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) |
practice
pattern | a customary way of operation or behavior, it is their practice to give annual raises, they changed their dietary pattern |
| practice praxis | translating an idea into action, a hard theory to put into practice, differences between theory and praxis of communism |
exhibition game
practice game | a game whose outcome is not recorded in the season's standing |
crap shooting
crapshoot
crap game | playing craps |
law
practice of law | the learned profession that is mastered by graduate study in a law school and that is responsible for the judicial system, he studied law at Yale |
medicine
practice of medicine | the learned profession that is mastered by graduate training in a medical school and that is devoted to preventing or alleviating or curing diseases and injuries, he studied medicine at Harvard |
| practice | the exercise of a profession, the practice of the law, I took over his practice when he retired |
| dental practice | the practice of dentistry |
| law practice | the practice of law |
| medical practice | the practice of medicine |
family practice
family medicine | medical practice that provides health care regardless of age or sex while placing emphasis on the family unit |
| group practice | (medicine) the practice of medicine by a group of physicians who share their premises and other resources |
| private practice | the practice of a profession independently and not as an employee, he teaches at the medical school but his fortune came from private practice, lawyers in private practice are in business and must make a profit to survive |
sexual activity
sexual practice
sex
sex activity | activities associated with sexual intercourse, they had sex in the back seat |
exercise practice drill
practice session
recitation | systematic training by multiple repetitions, practice makes perfect |
skull session
skull practice | teaching strategy to an athletic team |
| target practice | practice in shooting at targets |
firing range
target range | a practice range for target practice |
pistol
handgun
side arm
shooting iron | a firearm that is held and fired with one hand |
| practice range | a place for practicing golf shots |
| 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 |
target
butt | sports equipment consisting of an object set up for a marksman or archer to aim at |
| target acquisition system | a shipboard system for the detection and identification and location of a target with enough detail to permit effective weapon employment |
| target cell | an abnormal red blood cell with the appearance of a dark ring surrounding a dark center, associated with anemia |
| target organ | (radiology) organ intended to receive the therapeutic dose of a radioactive substance |
| target cell | any cell that has a specific receptor for an antigen or antibody or hormone or drug, or is the focus of contact by a virus or phagocyte or nerve fiber etc. |
| practice | knowledge of how something is usually done, it is not the local practice to wear shorts to dinner |
aim object
objective
target | the goal intended to be attained (and which is believed to be attainable), the sole object of her trip was to see her children |
| object language target language | the language into which a text written in another language is to be translated |
object program
target program | a fully compiled or assembled program ready to be loaded into the computer |
| object language target language | a computer language into which something written in another computer language is to be translated |
| 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 |
target
mark | a reference point to shoot at, his arrow hit the mark |
blip
pip radar target | a radar echo displayed so as to show the position of a reflecting surface |
target company
takeover target | a company that has been chosen as attractive for takeover by a potential acquirer |
| shooting preserve | a preserve on which hunting is permitted during certain months of the year |
target
target area | the location of the target that is to be hit |
prey
quarry
target
fair game | a person who is the aim of an attack (especially a victim of ridicule or exploitation) by some hostile person or influence, he fell prey to muggers, everyone was fair game, the target of a manhunt |
student teacher
practice teacher | a college student who is teaching under the supervision of a certified teacher in order to qualify for a degree in education |
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 |