shooting [ˈʃuːtɪŋ]
noun
1 (shots) tiros; (m) disparos; (m) (continuous shooting) tiroteo; (m) balacera; (f) (LAm) there has been a 24 hour curfew and no shooting has been reported since Saturday the shooting had become a distant roar There's so much shooting on TV, who'd take any notice of a shot outside There were some pockets of resistance, and sporadic shooting was heard
2 (murder) asesinato; (m) he serving life for the shooting of a Securicor guard
(execution) fusilamiento; (m) 3 [of film] rodaje; (m) filmación; (f) he died during the shooting of the film Shooting was supposed to take about six weeks
4 especially (Britain) (hunting) caza; (f) there's some good shooting in that part of the country
good shooting! (said as congratulation) ¡buen tiro!; (said before hunt) ¡buena caza!
5 (Dep) tiro al blanco; (m) I haven't done any shooting for years
adjective
[+pain] punzantemodifier
shooting box (n) pabellón de caza; (m)
shooting brake (old-fashioned) (n) (Britain) (Aut) (estate car) furgoneta; (f) rubia; (f) camioneta; (f)
shooting gallery (n) barraca de tiro al blanco; (f)
shooting incident (n) tiroteo; (m) balacera; (f) (LAm) a police officer was seriously injured in a shooting incident five people were killed in three separate shooting incidents
shooting iron (old-fashioned) (n) (US) arma (de fuego); (f)
shooting jacket (n) chaquetón; (m)
shooting match (n) concurso de tiro al blanco; (m) certamen de tiro al blanco; (m) the whole shooting match (informal) (the whole thing) todo el tinglado; (informal)
and all the rest In my time I have seen all the great houses brought down, Coutts, Drummonds, Hoares, the whole shooting match At Remington, the head of this division would run the whole shooting match If public sentiment turns against the war, there goes the whole shooting match
shooting party (n) partida de caza; (f) cacería; (f)
shooting range (n) campo de tiro; (m)
shooting spree (n) to go on a shooting spree ir por ahí disparando a la gente
A gunman with a high-powered rifle went on a shooting spree, killing eight people including a toddler The paramilitary police went on a shooting spree and shot dead three people
shooting star (n) estrella fugaz; (f)
shooting stick (n) bastón taburete; (m)
shooting war (n) guerra a tiros; (f)
