shoot
n. newly grown plant stem; bud, sprout; act of firing a weapon; hunting expedition; shooting competition; act of photographing; photography or filming session; launch of a missile or artillery shell v. fire a weapon; injure or kill a person or animal by gunfire; hunt; radiate, emit; film, photograph; launch a missile or artillery shell; germinate, sprout; throw, project, cast; pass quickly | ||||
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Shoot Definition from Language, Idioms & Slang Dictionaries & Glossaries
| Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) |
Shoot
(n.)
A rush of water; a rapid.
(n.)
A shoat; a young hog.
(n.)
A vein of ore running in the same general direction as the lode.
(n.)
A weft thread shot through the shed by the shuttle; a pick.
(n.)
A young branch or growth.
(n.)
An inclined plane, either artificial or natural, down which timber, coal, etc., are caused to slide; also, a narrow passage, either natural or artificial, in a stream, where the water rushes rapidly; esp., a channel, having a swift current, connecting the ends of a bend in the stream, so as to shorten the course.
(n.)
The act of shooting; the discharge of a missile; a shot; as, the shoot of a shuttle.
(v. i.)
To be shot or propelled forcibly; -- said of a missile; to be emitted or driven; to move or extend swiftly, as if propelled; as, a shooting star.
(v. i.)
To cause an engine or weapon to discharge a missile; -- said of a person or an agent; as, they shot at a target; he shoots better than he rides.
(v. i.)
To change form suddenly; especially, to solidify.
(v. i.)
To discharge a missile; -- said of an engine or instrument; as, the gun shoots well.
(v. i.)
To discharge, causing a missile to be driven forth; -- followed by a word denoting the weapon or instrument, as an object; -- often with off; as, to shoot a gun.
(v. i.)
To feel a quick, darting pain; to throb in pain.
(v. i.)
To germinate; to bud; to sprout.
(v. i.)
To grow; to advance; as, to shoot up rapidly.
(v. i.)
To let fly, or cause to be driven, with force, as an arrow or a bullet; -- followed by a word denoting the missile, as an object.
(v. i.)
To move ahead by force of momentum, as a sailing vessel when the helm is put hard alee.
(v. i.)
To pass rapidly through, over, or under; as, to shoot a rapid or a bridge; to shoot a sand bar.
(v. i.)
To penetrate, as a missile; to dart with a piercing sensation; as, shooting pains.
(v. i.)
To plane straight; to fit by planing.
(v. i.)
To protrude; to jut; to project; to extend; as, the land shoots into a promontory.
(v. i.)
To push or thrust forward; to project; to protrude; -- often with out; as, a plant shoots out a bud.
(v. i.)
To send out or forth, especially with a rapid or sudden motion; to cast with the hand; to hurl; to discharge; to emit.
(v. i.)
To strike with anything shot; to hit with a missile; often, to kill or wound with a firearm; -- followed by a word denoting the person or thing hit, as an object.
(v. i.)
To variegate as if by sprinkling or intermingling; to color in spots or patches.
(n.)
A rush of water; a rapid.
(n.)
A shoat; a young hog.
(n.)
A vein of ore running in the same general direction as the lode.
(n.)
A weft thread shot through the shed by the shuttle; a pick.
(n.)
A young branch or growth.
(n.)
An inclined plane, either artificial or natural, down which timber, coal, etc., are caused to slide; also, a narrow passage, either natural or artificial, in a stream, where the water rushes rapidly; esp., a channel, having a swift current, connecting the ends of a bend in the stream, so as to shorten the course.
(n.)
The act of shooting; the discharge of a missile; a shot; as, the shoot of a shuttle.
(v. i.)
To be shot or propelled forcibly; -- said of a missile; to be emitted or driven; to move or extend swiftly, as if propelled; as, a shooting star.
(v. i.)
To cause an engine or weapon to discharge a missile; -- said of a person or an agent; as, they shot at a target; he shoots better than he rides.
(v. i.)
To change form suddenly; especially, to solidify.
(v. i.)
To discharge a missile; -- said of an engine or instrument; as, the gun shoots well.
(v. i.)
To discharge, causing a missile to be driven forth; -- followed by a word denoting the weapon or instrument, as an object; -- often with off; as, to shoot a gun.
(v. i.)
To feel a quick, darting pain; to throb in pain.
(v. i.)
To germinate; to bud; to sprout.
(v. i.)
To grow; to advance; as, to shoot up rapidly.
(v. i.)
To let fly, or cause to be driven, with force, as an arrow or a bullet; -- followed by a word denoting the missile, as an object.
(v. i.)
To move ahead by force of momentum, as a sailing vessel when the helm is put hard alee.
(v. i.)
To pass rapidly through, over, or under; as, to shoot a rapid or a bridge; to shoot a sand bar.
(v. i.)
To penetrate, as a missile; to dart with a piercing sensation; as, shooting pains.
(v. i.)
To plane straight; to fit by planing.
(v. i.)
To protrude; to jut; to project; to extend; as, the land shoots into a promontory.
(v. i.)
To push or thrust forward; to project; to protrude; -- often with out; as, a plant shoots out a bud.
(v. i.)
To send out or forth, especially with a rapid or sudden motion; to cast with the hand; to hurl; to discharge; to emit.
(v. i.)
To strike with anything shot; to hit with a missile; often, to kill or wound with a firearm; -- followed by a word denoting the person or thing hit, as an object.
(v. i.)
To variegate as if by sprinkling or intermingling; to color in spots or patches.
| WordNet 2.0 |
shoot
Noun
1. a new branch
(hypernym) sprout
(hyponym) sucker
(derivation) spud, germinate, pullulate, bourgeon, burgeon forth, sprout
2. the act of shooting at targets; "they hold a shoot every weekend during the summer"
(hypernym) shooting, shot
(hyponym) skeet, skeet shooting, trapshooting
Verb
1. hit with a missile from a weapon
(synonym) hit, pip
(hypernym) injure, wound
(hyponym) gun down
2. kill by firing a missile
(synonym) pip
(hypernym) kill
(hyponym) flight
(verb-group) hit, pip
(derivation) shot, shooter
3. fire a shot
(hypernym) fire, discharge
(hyponym) blaze away, blaze
(verb-group) hit, pip
(derivation) shot, shooter
4. make a film or photograph of something; "take a scene"; "shoot a movie"
(synonym) film, take
(hypernym) record, enter, put down
(hyponym) reshoot
(verb-group) photograph, snap
(classification) movie, film, picture, moving picture, moving-picture show, motion picture, motion-picture show, picture show, pic, flick
5. send forth suddenly, intensely, swiftly; "shoot a glance"
(hypernym) project, cast, contrive, throw
6. run or move very quickly or hastily; "She dashed into the yard"
(synonym) dart, dash, scoot, scud, flash
(hypernym) rush, hotfoot, hasten, hie, speed, race, pelt along, rush along, cannonball along, bucket along, belt along
(hyponym) plunge
(verb-group) tear, shoot down, charge, buck
7. move quickly and violently; "The car tore down the street"; "He came charging into my office"
(synonym) tear, shoot down, charge, buck
(hypernym) rush, hotfoot, hasten, hie, speed, race, pelt along, rush along, cannonball along, bucket along, belt along
(hyponym) rip
(see-also) shoot up
(verb-group) dart, dash, scoot, scud, flash
8. throw or propel in a specific direction or towards a specific objective; "shoot craps"; "shoot a golf ball"
(hypernym) hit
(hyponym) dunk
(derivation) shooter
9. record on photographic film; "I photographed the scene of the accident"; "She snapped a picture of the President"
(synonym) photograph, snap
(hypernym) record, enter, put down
(hyponym) retake
(verb-group) film, take
(classification) photography, picture taking
10. emit (as light, flame, or fumes) suddenly and forcefully; "The dragon shot fumes and flames out of its mouth"
(hypernym) emit, give out, give off
11. cause a sharp and sudden pain in; "The pain shot up her leg"
(hypernym) ache, smart, hurt
12. force or drive (a fluid or gas) into by piercing; "inject hydrogen into the balloon"
(synonym) inject
(hypernym) insert, enclose, inclose, stick in, put in, introduce
(verb-group) inject
13. variegate by interweaving weft threads of different colors; "shoot cloth"
(hypernym) weave, interweave
14. throw dice, as in a crap game
(hypernym) throw
(derivation) shooter, crap-shooter
15. spend frivolously and unwisely; "Fritter away one's inheritance"
(synonym) fritter, frivol away, dissipate, fritter away, fool, fool away
(hypernym) consume, squander, waste, ware
(entail) consume, eat up, use up, eat, deplete, exhaust, run through, wipe out
16. score; "shoot a basket"; "shoot a goal"
(hypernym) score, hit, tally, rack up
(classification) sport, athletics
17. utter fast and forcefully; "She shot back an answer"
(hypernym) utter, emit, let out, let loose
18. measure the altitude of by using a sextant; "shoot a star"
(hypernym) measure, mensurate, measure out
19. produce buds, branches, or germinate; "the potatoes sprouted"
(synonym) spud, germinate, pullulate, bourgeon, burgeon forth, sprout
(hypernym) grow
(verb-group) germinate
20. give an injection to; "We injected the glucose into the patient's vein"
(synonym) inject
(hypernym) administer, dispense
(hyponym) infuse
(verb-group) inject
(classification) medicine, practice of medicine
Noun
1. a new branch
(hypernym) sprout
(hyponym) sucker
(derivation) spud, germinate, pullulate, bourgeon, burgeon forth, sprout
2. the act of shooting at targets; "they hold a shoot every weekend during the summer"
(hypernym) shooting, shot
(hyponym) skeet, skeet shooting, trapshooting
Verb
1. hit with a missile from a weapon
(synonym) hit, pip
(hypernym) injure, wound
(hyponym) gun down
2. kill by firing a missile
(synonym) pip
(hypernym) kill
(hyponym) flight
(verb-group) hit, pip
(derivation) shot, shooter
3. fire a shot
(hypernym) fire, discharge
(hyponym) blaze away, blaze
(verb-group) hit, pip
(derivation) shot, shooter
4. make a film or photograph of something; "take a scene"; "shoot a movie"
(synonym) film, take
(hypernym) record, enter, put down
(hyponym) reshoot
(verb-group) photograph, snap
(classification) movie, film, picture, moving picture, moving-picture show, motion picture, motion-picture show, picture show, pic, flick
5. send forth suddenly, intensely, swiftly; "shoot a glance"
(hypernym) project, cast, contrive, throw
6. run or move very quickly or hastily; "She dashed into the yard"
(synonym) dart, dash, scoot, scud, flash
(hypernym) rush, hotfoot, hasten, hie, speed, race, pelt along, rush along, cannonball along, bucket along, belt along
(hyponym) plunge
(verb-group) tear, shoot down, charge, buck
7. move quickly and violently; "The car tore down the street"; "He came charging into my office"
(synonym) tear, shoot down, charge, buck
(hypernym) rush, hotfoot, hasten, hie, speed, race, pelt along, rush along, cannonball along, bucket along, belt along
(hyponym) rip
(see-also) shoot up
(verb-group) dart, dash, scoot, scud, flash
8. throw or propel in a specific direction or towards a specific objective; "shoot craps"; "shoot a golf ball"
(hypernym) hit
(hyponym) dunk
(derivation) shooter
9. record on photographic film; "I photographed the scene of the accident"; "She snapped a picture of the President"
(synonym) photograph, snap
(hypernym) record, enter, put down
(hyponym) retake
(verb-group) film, take
(classification) photography, picture taking
10. emit (as light, flame, or fumes) suddenly and forcefully; "The dragon shot fumes and flames out of its mouth"
(hypernym) emit, give out, give off
11. cause a sharp and sudden pain in; "The pain shot up her leg"
(hypernym) ache, smart, hurt
12. force or drive (a fluid or gas) into by piercing; "inject hydrogen into the balloon"
(synonym) inject
(hypernym) insert, enclose, inclose, stick in, put in, introduce
(verb-group) inject
13. variegate by interweaving weft threads of different colors; "shoot cloth"
(hypernym) weave, interweave
14. throw dice, as in a crap game
(hypernym) throw
(derivation) shooter, crap-shooter
15. spend frivolously and unwisely; "Fritter away one's inheritance"
(synonym) fritter, frivol away, dissipate, fritter away, fool, fool away
(hypernym) consume, squander, waste, ware
(entail) consume, eat up, use up, eat, deplete, exhaust, run through, wipe out
16. score; "shoot a basket"; "shoot a goal"
(hypernym) score, hit, tally, rack up
(classification) sport, athletics
17. utter fast and forcefully; "She shot back an answer"
(hypernym) utter, emit, let out, let loose
18. measure the altitude of by using a sextant; "shoot a star"
(hypernym) measure, mensurate, measure out
19. produce buds, branches, or germinate; "the potatoes sprouted"
(synonym) spud, germinate, pullulate, bourgeon, burgeon forth, sprout
(hypernym) grow
(verb-group) germinate
20. give an injection to; "We injected the glucose into the patient's vein"
(synonym) inject
(hypernym) administer, dispense
(hyponym) infuse
(verb-group) inject
(classification) medicine, practice of medicine
| ENGLISH IDIOMS 2.EDITION |
shoot
tell me, say it, I am listening, fire away """Do you have any news?"" ""No. Just a rumor."" ""Shoot. I love rumors."""
tell me, say it, I am listening, fire away """Do you have any news?"" ""No. Just a rumor."" ""Shoot. I love rumors."""
| The Phrase Finder |
Shoot through
Meaning
To leave or pass through quickly.
Origin
Australian origin.
Meaning
To leave or pass through quickly.
Origin
Australian origin.
| Australian Slang |
Shoot
1. begin, especially to begin to talk; 2. euphemism for the exclamation “shit!”
1. begin, especially to begin to talk; 2. euphemism for the exclamation “shit!”
Be shot of
be fed up with; no longer countenance
If it moves, shoot it; if it doesn't, chop it down
jocular summing up of the Australian attitude to clearing and settling the land
Shoot a fairy
to fart
Shoot blanks
(of a male) 1. experience orgasm but not ejaculate; 2. ejaculate infertile sperm; 3. be sterile (about a male)
Shoot one's bolt
1. do one's utmost; 2. ejaculate; 3. reach the limit of one's endurance or effort
Shoot one's load
(of a male) ejaculate
Shoot one's wad
(of a male) to ejaculate (from “wad” = the wadding used in loading cartridges)
Shoot the moon
1. abscond; 2. go all out
Shoot through
1. go away or abscond: “Instead of going to the exam, he shot through”; 2. leave (in a hurry)
Shoot through like a Bondi tram
(older slang):1. leave in a hurry; 2. (WWII military) go A.W.L. (absent without leave) (from Bondi, a beach and suburb of Sydney)
Shoot up
take drugs intravenously
Shoot-'em-up
1. book, movie, television show, etc. with much gun-fire and violence; 2. video or computer game simulating moving targets which the players have to shoot
Shooting gallery
place where people go to shoot up heroin
Shooting iron
firearm, especially a pistol or revolver
| English Idioms WM 1.3a |
shoot
tell me, say it, I am listening
"Do you have any news?" "No. Just a rumor." "Shoot. I love rumors."
tell me, say it, I am listening
"Do you have any news?" "No. Just a rumor." "Shoot. I love rumors."
| Anagram |
shoot
sooth hoots
sooth hoots
| English Slang Dictionary v1.2 |
shoot
an exclamation of annoyance or surprise [euph. for SHIT!]
an exclamation of annoyance or surprise [euph. for SHIT!]
| hEnglish - advanced version |
shoot
shoot
\shoot\ (?), v. t. [imp. & p. p. shot (?); p. pr. & vb. n. shooting. the old participle shotten is obsolete. see shotten.] [oe. shotien, schotien, as. scotian, v. i., sce?tan; akin to d. schieten, g. schie&?;en, ohg. sciozan, icel. skj&?;ta, sw. skjuta, dan. skyde; cf. skr. skund to jump. ?159. cf. scot a contribution, scout to reject, scud, scuttle, v. i., shot, sheet, shut, shuttle, skittish, skittles.]
1. to let fly, or cause to be driven, with force, as an arrow or a bullet; -- followed by a word denoting the missile, as an object. if you please to shoot an arrow that self way.
2. to discharge, causing a missile to be driven forth; -- followed by a word denoting the weapon or instrument, as an object; -- often with off; as, to shoot a gun. the two ends od a bow, shot off, fly from one another.
3. to strike with anything shot; to hit with a missile; often, to kill or wound with a firearm; -- followed by a word denoting the person or thing hit, as an object. when roger shot the hawk hovering over his master's dove house. tucker.
4. to send out or forth, especially with a rapid or sudden motion; to cast with the hand; to hurl; to discharge; to emit. an honest weaver as ever shot shuttle. & fl. a pit into which the dead carts had nightly shot corpses by scores.
5. to push or thrust forward; to project; to protrude; -- often with out; as, a plant shoots out a bud. they shoot out the lip, they shake the head. xxii. 7. beware the secret snake that shoots a sting.
6. (carp.) to plane straight; to fit by planing. two pieces of wood that are shot, that is, planed or else pared with a paring chisel.
7. to pass rapidly through, over, or under; as, to shoot a rapid or a bridge; to shoot a sand bar. she shoots the stygian sound.
8. to variegate as if by sprinkling or intermingling; to color in spots or patches. the tangled water courses slept, shot over with purple, and green, and yellow.
similar words(5)
shoot a line
to shoot ahead
to shoot out the lip
to take a shoot
trouble-shoot
shoot
\shoot\ (?), v. t. [imp. & p. p. shot (?); p. pr. & vb. n. shooting. the old participle shotten is obsolete. see shotten.] [oe. shotien, schotien, as. scotian, v. i., sce?tan; akin to d. schieten, g. schie&?;en, ohg. sciozan, icel. skj&?;ta, sw. skjuta, dan. skyde; cf. skr. skund to jump. ?159. cf. scot a contribution, scout to reject, scud, scuttle, v. i., shot, sheet, shut, shuttle, skittish, skittles.]
1. to let fly, or cause to be driven, with force, as an arrow or a bullet; -- followed by a word denoting the missile, as an object. if you please to shoot an arrow that self way.
2. to discharge, causing a missile to be driven forth; -- followed by a word denoting the weapon or instrument, as an object; -- often with off; as, to shoot a gun. the two ends od a bow, shot off, fly from one another.
3. to strike with anything shot; to hit with a missile; often, to kill or wound with a firearm; -- followed by a word denoting the person or thing hit, as an object. when roger shot the hawk hovering over his master's dove house. tucker.
4. to send out or forth, especially with a rapid or sudden motion; to cast with the hand; to hurl; to discharge; to emit. an honest weaver as ever shot shuttle. & fl. a pit into which the dead carts had nightly shot corpses by scores.
5. to push or thrust forward; to project; to protrude; -- often with out; as, a plant shoots out a bud. they shoot out the lip, they shake the head. xxii. 7. beware the secret snake that shoots a sting.
6. (carp.) to plane straight; to fit by planing. two pieces of wood that are shot, that is, planed or else pared with a paring chisel.
7. to pass rapidly through, over, or under; as, to shoot a rapid or a bridge; to shoot a sand bar. she shoots the stygian sound.
8. to variegate as if by sprinkling or intermingling; to color in spots or patches. the tangled water courses slept, shot over with purple, and green, and yellow.
similar words(5)
shoot a line
to shoot ahead
to shoot out the lip
to take a shoot
trouble-shoot
| JM Welsh <=> English Dictionary |
Bala
Bala = n. a shoot out; efflux
Bala = n. a shoot out; efflux
Balanu
Balanu = v. to shoot, to bud
Dadsaethu
Dadsaethu = v. to shoot back
Dyseuthu
Dyseuthu = v. to shoot
Eginyn
Eginyn = n. a germ, a shoot
Ergydio
Ergydio = v. to propel, to throw, to cast; to shoot; to charge
Es
Es = n. separation; a shoot.
It is used as a prefix, of a similar signification to ex; and also, as a termination of feminine personal nouns, and of the third person of verbs
Gelin
Gelin = n. a shoot, a sprig
Impyn
Impyn = n. a scion, a shoot
Osgli
Osgli = v. to branch; to shoot
Plan
Plan = n. a ray; a scion, a shoot
Planigyn
Planigyn = n. a plant, a shoot
Planu
Planu = v. to shoot off; to plant
Saethu
Saethu = v. to shoot; to dart
Shoot Definition from Business & Finance Dictionaries & Glossaries
| Glossary of petroleum Industry |
Shoot
1. To explode nitroglycerine or other high explosives in a hole to shatter the rock and increase the flow of oil; now largely replaced by formation fracturing. 2. In seismographic work, to discharge explosives to create vibrations in the earth's crust. (see seismograph.)
1. To explode nitroglycerine or other high explosives in a hole to shatter the rock and increase the flow of oil; now largely replaced by formation fracturing. 2. In seismographic work, to discharge explosives to create vibrations in the earth's crust. (see seismograph.)
| Raynet Business & Marketing Glossary |
Shoot
the taping or filming of a commercial, in a studio or on location.
the taping or filming of a commercial, in a studio or on location.
Shoot Definition from Society & Culture Dictionaries & Glossaries
| Environmental Engineering (English ver.) |
SHOOT
(1) A rush of water down a steep or rapid. (2) A place where a stream runs or descends swiftly. (3) To cause to move suddenly or swiftly forward as motion down rapids.
(1) A rush of water down a steep or rapid. (2) A place where a stream runs or descends swiftly. (3) To cause to move suddenly or swiftly forward as motion down rapids.
| Lexicon of Tiddlywinks |
shoot (US)
vt, vi to make a 1shot. = play
vt, vi to make a 1shot. = play
Shoot Definition from Arts & Humanities Dictionaries & Glossaries
| English-Latin Online Dictionary |
shoot
suboles, surculus
suboles, surculus
maintain /shoot (a missile)
contendo
maintain to continue
obtineo
Shoot Definition from Entertainment & Music Dictionaries & Glossaries
| English to Federation-Standard Golic Vulcan |
Shoot (v.)
pohshau
pohshau
| English - Klingon |
shoot
v. bach
v. bach
Shoot Definition from Sports Dictionaries & Glossaries
Shoot Definition from Encyclopedia Dictionaries & Glossaries
| Wikipedia English - The Free Encyclopedia |
Shoot
Shoots are fresh new plant growth, they can include stems, flowering stems with flower buds, leaves. The new growth from seed germination that grows upward is a shoot where leaves will develop. In the spring, perennial plant shoots are the new growth that grows from the ground in herbaceous plants or the new stem and/or flower growth that grows on woody plants.
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Shoot (magazine)
For the television advertising magazine, see Shoot magazine
Shoot, or Shoot Monthly, is a monthly football magazine published in the UK by IPC Media.The magazine began publication as a weekly in 1969 and was primarily targeted at teenage football fans. In an era before older fans had glossy monthly magazines such as Four Four Two targeted at them, Shoot was arguably the most popular football magazine in the UK, remaining the strongest magazine in this market until the mid 1990s. A change to a monthly frequency occurred in the late 90s and it remains a strong brand name in football.
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