Crossword clues for aiming
aiming
The Collaborative International Dictionary
Aim \Aim\, v. i. [imp. & p. p. Aimed; p. pr. & vb. n. Aiming.] [OE. amen, aimen, eimen, to guess at, to estimate, to aim, OF. esmer, asmer, fr. L. aestimare to estimate; or perh. fr. OF. aesmer; ? (L. ad) + esmer. See Estimate.]
To point or direct a missile weapon, or a weapon which propels as missile, towards an object or spot with the intent of hitting it; as, to aim at a fox, or at a target.
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To direct the indention or purpose; to attempt the accomplishment of a purpose; to try to gain; to endeavor; -- followed by at, or by an infinitive; as, to aim at distinction; to aim to do well.
Aim'st thou at princes?
--Pope. To guess or conjecture. [Obs.]
--Shak.
Wiktionary
n. The act of one who aims. vb. (present participle of aim English)
Wikipedia
Usage examples of "aiming".
It was evident that he did not like the vicomte and was aiming his remarks at him, though without looking at him.
Amid the smoke, deafened by the incessant reports which always made him jump, Tushin not taking his pipe from his mouth ran from gun to gun, now aiming, now counting the charges, now giving orders about replacing dead or wounded horses and harnessing fresh ones, and shouting in his feeble voice, so high pitched and irresolute.
Erza passed them, got within a length, flew at the hare with terrible swiftness aiming at his scut, and, thinking she had seized him, rolled over like a ball.
He left his home in Tangier in 1325 aiming, in the first instance, to make a pilgrimage to Mecca.
Jesus, aiming to detach the mind from this world by concentrating on the horrors of hell, the saving truth of the gospel story, and the example of Christ.
The French cavalrymen, more used to the sword than the carbine, were aiming high, but that common fault was small consolation amidst their bullets.
He had a speck of luminous paint on the sight at the tip of the barrel to help aiming at night.
He could not see the pilot, but he had a fair idea where the man would be huddled on the floor, and he was just aiming at that part of the floor when the helicopter veered sharply up the cliff.
Crack, crack, crack, their trigger hands in constant motion, ejecting old shells, chambering fresh ones, not really aiming as they yanked off their bullets, the recoils jolting them.
His back felt so naked, so white in the gloom that he kept expecting to glance around and see the kid aiming with a smile at the cleft between his shoulder blades.
One, two, and he had the rifle up to his shoulder, aiming at the black spot of the owl.
A siren dome, a police car, and he pulled back the injection slide on top of his gun, releasing it, aiming steadily.
The blazes were flaring high, and the man was standing by the tool shed, aiming a rifle.
The man was too awkward aiming, but he went instantly graceful when Rambo shot him, smoothly clutching his right shoulder, spinning easily, toppling perfectly over the bicycle next to the tool shed, and then he was awkward again as the bicycle gave way under him and the two jumbled to the ground in a tinny jangle of chain and spokes.
As if his will belonged to another, he saw his arm rise up before him, his pistol aiming toward the mound.