shooting shot | the act of firing a projectile, his shooting was slow but accurate |
skeet skeet shooting trapshooting | the sport of shooting at clay pigeons that are hurled upward in such a way as to simulate the flight of a bird |
shooting | killing someone by gunfire, when the shooting stopped there were three dead bodies |
drive-by shooting | shooting someone from a car as it is driven past the victim |
wing shooting | shooting game birds that are flying (on the wing) |
crap shooting crapshoot crap game | playing craps |
stick | threat of a penalty, the policy so far is all stick and no carrot |
walking stick walkingstick stick insect | any of various mostly tropical insects having long twiglike bodies |
B-flat clarinet licorice stick | the ordinary clarinet with a middle range |
boomerang throwing stick throw stick | a curved piece of wood, when properly thrown will return to thrower |
cue cue stick pool cue pool stick | sports implement consisting of a tapering rod used to strike a cue ball in pool or billiards |
hockey stick | sports implement consisting of a stick used by hockey players to move the puck |
joint marijuana cigarette reefer stick spliff | marijuana leaves rolled into a cigarette for smoking |
measuring stick measure measuring rod | measuring instrument having a sequence of marks at regular intervals, used as a reference in making measurements |
pistol handgun side arm shooting iron | a firearm that is held and fired with one hand |
pogo stick | plaything consisting of a pole with foot rests and a strong spring, propelled by jumping |
polo mallet polo stick | a mallet used to strike the ball in polo |
rain stick | a percussion instrument that is made from a dried cactus branch that is hollowed out and filled with small pebbles and capped at both ends, makes the sound of falling rain when tilted, origin was in Chile where tribesmen used it in ceremonies to bring rain |
shooting brake | another name for a station wagon |
shooting gallery shooting range | an enclosed firing range with targets for rifle or handgun practice |
shooting gallery | a building (usually abandoned) where drug addicts buy and use heroin |
shooting lodge shooting box | a small country house used by hunters during the shooting season |
shooting stick | device that resembles a spiked walking stick but the top opens into a seat |
singlestick fencing stick backsword | a stick used instead of a sword for fencing |
size stick | a mechanical measuring stick used by shoe fitters to measure the length and width of your foot |
standard transmission stick shift | a transmission that is operated manually with a gear lever and a clutch pedal |
stick | an implement consisting of a length of wood, he collected dry sticks for a campfire, the kid had a candied apple on a stick |
stick | a long thin implement resembling a length of wood, cinnamon sticks, a stick of dynamite |
stick control stick joystick | a lever used by a pilot to control the ailerons and elevators of an airplane |
stick | a long implement (usually made of wood) that is shaped so that hockey or polo players can hit a puck or ball |
stick figure | drawing of a human or animal that represents the head by a circle and the rest of the body by straight lines |
stick horse | a child's plaything consisting on an imitation horse's head on one end of a stick |
swagger stick | a short cane or stick covered with leather and carried by army officers |
swizzle stick | a small stick used to stir mixed drinks |
sword cane sword stick | a cane concealing a sword or dagger |
throwing stick throwing board spear thrower dart thrower | a device resembling a sling that is used in various primitive societies to propel a dart or spear |
walking stick | a stick carried in the hand for support in walking |
pin peg stick | informal terms for the leg, fever left him weak on his sticks |
big stick | a display of force or power, speak softly but carry a big stick |
shooting script | the final detailed script for making a movie or TV program |
brag bragging crow crowing vaporing line-shooting gasconadea | an instance of boastful talk, his brag is worse than his fight, whenever he won we were exposed to his gasconade |
fish stick fish finger | a long fillet of fish breaded and fried |
breadstick bread-stick | a crisp stick-shaped roll, often served with soup |
celery stick | celery stalks cut into small sticks |
carrot stick | a stick of carrot eaten raw |
stick cinnamon | dried rolled strips of cinnamon bark |
stick | a rectangular quarter pound block of butter or margarine |
shooting preserve | a preserve on which hunting is permitted during certain months of the year |
plodder slowpoke stick-in-the-mud slowcoach | someone who moves slowly, in England they call a slowpoke a slowcoach |
meteor shooting star | 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 |