Synonyms for shooting

Most common

splitting

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Adjective

Definitions

1. adj. 1

   Moving or growing quickly

   Shooting beams of light played over the sea.

Related words

Phrases

shooting range shooting star shooting iron sure as shooting shooting gallery skeet shooting eastern shooting star whole shooting match

Example sentences

• splitting The band produced an ear-splitting wall of noise.

Popularity over time

Use in printed books, per decade from 1850 to 2019.

By length

7 letters

darting²

9 letters

splitting²

The small number after each word is its number of syllables (darting² = 2 syllables).