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tiro — meaning in English

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English meaning

  • shooting noun An incident in which someone is shot, or the sport of firing guns at targets.
  • shot noun The firing of a gun, or the result of firing it.
  • tyre noun British spelling: the rubber ring fitted around a wheel that grips the road.

Senses

tiro is used for these senses in English:

  • Tyre A city in Lebanon, a major port on the Levantine Sea that was a city-state in Phoenicia in antiquity and the capital of the Kingdom of Jerusalem during the Middle Ages.
  • bullet hole A circular wound or hole caused by the projectile of a firearm.
  • shooting (uncountable) the sport or activity of firing a gun or other weapon
  • shot The result of launching a projectile or bullet.

shooting — full definition

  1. noun An incident in which someone is shot, or the sport of firing guns at targets.
  2. noun The act of filming.
  3. adj Sudden and sharp, describing a pain.

shot — full definition

  1. noun The firing of a gun, or the result of firing it.
  2. noun An attempt or opportunity to do something.
  3. noun A small measure of spirits, typically drunk in one go.
  4. noun An injection, especially a vaccination.
  5. noun A single photograph or unbroken sequence of film footage.

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