. --Prof. Wilson.
Shooting gallery, a range, usually covered, with targets
for practice with firearms.
Shooting iron, a firearm. [Slang, U.S.]
Shooting star.
(a) (Astron.) A starlike, luminous meteor, that, appearing
suddenly, darts quickly across some portion of the sky,
and then as suddenly disappears, leaving sometimes, for a
few seconds, a luminous train, -- called also {falling
star}.
Note: Shooting stars are small cosmical bodies which
encounter the earth in its annual revolution, and which
become visible by coming with planetary velocity into
the upper regions of the atmosphere. At certain
periods, as on the 13th of November and 10th of August,
they appear for a few hours in great numbers,
apparently diverging from some point in the heavens,
such displays being known as meteoric showers, or star
showers. These bodies, before encountering the earth,
were moving in orbits closely allied to the orbits of
comets. See Leonids, Perseids.
(b) (Bot.) The American cowslip (Dodecatheon Meadia). See
under Cowslip.
Shooting stick (Print.), a tapering piece of wood or iron,
used by printers to drive up the quoins in the chase.
--Hansard.
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Shooting gallery
(gcide) | Shooting \Shoot"ing\, a.
Of or pertaining to shooting; for shooting; darting.
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Shooting board (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.
Shooting box, a small house in the country for use in the
shooting season. --Prof. Wilson.
Shooting gallery, a range, usually covered, with targets
for practice with firearms.
Shooting iron, a firearm. [Slang, U.S.]
Shooting star.
(a) (Astron.) A starlike, luminous meteor, that, appearing
suddenly, darts quickly across some portion of the sky,
and then as suddenly disappears, leaving sometimes, for a
few seconds, a luminous train, -- called also {falling
star}.
Note: Shooting stars are small cosmical bodies which
encounter the earth in its annual revolution, and which
become visible by coming with planetary velocity into
the upper regions of the atmosphere. At certain
periods, as on the 13th of November and 10th of August,
they appear for a few hours in great numbers,
apparently diverging from some point in the heavens,
such displays being known as meteoric showers, or star
showers. These bodies, before encountering the earth,
were moving in orbits closely allied to the orbits of
comets. See Leonids, Perseids.
(b) (Bot.) The American cowslip (Dodecatheon Meadia). See
under Cowslip.
Shooting stick (Print.), a tapering piece of wood or iron,
used by printers to drive up the quoins in the chase.
--Hansard.
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Shooting iron
(gcide) | Shooting \Shoot"ing\, a.
Of or pertaining to shooting; for shooting; darting.
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Shooting board (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.
Shooting box, a small house in the country for use in the
shooting season. --Prof. Wilson.
Shooting gallery, a range, usually covered, with targets
for practice with firearms.
Shooting iron, a firearm. [Slang, U.S.]
Shooting star.
(a) (Astron.) A starlike, luminous meteor, that, appearing
suddenly, darts quickly across some portion of the sky,
and then as suddenly disappears, leaving sometimes, for a
few seconds, a luminous train, -- called also {falling
star}.
Note: Shooting stars are small cosmical bodies which
encounter the earth in its annual revolution, and which
become visible by coming with planetary velocity into
the upper regions of the atmosphere. At certain
periods, as on the 13th of November and 10th of August,
they appear for a few hours in great numbers,
apparently diverging from some point in the heavens,
such displays being known as meteoric showers, or star
showers. These bodies, before encountering the earth,
were moving in orbits closely allied to the orbits of
comets. See Leonids, Perseids.
(b) (Bot.) The American cowslip (Dodecatheon Meadia). See
under Cowslip.
Shooting stick (Print.), a tapering piece of wood or iron,
used by printers to drive up the quoins in the chase.
--Hansard.
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Shooting star
(gcide) | Shooting \Shoot"ing\, a.
Of or pertaining to shooting; for shooting; darting.
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Shooting board (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.
Shooting box, a small house in the country for use in the
shooting season. --Prof. Wilson.
Shooting gallery, a range, usually covered, with targets
for practice with firearms.
Shooting iron, a firearm. [Slang, U.S.]
Shooting star.
(a) (Astron.) A starlike, luminous meteor, that, appearing
suddenly, darts quickly across some portion of the sky,
and then as suddenly disappears, leaving sometimes, for a
few seconds, a luminous train, -- called also {falling
star}.
Note: Shooting stars are small cosmical bodies which
encounter the earth in its annual revolution, and which
become visible by coming with planetary velocity into
the upper regions of the atmosphere. At certain
periods, as on the 13th of November and 10th of August,
they appear for a few hours in great numbers,
apparently diverging from some point in the heavens,
such displays being known as meteoric showers, or star
showers. These bodies, before encountering the earth,
were moving in orbits closely allied to the orbits of
comets. See Leonids, Perseids.
(b) (Bot.) The American cowslip (Dodecatheon Meadia). See
under Cowslip.
Shooting stick (Print.), a tapering piece of wood or iron,
used by printers to drive up the quoins in the chase.
--Hansard.
[1913 Webster]Meteor \Me"te*or\, n. [F. m['e]t['e]ore, Gr. ?, pl. ? things in
the air, fr. ? high in air, raised off the ground; ? beyond +
?, ?, a suspension or hovering in the air, fr. ? to lift,
raise up.]
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1. Any phenomenon or appearance in the atmosphere, as clouds,
rain, hail, snow, etc.
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Hail, an ordinary meteor. --Bp. Hall.
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2. Specif.: A transient luminous body or appearance seen in
the atmosphere, or in a more elevated region.
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The vaulty top of heaven
Figured quite o'er with burning meteors. --Shak.
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3. A mass of stone or other substance which sometimes falls
to the earth from space beyond the moon, burning up from
atomospheric friction and creating a brilliant but usually
very brief trail of light in the atmosphere; also called a
shooting star.
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Note: The term is especially applied to fireballs, and the
masses of stone or other substances which sometimes
fall to the earth; also to shooting stars and to ignes
fatui. Meteors are often classed as: aerial meteors,
winds, tornadoes, etc.; aqueous meteors, rain, hail,
snow, dew, etc.; luminous meteors, rainbows, halos,
etc.; and igneous meteors, lightning, shooting stars,
and the like.
[1913 Webster]Star \Star\ (st[aum]r), n. [OE. sterre, AS. steorra; akin to
OFries. stera, OS. sterro, D. ster, OHG. sterno, sterro, G.
stern, Icel. stjarna, Sw. stjerna, Dan. stierne, Goth.
sta['i]rn[=o], Armor. & Corn. steren, L. stella, Gr. 'asth`r,
'a`stron, Skr. star; perhaps from a root meaning, to scatter,
Skr. st[.r], L. sternere (cf. Stratum), and originally
applied to the stars as being strewn over the sky, or as
being scatterers or spreaders of light. [root]296. Cf.
Aster, Asteroid, Constellation, Disaster, Stellar.]
1. One of the innumerable luminous bodies seen in the
heavens; any heavenly body other than the sun, moon,
comets, and nebulae.
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His eyen twinkled in his head aright,
As do the stars in the frosty night. --Chaucer.
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Note: The stars are distinguished as planets, and {fixed
stars}. See Planet, Fixed stars under Fixed, and
Magnitude of a star under Magnitude.
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2. The polestar; the north star. --Shak.
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3. (Astrol.) A planet supposed to influence one's destiny;
(usually pl.) a configuration of the planets, supposed to
influence fortune.
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O malignant and ill-brooding stars. --Shak.
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Blesses his stars, and thinks it luxury. --Addison.
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4. That which resembles the figure of a star, as an ornament
worn on the breast to indicate rank or honor.
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On whom . . .
Lavish Honor showered all her stars. --Tennyson.
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5. Specifically, a radiated mark in writing or printing; an
asterisk [thus, *]; -- used as a reference to a note, or
to fill a blank where something is omitted, etc.
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6. (Pyrotechny) A composition of combustible matter used in
the heading of rockets, in mines, etc., which, exploding
in the air, presents a starlike appearance.
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7. A person of brilliant and attractive qualities, especially
on public occasions, as a distinguished orator, a leading
theatrical performer, etc.
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Note: Star is used in the formation of compound words
generally of obvious signification; as, star-aspiring,
star-bespangled, star-bestudded, star-blasting,
star-bright, star-crowned, star-directed, star-eyed,
star-headed, star-paved, star-roofed, star-sprinkled,
star-wreathed.
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Blazing star, Double star, Multiple star, {Shooting
star}, etc. See under Blazing, Double, etc.
Nebulous star (Astron.), a small well-defined circular
nebula, having a bright nucleus at its center like a star.
Star anise (Bot.), any plant of the genus Illicium; -- so
called from its star-shaped capsules.
Star apple (Bot.), a tropical American tree ({Chrysophyllum
Cainito}), having a milky juice and oblong leaves with a
silky-golden pubescence beneath. It bears an applelike
fruit, the carpels of which present a starlike figure when
cut across. The name is extended to the whole genus of
about sixty species, and the natural order (Sapotaceae)
to which it belongs is called the Star-apple family.
Star conner, one who cons, or studies, the stars; an
astronomer or an astrologer. --Gascoigne.
Star coral (Zool.), any one of numerous species of stony
corals belonging to Astraea, Orbicella, and allied
genera, in which the calicles are round or polygonal and
contain conspicuous radiating septa.
Star cucumber. (Bot.) See under Cucumber.
Star flower. (Bot.)
(a) A plant of the genus Ornithogalum;
star-of-Bethlehem.
(b) See Starwort
(b) .
(c) An American plant of the genus Trientalis
(Trientalis Americana). --Gray.
Star fort (Fort.), a fort surrounded on the exterior with
projecting angles; -- whence the name.
Star gauge (Ordnance), a long rod, with adjustable points
projecting radially at its end, for measuring the size of
different parts of the bore of a gun.
Star grass. (Bot.)
(a) A small grasslike plant (Hypoxis erecta) having
star-shaped yellow flowers.
(b) The colicroot. See Colicroot.
Star hyacinth (Bot.), a bulbous plant of the genus Scilla
(Scilla autumnalis); -- called also {star-headed
hyacinth}.
Star jelly (Bot.), any one of several gelatinous plants
(Nostoc commune, Nostoc edule, etc.). See Nostoc.
Star lizard. (Zool.) Same as Stellion.
Star-of-Bethlehem (Bot.), a bulbous liliaceous plant
(Ornithogalum umbellatum) having a small white starlike
flower.
Star-of-the-earth (Bot.), a plant of the genus Plantago
(Plantago coronopus), growing upon the seashore.
Star polygon (Geom.), a polygon whose sides cut each other
so as to form a star-shaped figure.
Stars and Stripes, a popular name for the flag of the
United States, which consists of thirteen horizontal
stripes, alternately red and white, and a union having, in
a blue field, white stars to represent the several States,
one for each.
With the old flag, the true American flag, the
Eagle, and the Stars and Stripes, waving over the
chamber in which we sit. --D. Webster.
Star showers. See Shooting star, under Shooting.
Star thistle (Bot.), an annual composite plant ({Centaurea
solstitialis}) having the involucre armed with stout
radiating spines.
Star wheel (Mach.), a star-shaped disk, used as a kind of
ratchet wheel, in repeating watches and the feed motions
of some machines.
Star worm (Zool.), a gephyrean.
Temporary star (Astron.), a star which appears suddenly,
shines for a period, and then nearly or quite disappears.
These stars were supposed by some astronomers to be
variable stars of long and undetermined periods. More
recently, variations star in start intensity are
classified more specifically, and this term is now
obsolescent. See also nova. [Obsolescent]
Variable star (Astron.), a star whose brilliancy varies
periodically, generally with regularity, but sometimes
irregularly; -- called periodical star when its changes
occur at fixed periods.
Water star grass (Bot.), an aquatic plant ({Schollera
graminea}) with small yellow starlike blossoms.
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shooting star
(gcide) | Shooting \Shoot"ing\, a.
Of or pertaining to shooting; for shooting; darting.
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Shooting board (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.
Shooting box, a small house in the country for use in the
shooting season. --Prof. Wilson.
Shooting gallery, a range, usually covered, with targets
for practice with firearms.
Shooting iron, a firearm. [Slang, U.S.]
Shooting star.
(a) (Astron.) A starlike, luminous meteor, that, appearing
suddenly, darts quickly across some portion of the sky,
and then as suddenly disappears, leaving sometimes, for a
few seconds, a luminous train, -- called also {falling
star}.
Note: Shooting stars are small cosmical bodies which
encounter the earth in its annual revolution, and which
become visible by coming with planetary velocity into
the upper regions of the atmosphere. At certain
periods, as on the 13th of November and 10th of August,
they appear for a few hours in great numbers,
apparently diverging from some point in the heavens,
such displays being known as meteoric showers, or star
showers. These bodies, before encountering the earth,
were moving in orbits closely allied to the orbits of
comets. See Leonids, Perseids.
(b) (Bot.) The American cowslip (Dodecatheon Meadia). See
under Cowslip.
Shooting stick (Print.), a tapering piece of wood or iron,
used by printers to drive up the quoins in the chase.
--Hansard.
[1913 Webster]Meteor \Me"te*or\, n. [F. m['e]t['e]ore, Gr. ?, pl. ? things in
the air, fr. ? high in air, raised off the ground; ? beyond +
?, ?, a suspension or hovering in the air, fr. ? to lift,
raise up.]
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1. Any phenomenon or appearance in the atmosphere, as clouds,
rain, hail, snow, etc.
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Hail, an ordinary meteor. --Bp. Hall.
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2. Specif.: A transient luminous body or appearance seen in
the atmosphere, or in a more elevated region.
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The vaulty top of heaven
Figured quite o'er with burning meteors. --Shak.
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3. A mass of stone or other substance which sometimes falls
to the earth from space beyond the moon, burning up from
atomospheric friction and creating a brilliant but usually
very brief trail of light in the atmosphere; also called a
shooting star.
[PJC]
Note: The term is especially applied to fireballs, and the
masses of stone or other substances which sometimes
fall to the earth; also to shooting stars and to ignes
fatui. Meteors are often classed as: aerial meteors,
winds, tornadoes, etc.; aqueous meteors, rain, hail,
snow, dew, etc.; luminous meteors, rainbows, halos,
etc.; and igneous meteors, lightning, shooting stars,
and the like.
[1913 Webster]Star \Star\ (st[aum]r), n. [OE. sterre, AS. steorra; akin to
OFries. stera, OS. sterro, D. ster, OHG. sterno, sterro, G.
stern, Icel. stjarna, Sw. stjerna, Dan. stierne, Goth.
sta['i]rn[=o], Armor. & Corn. steren, L. stella, Gr. 'asth`r,
'a`stron, Skr. star; perhaps from a root meaning, to scatter,
Skr. st[.r], L. sternere (cf. Stratum), and originally
applied to the stars as being strewn over the sky, or as
being scatterers or spreaders of light. [root]296. Cf.
Aster, Asteroid, Constellation, Disaster, Stellar.]
1. One of the innumerable luminous bodies seen in the
heavens; any heavenly body other than the sun, moon,
comets, and nebulae.
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His eyen twinkled in his head aright,
As do the stars in the frosty night. --Chaucer.
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Note: The stars are distinguished as planets, and {fixed
stars}. See Planet, Fixed stars under Fixed, and
Magnitude of a star under Magnitude.
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2. The polestar; the north star. --Shak.
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3. (Astrol.) A planet supposed to influence one's destiny;
(usually pl.) a configuration of the planets, supposed to
influence fortune.
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O malignant and ill-brooding stars. --Shak.
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Blesses his stars, and thinks it luxury. --Addison.
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4. That which resembles the figure of a star, as an ornament
worn on the breast to indicate rank or honor.
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On whom . . .
Lavish Honor showered all her stars. --Tennyson.
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5. Specifically, a radiated mark in writing or printing; an
asterisk [thus, *]; -- used as a reference to a note, or
to fill a blank where something is omitted, etc.
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6. (Pyrotechny) A composition of combustible matter used in
the heading of rockets, in mines, etc., which, exploding
in the air, presents a starlike appearance.
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7. A person of brilliant and attractive qualities, especially
on public occasions, as a distinguished orator, a leading
theatrical performer, etc.
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Note: Star is used in the formation of compound words
generally of obvious signification; as, star-aspiring,
star-bespangled, star-bestudded, star-blasting,
star-bright, star-crowned, star-directed, star-eyed,
star-headed, star-paved, star-roofed, star-sprinkled,
star-wreathed.
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Blazing star, Double star, Multiple star, {Shooting
star}, etc. See under Blazing, Double, etc.
Nebulous star (Astron.), a small well-defined circular
nebula, having a bright nucleus at its center like a star.
Star anise (Bot.), any plant of the genus Illicium; -- so
called from its star-shaped capsules.
Star apple (Bot.), a tropical American tree ({Chrysophyllum
Cainito}), having a milky juice and oblong leaves with a
silky-golden pubescence beneath. It bears an applelike
fruit, the carpels of which present a starlike figure when
cut across. The name is extended to the whole genus of
about sixty species, and the natural order (Sapotaceae)
to which it belongs is called the Star-apple family.
Star conner, one who cons, or studies, the stars; an
astronomer or an astrologer. --Gascoigne.
Star coral (Zool.), any one of numerous species of stony
corals belonging to Astraea, Orbicella, and allied
genera, in which the calicles are round or polygonal and
contain conspicuous radiating septa.
Star cucumber. (Bot.) See under Cucumber.
Star flower. (Bot.)
(a) A plant of the genus Ornithogalum;
star-of-Bethlehem.
(b) See Starwort
(b) .
(c) An American plant of the genus Trientalis
(Trientalis Americana). --Gray.
Star fort (Fort.), a fort surrounded on the exterior with
projecting angles; -- whence the name.
Star gauge (Ordnance), a long rod, with adjustable points
projecting radially at its end, for measuring the size of
different parts of the bore of a gun.
Star grass. (Bot.)
(a) A small grasslike plant (Hypoxis erecta) having
star-shaped yellow flowers.
(b) The colicroot. See Colicroot.
Star hyacinth (Bot.), a bulbous plant of the genus Scilla
(Scilla autumnalis); -- called also {star-headed
hyacinth}.
Star jelly (Bot.), any one of several gelatinous plants
(Nostoc commune, Nostoc edule, etc.). See Nostoc.
Star lizard. (Zool.) Same as Stellion.
Star-of-Bethlehem (Bot.), a bulbous liliaceous plant
(Ornithogalum umbellatum) having a small white starlike
flower.
Star-of-the-earth (Bot.), a plant of the genus Plantago
(Plantago coronopus), growing upon the seashore.
Star polygon (Geom.), a polygon whose sides cut each other
so as to form a star-shaped figure.
Stars and Stripes, a popular name for the flag of the
United States, which consists of thirteen horizontal
stripes, alternately red and white, and a union having, in
a blue field, white stars to represent the several States,
one for each.
With the old flag, the true American flag, the
Eagle, and the Stars and Stripes, waving over the
chamber in which we sit. --D. Webster.
Star showers. See Shooting star, under Shooting.
Star thistle (Bot.), an annual composite plant ({Centaurea
solstitialis}) having the involucre armed with stout
radiating spines.
Star wheel (Mach.), a star-shaped disk, used as a kind of
ratchet wheel, in repeating watches and the feed motions
of some machines.
Star worm (Zool.), a gephyrean.
Temporary star (Astron.), a star which appears suddenly,
shines for a period, and then nearly or quite disappears.
These stars were supposed by some astronomers to be
variable stars of long and undetermined periods. More
recently, variations star in start intensity are
classified more specifically, and this term is now
obsolescent. See also nova. [Obsolescent]
Variable star (Astron.), a star whose brilliancy varies
periodically, generally with regularity, but sometimes
irregularly; -- called periodical star when its changes
occur at fixed periods.
Water star grass (Bot.), an aquatic plant ({Schollera
graminea}) with small yellow starlike blossoms.
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Shooting star
(gcide) | Shooting \Shoot"ing\, a.
Of or pertaining to shooting; for shooting; darting.
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Shooting board (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.
Shooting box, a small house in the country for use in the
shooting season. --Prof. Wilson.
Shooting gallery, a range, usually covered, with targets
for practice with firearms.
Shooting iron, a firearm. [Slang, U.S.]
Shooting star.
(a) (Astron.) A starlike, luminous meteor, that, appearing
suddenly, darts quickly across some portion of the sky,
and then as suddenly disappears, leaving sometimes, for a
few seconds, a luminous train, -- called also {falling
star}.
Note: Shooting stars are small cosmical bodies which
encounter the earth in its annual revolution, and which
become visible by coming with planetary velocity into
the upper regions of the atmosphere. At certain
periods, as on the 13th of November and 10th of August,
they appear for a few hours in great numbers,
apparently diverging from some point in the heavens,
such displays being known as meteoric showers, or star
showers. These bodies, before encountering the earth,
were moving in orbits closely allied to the orbits of
comets. See Leonids, Perseids.
(b) (Bot.) The American cowslip (Dodecatheon Meadia). See
under Cowslip.
Shooting stick (Print.), a tapering piece of wood or iron,
used by printers to drive up the quoins in the chase.
--Hansard.
[1913 Webster]Meteor \Me"te*or\, n. [F. m['e]t['e]ore, Gr. ?, pl. ? things in
the air, fr. ? high in air, raised off the ground; ? beyond +
?, ?, a suspension or hovering in the air, fr. ? to lift,
raise up.]
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1. Any phenomenon or appearance in the atmosphere, as clouds,
rain, hail, snow, etc.
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Hail, an ordinary meteor. --Bp. Hall.
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2. Specif.: A transient luminous body or appearance seen in
the atmosphere, or in a more elevated region.
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The vaulty top of heaven
Figured quite o'er with burning meteors. --Shak.
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3. A mass of stone or other substance which sometimes falls
to the earth from space beyond the moon, burning up from
atomospheric friction and creating a brilliant but usually
very brief trail of light in the atmosphere; also called a
shooting star.
[PJC]
Note: The term is especially applied to fireballs, and the
masses of stone or other substances which sometimes
fall to the earth; also to shooting stars and to ignes
fatui. Meteors are often classed as: aerial meteors,
winds, tornadoes, etc.; aqueous meteors, rain, hail,
snow, dew, etc.; luminous meteors, rainbows, halos,
etc.; and igneous meteors, lightning, shooting stars,
and the like.
[1913 Webster]Star \Star\ (st[aum]r), n. [OE. sterre, AS. steorra; akin to
OFries. stera, OS. sterro, D. ster, OHG. sterno, sterro, G.
stern, Icel. stjarna, Sw. stjerna, Dan. stierne, Goth.
sta['i]rn[=o], Armor. & Corn. steren, L. stella, Gr. 'asth`r,
'a`stron, Skr. star; perhaps from a root meaning, to scatter,
Skr. st[.r], L. sternere (cf. Stratum), and originally
applied to the stars as being strewn over the sky, or as
being scatterers or spreaders of light. [root]296. Cf.
Aster, Asteroid, Constellation, Disaster, Stellar.]
1. One of the innumerable luminous bodies seen in the
heavens; any heavenly body other than the sun, moon,
comets, and nebulae.
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His eyen twinkled in his head aright,
As do the stars in the frosty night. --Chaucer.
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Note: The stars are distinguished as planets, and {fixed
stars}. See Planet, Fixed stars under Fixed, and
Magnitude of a star under Magnitude.
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2. The polestar; the north star. --Shak.
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3. (Astrol.) A planet supposed to influence one's destiny;
(usually pl.) a configuration of the planets, supposed to
influence fortune.
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O malignant and ill-brooding stars. --Shak.
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Blesses his stars, and thinks it luxury. --Addison.
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4. That which resembles the figure of a star, as an ornament
worn on the breast to indicate rank or honor.
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On whom . . .
Lavish Honor showered all her stars. --Tennyson.
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5. Specifically, a radiated mark in writing or printing; an
asterisk [thus, *]; -- used as a reference to a note, or
to fill a blank where something is omitted, etc.
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6. (Pyrotechny) A composition of combustible matter used in
the heading of rockets, in mines, etc., which, exploding
in the air, presents a starlike appearance.
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7. A person of brilliant and attractive qualities, especially
on public occasions, as a distinguished orator, a leading
theatrical performer, etc.
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Note: Star is used in the formation of compound words
generally of obvious signification; as, star-aspiring,
star-bespangled, star-bestudded, star-blasting,
star-bright, star-crowned, star-directed, star-eyed,
star-headed, star-paved, star-roofed, star-sprinkled,
star-wreathed.
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Blazing star, Double star, Multiple star, {Shooting
star}, etc. See under Blazing, Double, etc.
Nebulous star (Astron.), a small well-defined circular
nebula, having a bright nucleus at its center like a star.
Star anise (Bot.), any plant of the genus Illicium; -- so
called from its star-shaped capsules.
Star apple (Bot.), a tropical American tree ({Chrysophyllum
Cainito}), having a milky juice and oblong leaves with a
silky-golden pubescence beneath. It bears an applelike
fruit, the carpels of which present a starlike figure when
cut across. The name is extended to the whole genus of
about sixty species, and the natural order (Sapotaceae)
to which it belongs is called the Star-apple family.
Star conner, one who cons, or studies, the stars; an
astronomer or an astrologer. --Gascoigne.
Star coral (Zool.), any one of numerous species of stony
corals belonging to Astraea, Orbicella, and allied
genera, in which the calicles are round or polygonal and
contain conspicuous radiating septa.
Star cucumber. (Bot.) See under Cucumber.
Star flower. (Bot.)
(a) A plant of the genus Ornithogalum;
star-of-Bethlehem.
(b) See Starwort
(b) .
(c) An American plant of the genus Trientalis
(Trientalis Americana). --Gray.
Star fort (Fort.), a fort surrounded on the exterior with
projecting angles; -- whence the name.
Star gauge (Ordnance), a long rod, with adjustable points
projecting radially at its end, for measuring the size of
different parts of the bore of a gun.
Star grass. (Bot.)
(a) A small grasslike plant (Hypoxis erecta) having
star-shaped yellow flowers.
(b) The colicroot. See Colicroot.
Star hyacinth (Bot.), a bulbous plant of the genus Scilla
(Scilla autumnalis); -- called also {star-headed
hyacinth}.
Star jelly (Bot.), any one of several gelatinous plants
(Nostoc commune, Nostoc edule, etc.). See Nostoc.
Star lizard. (Zool.) Same as Stellion.
Star-of-Bethlehem (Bot.), a bulbous liliaceous plant
(Ornithogalum umbellatum) having a small white starlike
flower.
Star-of-the-earth (Bot.), a plant of the genus Plantago
(Plantago coronopus), growing upon the seashore.
Star polygon (Geom.), a polygon whose sides cut each other
so as to form a star-shaped figure.
Stars and Stripes, a popular name for the flag of the
United States, which consists of thirteen horizontal
stripes, alternately red and white, and a union having, in
a blue field, white stars to represent the several States,
one for each.
With the old flag, the true American flag, the
Eagle, and the Stars and Stripes, waving over the
chamber in which we sit. --D. Webster.
Star showers. See Shooting star, under Shooting.
Star thistle (Bot.), an annual composite plant ({Centaurea
solstitialis}) having the involucre armed with stout
radiating spines.
Star wheel (Mach.), a star-shaped disk, used as a kind of
ratchet wheel, in repeating watches and the feed motions
of some machines.
Star worm (Zool.), a gephyrean.
Temporary star (Astron.), a star which appears suddenly,
shines for a period, and then nearly or quite disappears.
These stars were supposed by some astronomers to be
variable stars of long and undetermined periods. More
recently, variations star in start intensity are
classified more specifically, and this term is now
obsolescent. See also nova. [Obsolescent]
Variable star (Astron.), a star whose brilliancy varies
periodically, generally with regularity, but sometimes
irregularly; -- called periodical star when its changes
occur at fixed periods.
Water star grass (Bot.), an aquatic plant ({Schollera
graminea}) with small yellow starlike blossoms.
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Shooting stick
(gcide) | Shooting \Shoot"ing\, a.
Of or pertaining to shooting; for shooting; darting.
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Shooting board (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.
Shooting box, a small house in the country for use in the
shooting season. --Prof. Wilson.
Shooting gallery, a range, usually covered, with targets
for practice with firearms.
Shooting iron, a firearm. [Slang, U.S.]
Shooting star.
(a) (Astron.) A starlike, luminous meteor, that, appearing
suddenly, darts quickly across some portion of the sky,
and then as suddenly disappears, leaving sometimes, for a
few seconds, a luminous train, -- called also {falling
star}.
Note: Shooting stars are small cosmical bodies which
encounter the earth in its annual revolution, and which
become visible by coming with planetary velocity into
the upper regions of the atmosphere. At certain
periods, as on the 13th of November and 10th of August,
they appear for a few hours in great numbers,
apparently diverging from some point in the heavens,
such displays being known as meteoric showers, or star
showers. These bodies, before encountering the earth,
were moving in orbits closely allied to the orbits of
comets. See Leonids, Perseids.
(b) (Bot.) The American cowslip (Dodecatheon Meadia). See
under Cowslip.
Shooting stick (Print.), a tapering piece of wood or iron,
used by printers to drive up the quoins in the chase.
--Hansard.
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Trap shooting
(gcide) | Trap shooting \Trap shooting\ (Sport)
Shooting at pigeons liberated, or glass balls or clay pigeons
sprung into the air, from a trap. -- Trap shooter.
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crap shooting
(wn) | crap shooting
n 1: playing craps [syn: crap shooting, crapshoot, {crap
game}] |
drive-by shooting
(wn) | drive-by shooting
n 1: shooting someone from a car as it is driven past the victim |
line-shooting
(wn) | line-shooting
n 1: an instance of boastful talk; "his brag is worse than his
fight"; "whenever he won we were exposed to his gasconade"
[syn: brag, bragging, crow, crowing, vaporing,
line-shooting, gasconade] |
shooting
(wn) | shooting
n 1: the act of firing a projectile; "his shooting was slow but
accurate" [syn: shooting, shot]
2: killing someone by gunfire; "when the shooting stopped there
were three dead bodies" |
shooting box
(wn) | shooting box
n 1: a small country house used by hunters during the shooting
season [syn: shooting lodge, shooting box] |
shooting brake
(wn) | shooting brake
n 1: another name for a station wagon |
shooting gallery
(wn) | shooting gallery
n 1: a building (usually abandoned) where drug addicts buy and
use heroin
2: an enclosed firing range with targets for rifle or handgun
practice [syn: shooting gallery, shooting range] |
shooting iron
(wn) | shooting iron
n 1: a firearm that is held and fired with one hand [syn:
pistol, handgun, side arm, shooting iron] |
shooting lodge
(wn) | shooting lodge
n 1: a small country house used by hunters during the shooting
season [syn: shooting lodge, shooting box] |
shooting preserve
(wn) | shooting preserve
n 1: a preserve on which hunting is permitted during certain
months of the year |
shooting range
(wn) | shooting range
n 1: an enclosed firing range with targets for rifle or handgun
practice [syn: shooting gallery, shooting range] |
shooting script
(wn) | shooting script
n 1: the final detailed script for making a movie or TV program |
shooting star
(wn) | shooting star
n 1: a streak of light in the sky at night that results when a
meteoroid hits the earth's atmosphere and air friction
causes the meteoroid to melt or vaporize or explode [syn:
meteor, shooting star] |
shooting stick
(wn) | shooting stick
n 1: device that resembles a spiked walking stick but the top
opens into a seat |
skeet shooting
(wn) | skeet shooting
n 1: the sport of shooting at clay pigeons that are hurled
upward in such a way as to simulate the flight of a bird
[syn: skeet, skeet shooting, trapshooting] |
sure as shooting
(wn) | sure as shooting
adv 1: definitely or positively (`sure' is sometimes used
informally for `surely'); "the results are surely
encouraging"; "she certainly is a hard worker"; "it's
going to be a good day for sure"; "they are coming, for
certain"; "they thought he had been killed sure enough";
"he'll win sure as shooting"; "they sure smell good";
"sure he'll come" [syn: surely, certainly, sure,
for sure, for certain, sure enough, {sure as
shooting}]
adj 1: absolutely certain; "it is sure as shooting that they
will come" |
trapshooting
(wn) | trapshooting
n 1: the sport of shooting at clay pigeons that are hurled
upward in such a way as to simulate the flight of a bird
[syn: skeet, skeet shooting, trapshooting] |
wing shooting
(wn) | wing shooting
n 1: shooting game birds that are flying (on the wing) |
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