shoot

Definitions

1. 1noun

   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. 2intransitive 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. 3intransitive 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. 4intransitive 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. 5intransitive 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. 6intransitive verb

   To push or thrust forward; to project; to protrude; -- often with out; as, a plant shoots out a bud.

7. 7intransitive verb

   To plane straight; to fit by planing.

8. 8intransitive verb

   To pass rapidly through, over, or under; as, to shoot a rapid or a bridge; to shoot a sand bar.

9. 9intransitive verb

   To variegate as if by sprinkling or intermingling; to color in spots or patches.

10. 10intransitive 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. 11intransitive verb

    To discharge a missile; -- said of an engine or instrument; as, the gun shoots well.

12. 12intransitive 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. 13intransitive verb

    To penetrate, as a missile; to dart with a piercing sensation; as, shooting pains.

14. 14intransitive verb

    To feel a quick, darting pain; to throb in pain.

15. 15intransitive verb

    To germinate; to bud; to sprout.

16. 16intransitive verb

    To grow; to advance; as, to shoot up rapidly.

17. 17intransitive verb

    To change form suddenly; especially, to solidify.

18. 18intransitive verb

    To protrude; to jut; to project; to extend; as, the land shoots into a promontory.

19. 19intransitive verb

    To move ahead by force of momentum, as a sailing vessel when the helm is put hard alee.

20. 20noun

    The act of shooting; the discharge of a missile; a shot; as, the shoot of a shuttle.

21. 21noun

    A young branch or growth.

22. 22noun

    A rush of water; a rapid.

23. 23noun

    A vein of ore running in the same general direction as the lode.

24. 24noun

    A weft thread shot through the shed by the shuttle; a pick.

25. 25noun

    A shoat; a young hog.

26. 26noun

    the act of shooting at targets

    "they hold a shoot every weekend during the summer"

27. 27noun

    a new branch

28. 28verb

    give an injection to

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

    Synonyms

    inject
29. 29verb

    produce buds, branches, or germinate

    "the potatoes sprouted"

    Synonyms

    bourgeongerminatepullulatesproutspud
30. 30verb

    measure the altitude of by using a sextant

    "shoot a star"

31. 31verb

    utter fast and forcefully

    "She shot back an answer"

32. 32verb

    make a film or photograph of something

    "take a scene"

    "shoot a movie"

    Synonyms

    filmtake
33. 33verb

    record on photographic film

    "I photographed the scene of the accident"

    "She snapped a picture of the President"

    Synonyms

    photographsnap
34. 34verb

    score

    "shoot a basket"

    "shoot a goal"

35. 35verb

    fire a shot

    "the gunman blasted away"

    Synonyms

    blast
36. 36verb

    hit with a missile from a weapon

    Synonyms

    hitpip
37. 37verb

    spend frivolously and unwisely

    "Fritter away one's inheritance"

    Synonyms

    dissipatefoolfritter
38. 38verb

    throw dice, as in a crap game

39. 39verb

    variegate by interweaving weft threads of different colors

    "shoot cloth"

40. 40verb

    force or drive (a fluid or gas) into by piercing

    "inject hydrogen into the balloon"

    Synonyms

    inject
41. 41verb

    throw or propel in a specific direction or towards a specific objective

    "shoot craps"

    "shoot a golf ball"

42. 42verb

    move quickly and violently

    "The car tore down the street"

    "He came charging into my office"

    Synonyms

    buckchargetear
43. 43verb

    run or move very quickly or hastily

    "She dashed into the yard"

    Synonyms

    dartdashflashscootscud
44. 44verb

    send forth suddenly, intensely, swiftly

    "shoot a glance"

45. 45verb

    cause a sharp and sudden pain in

    "The pain shot up her leg"

46. 46verb

    kill by firing a missile

    Synonyms

    pip
47. 47verb

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

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