shotting

[ shot-ing ]

noun

1. the act or process of making lead shot shot shoot in a shot tower.

Word History and Origins

Origin of shotting¹

shot ¹ + -ing ¹

Example Sentences

Traveller (snap-shotting tropical river, suddenly confronted by hippopotamus).

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The system of shotting habits at the hem has happily entirely gone out.

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The Professor used a roll of films in snap-shotting the stone table while we were breaking camp.

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Careless snap-shotting in the field and idle turning on of lantern slides at our meetings will no longer satisfy us.

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You know my fun is a sort of fizz—there's nothing but a flash—nothing to hurt—no shotting.

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