Meaning of shoot in English

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  1. Pronunciation
  2. Verb
    1. Etymology
    2. Definitions
  3. Noun
    1. Definitions

  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

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  2. 2. kill by firing a missile

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  3. 3. fire a shot

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  4. 4. make a film or photograph of something

    Examples

    • « take a scene »
    • « shoot a movie »

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  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 »

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  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 »

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  9. 9. record on photographic film

    Examples

    • « I photographed the scene of the accident »
    • « She snapped a picture of the President »

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  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 »

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  13. 13. variegate by interweaving weft threads of different colors

    Examples

    • « shoot cloth »
  14. 14. throw dice, as in a crap game

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  15. 15. spend frivolously and unwisely

    Examples

    • « Fritter away one's inheritance »

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  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 »

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  20. 20. give an injection to

    Examples

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

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  21. Noun

    shoot

    Definitions

    1. a new branch

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  22. 2. the act of shooting at targets

    Examples

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

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Famous quotes

  • « How does one kill fear, I wonder? How do you shoot a specter through the heart, slash off its spectral head, take it by its spectral throat? »
    Joseph Conrad
  • « The enemies of freedom do not argue they shout and they shoot. »
    William Ralph Inge
  • « I've always fantasized about being on TV. And I was. Then I fantasized about being in the movies. What could be better than captain of a space ship? I get to ride horses, shoot guns, have adventures. »
    Nathan Fillion
  • « Nothing is so beautiful as spring - when weeds, in wheels, shoot long and lovely and lush Thrush's eggs look little low heavens, and thrush through the echoing timber does so rinse and wring the ear, it strikes like lightning to hear him sing. »
    Gerard Manley Hopkins
  • « We must force the government to stop the bird migration. We must shoot all birds, field all our men and troops... and force migratory birds to stay where they are. »
    Vladimir Zhirinovsky

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