shooting

Definition

Moving or growing quickly

Etymology

From 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”).

Example Sentences

• "Shooting beams of light played over the sea."
• "I often feel a shooting pain in my arm."