Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

school shooting

Word Rarity Uncommon

Frequency: Zipf frequency 4.73 in modern English

Syllables: school shoot-ing
IPA

23

Scrabble Score

14

Letters

2

Syllables

9

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

A mass shooting which occurs in a school or university, targeting their students and staff; typically in an indiscriminate manner.

American usage

Example Sentences

"The video that Eric Harris, 18, and Dylan Klebold, 17, both seniors, produced in their video production class has been turned over to authorities, said Veik, a day after Harris and Klebold - members of the Trench Coat Mafia - committed the most heinous school shooting in U.S. history and then apparently killed themselves."

Etymology

From school + shooting. First use appears c. 1903 in the Savannah Morning News.

Usage

American usage

Inflected Forms

school shootings (plural)

Phrases

school shooter

Frequently Paired Words

mall shooting

Questions

What does school shooting mean?: A mass shooting which occurs in a school or university, targeting their students and staff; typically in an indiscriminate manner.
Where does school shooting come from?: From school + shooting. First use appears c. 1903 in the Savannah Morning News.

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