shooting
Moving or growing quicklyMoving or growing quickly
Recorded UK: Celestianpower, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
Meaning
2 sensesMoving or growing quickly
Shooting beams of light played over the sea.
Of a pain, sudden and darting
I often feel a shooting pain in my arm.
Origin
From Middle English shoting, schoting, from Old English scotung (“shooting”), from Proto-GFrom Middle English shoting, schoting, from Old English scotung (“shooting”), from Proto-Germanic *skutungō, equivalent to shoot + -ing. Cognate with Dutch schieting, German Erschießung (“shooting”), Swedish skjutning (“shooting”).
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