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shooting the lens

shooting the lens is the present participle and gerund of shoot the lens.

Meaning of shoot the lens

Verb

shoot the lens (third-person singular simple present shoots the lens, present participle shooting the lens, simple past and past participle shot the lens)

  1. (Of a performer) to look directly into the camera.
    • The take was going so well until he looked up and accidentally shot the lens.

Questions about shooting the lens

What is shooting the lens the present participle and gerund of?
Shooting the lens is the present participle and gerund of shoot the lens.

Words near shooting the lens in the dictionary

  1. shooting the breeze
  2. shooting the bull
  3. shooting the cat
  4. shooting the five
  5. shooting the gold
  6. shooting the lens
  7. shooting the lights out
  8. shooting the messenger
  9. shooting the messenger boy
  10. shooting the moon
  11. shooting the shit

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