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Meaning of shoot in English

  1. Pronunciation

    /ʃut/

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  1. Verb

    shoot

    Etymology

    Old English scēotan, of Germanic origin; related to Dutch schieten and German schiessen, also to sheet, shot, and shut

    Definitions

    1. hit with a missile from a weapon
  2. 2. kill by firing a missile
  3. 3. fire a shot
  4. 4. make a film or photograph of something

    Examples

    • « take a scene »
    • « shoot a movie »
  5. 5. send forth suddenly, intensely, swiftly

    Examples

    • « shoot a glance »
  6. 6. run or move very quickly or hastily

    Examples

    • « She dashed into the yard »
  7. 7. move quickly and violently

    Examples

    • « The car tore down the street »
    • « He came charging into my office »
  8. 8. throw or propel in a specific direction or towards a specific objective

    Examples

    • « shoot craps »
    • « shoot a golf ball »
  9. 9. record on photographic film

    Examples

    • « I photographed the scene of the accident »
    • « She snapped a picture of the President »
  10. 10. emit (as light, flame, or fumes) suddenly and forcefully

    Examples

    • « The dragon shot fumes and flames out of its mouth »
  11. 11. cause a sharp and sudden pain in

    Examples

    • « The pain shot up her leg »
  12. 12. force or drive (a fluid or gas) into by piercing

    Examples

    • « inject hydrogen into the balloon »
  13. 13. variegate by interweaving weft threads of different colors

    Examples

    • « shoot cloth »
  14. 14. throw dice, as in a crap game
  15. 15. spend frivolously and unwisely

    Examples

    • « Fritter away one's inheritance »
  16. 16. score

    Examples

    • « shoot a basket »
    • « shoot a goal »
  17. 17. utter fast and forcefully

    Examples

    • « She shot back an answer »
  18. 18. measure the altitude of by using a sextant

    Examples

    • « shoot a star »
  19. 19. produce buds, branches, or germinate

    Examples

    • « the potatoes sprouted »
  20. 20. give an injection to

    Examples

    • « We injected the glucose into the patient's vein »
  21. Noun

    shoot

    Definitions

    1. a new branch
  22. 2. the act of shooting at targets

    Examples

    • « they hold a shoot every weekend during the summer »

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