shoot

shoot is a 5-letter English word with 47 senses as noun, intransitive verb, and verb in the JumbleFix dictionary. One common meaning is: 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. Face value is 8 in Scrabble and 7 in Words With Friends. Use the entries below when you need a playable sense, a nearby word, or another arrangement of the same letters.

5 letters · Scrabble 8 · Words With Friends 7 · 47 senses

Definitions

1. noun. 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.
2. intransitive verb. 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.
3. intransitive verb. 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.
4. intransitive verb. 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.
5. intransitive verb. To send out or forth, especially with a rapid or sudden motion; to cast with the hand; to hurl; to discharge; to emit.
6. intransitive verb. To push or thrust forward; to project; to protrude; -- often with out; as, a plant shoots out a bud.
7. intransitive verb. To plane straight; to fit by planing.
8. intransitive verb. To pass rapidly through, over, or under; as, to shoot a rapid or a bridge; to shoot a sand bar.
9. intransitive verb. To variegate as if by sprinkling or intermingling; to color in spots or patches.
10. intransitive verb. 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.
11. intransitive verb. To discharge a missile; -- said of an engine or instrument; as, the gun shoots well.
12. intransitive verb. 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.
13. intransitive verb. To penetrate, as a missile; to dart with a piercing sensation; as, shooting pains.
14. intransitive verb. To feel a quick, darting pain; to throb in pain.
15. intransitive verb. To germinate; to bud; to sprout.
16. intransitive verb. To grow; to advance; as, to shoot up rapidly.
17. intransitive verb. To change form suddenly; especially, to solidify.
18. intransitive verb. To protrude; to jut; to project; to extend; as, the land shoots into a promontory.
19. intransitive verb. To move ahead by force of momentum, as a sailing vessel when the helm is put hard alee.
20. noun. The act of shooting; the discharge of a missile; a shot; as, the shoot of a shuttle.
21. noun. A young branch or growth.
22. noun. A rush of water; a rapid.
23. noun. A vein of ore running in the same general direction as the lode.
24. noun. A weft thread shot through the shed by the shuttle; a pick.
25. noun. A shoat; a young hog.
26. noun. the act of shooting at targets

    "they hold a shoot every weekend during the summer"

27. noun. a new branch
28. verb. give an injection to

    "We injected the glucose into the patient's vein"

    Synonyms: inject

29. verb. produce buds, branches, or germinate

    "the potatoes sprouted"

    Synonyms: bourgeon, germinate, pullulate, sprout, spud

30. verb. measure the altitude of by using a sextant

    "shoot a star"

31. verb. utter fast and forcefully

    "She shot back an answer"

32. verb. make a film or photograph of something

    "take a scene"

    "shoot a movie"

    Synonyms: film, take

33. verb. record on photographic film

    "I photographed the scene of the accident"

    "She snapped a picture of the President"

    Synonyms: photograph, snap

34. verb. score

    "shoot a basket"

    "shoot a goal"

35. verb. fire a shot

    "the gunman blasted away"

    Synonyms: blast

36. verb. hit with a missile from a weapon

    Synonyms: hit, pip

37. verb. spend frivolously and unwisely

    "Fritter away one's inheritance"

    Synonyms: dissipate, fool, fritter

38. verb. throw dice, as in a crap game
39. verb. variegate by interweaving weft threads of different colors

    "shoot cloth"

40. verb. force or drive (a fluid or gas) into by piercing

    "inject hydrogen into the balloon"

    Synonyms: inject

41. verb. throw or propel in a specific direction or towards a specific objective

    "shoot craps"

    "shoot a golf ball"

42. verb. move quickly and violently

    "The car tore down the street"

    "He came charging into my office"

    Synonyms: buck, charge, tear

43. verb. run or move very quickly or hastily

    "She dashed into the yard"

    Synonyms: dart, dash, flash, scoot, scud

44. verb. send forth suddenly, intensely, swiftly

    "shoot a glance"

45. verb. cause a sharp and sudden pain in

    "The pain shot up her leg"

46. verb. kill by firing a missile

    Synonyms: pip

47. verb. emit (as light, flame, or fumes) suddenly and forcefully

    "The dragon shot fumes and flames out of its mouth"

Synonyms

inject, bourgeon, germinate, pullulate, sprout, spud, film, take, photograph, snap, blast, hit, pip, dissipate, fool, fritter, buck, charge, tear, dart, dash, flash, scoot, scud

Anagrams

Other playable words that use exactly the letters in shoot:

hoots, sooth, sotho, toosh

Common word forms

shoots, shooter, shooting, shootable

Words from these letters

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