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nonshooting

nonshooting adjective: that does not shoot.

Adjective

nonshooting (not comparable)

  1. That does not shoot.
    • For a set shot, players should understand that the nonshooting arm and hand should maintain their supportive position on the side of the ball...2007, American Sport Education Program, Coaching youth basketball
  2. Not of or pertaining to shooting.
    • As well, American murder rates are higher for handgun killings than for killings by other firearms and for killings by nonshooting methods.1992, Ronald Owen Hinch, Debates in Canadian society

Origin of nonshooting

From non- + shooting.

Questions about nonshooting

What does nonshooting mean?
Nonshooting means that does not shoot.
What part of speech is nonshooting?
Nonshooting is an adjective.

Words near nonshooting in the dictionary

  1. nonshivering thermogenesis
  2. nonshock
  3. nonshockable
  4. nonshocks
  5. nonshoe
  6. nonshooting
  7. nonshopper
  8. nonshoppers
  9. nonshopping
  10. nonshower
  11. nonshowy

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