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Meaning of shoot in English
Pronunciation
/ʃut/
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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.
kill by firing a missile
3.
fire a shot
4.
make a film or photograph of something
Examples
« take a scene »
« shoot a movie »
5.
send forth suddenly, intensely, swiftly
Examples
« shoot a glance »
6.
run or move very quickly or hastily
Examples
« She dashed into the yard »
7.
move quickly and violently
Examples
« The car tore down the street »
« He came charging into my office »
8.
throw or propel in a specific direction or towards a specific objective
Examples
« shoot craps »
« shoot a golf ball »
9.
record on photographic film
Examples
« I photographed the scene of the accident »
« She snapped a picture of the President »
10.
emit (as light, flame, or fumes) suddenly and forcefully
Examples
« The dragon shot fumes and flames out of its mouth »
11.
cause a sharp and sudden pain in
Examples
« The pain shot up her leg »
12.
force or drive (a fluid or gas) into by piercing
Examples
« inject hydrogen into the balloon »
13.
variegate by interweaving weft threads of different colors
Examples
« shoot cloth »
14.
throw dice, as in a crap game
15.
spend frivolously and unwisely
Examples
« Fritter away one's inheritance »
16.
score
Examples
« shoot a basket »
« shoot a goal »
17.
utter fast and forcefully
Examples
« She shot back an answer »
18.
measure the altitude of by using a sextant
Examples
« shoot a star »
19.
produce buds, branches, or germinate
Examples
« the potatoes sprouted »
20.
give an injection to
Examples
« We injected the glucose into the patient's vein »
Noun
shoot
Definitions
1.
a new branch
2.
the act of shooting at targets
Examples
« they hold a shoot every weekend during the summer »