\Shoot"ing\, n.
1. The act of one who, or that which, shoots; as, the
   shooting of an archery club; the shooting of rays of
   light.

2. A wounding or killing with a firearm; specifically
   (Sporting), the killing of game; as, a week of shooting.

3. A sensation of darting pain; as, a shooting in one's head.

\Shoot"ing\, a.
Of or pertaining to shooting; for shooting; darting.

{Shooting board} (Joinery), a fixture used in planing or
   shooting the edge of a board, by means of which the plane
   is guided and the board held true.

{Shooting box}, a small house in the country for use in the
   shooting season. --Prof. Wilson.

{Shooting gallery}, a range, usually covered, with targets
   for practice with firearms.



{Shooting iron}, a firearm. [Slang, U.S.]

{Shooting star}.
(a) (Astron.) A starlike, luminous meteor, that, appearing
    suddenly, darts quickly across some portion of the sky,
    and then as suddenly disappears, leaving sometimes, for a
    few seconds, a luminous train, -- called also {falling
    star}.

Note: Shooting stars are small cosmical bodies which
      encounter the earth in its annual revolution, and which
      become visible by coming with planetary velocity into
      the upper regions of the atmosphere. At certain
      periods, as on the 13th of November and 10th of August,
      they appear for a few hours in great numbers,
      apparently diverging from some point in the heavens,
      such displays being known as meteoric showers, or star
      showers. These bodies, before encountering the earth,
      were moving in orbits closely allied to the orbits of
      comets. See {Leonids}, {Perseids}.
(b) (Bot.) The American cowslip ({Dodecatheon Meadia}). See
    under {Cowslip}.

{Shooting stick} (Print.), a tapering piece of wood or iron,
   used by printers to drive up the quoins in the chase.
   --Hansard.