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 |