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 |
| trouble difficulty | an effort that is inconvenient, I went to a lot of trouble, he won without any trouble, had difficulty walking, finished the test only with great difficulty |
pistol
handgun
side arm
shooting iron | a firearm that is held and fired with one hand |
| 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 |
trouble
problem | a source of difficulty, one trouble after another delayed the job, what's the problem? |
| 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 |
| trouble | an event causing distress or pain, what is the trouble?, heart trouble |
fuss
trouble bother
hassle | an angry disturbance, he didn't want to make a fuss, they had labor trouble, a spot of bother |
worry
trouble | a strong feeling of anxiety, his worry over the prospect of being fired, it is not work but worry that kills, he wanted to die and end his troubles |
| shooting preserve | a preserve on which hunting is permitted during certain months of the year |
troublemaker
trouble maker
troubler
mischief-maker
bad hat | someone who deliberately stirs up trouble |
troubleshooter
trouble shooter | a worker whose job is to locate and fix sources of trouble (especially in mechanical devices) |
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 |
| trouble | an unwanted pregnancy, he got several girls in trouble |
trouble
ail pain | cause bodily suffering to and make sick or indisposed |
trouble-shoot
troubleshoot | solve problems, He is known to be good at trouble-shooting |
ask for it
ask for trouble | persist with actions or an attitude despite the probability that it will cause trouble, He is asking for trouble with his behavior |
perturb
unhinge
disquiet
trouble
cark
distract disorder | disturb in mind or make uneasy or cause to be worried or alarmed, She was rather perturbed by the news that her father was seriously ill |
disturb
upset
trouble | move deeply, This book upset me, A troubling thought |
trouble oneself
trouble bother
inconvenience oneself | take the trouble to do something, concern oneself, He did not trouble to call his mother on her birthday, Don't bother, please |
trouble
put out
inconvenience disoblige
discommode
incommode
bother | to cause inconvenience or discomfort to, Sorry to trouble you, but... |
| sure as shooting | absolutely certain, it is sure as shooting that they will come |
| trouble-free | without problems or difficulties, NASA reported a trouble-free launch |
surely
certainly
sure
for sure
for certain
sure enough sure as shooting | 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 |