Definitions for Shoot
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Princeton's WordNet(0.00 / 0 votes)Rate this definition:

1. shootnoun

   a new branch

2. shootverb

   the act of shooting at targets

   "they hold a shoot every weekend during the summer"

3. shoot, hit, pipverb

   hit with a missile from a weapon

4. shoot, pipverb

   kill by firing a missile

5. blast, shootverb

   fire a shot

   "the gunman blasted away"

6. film, shoot, takeverb

   make a film or photograph of something

   "take a scene"; "shoot a movie"

7. shootverb

   send forth suddenly, intensely, swiftly

   "shoot a glance"

8. dart, dash, scoot, scud, flash, shootverb

   run or move very quickly or hastily

   "She dashed into the yard"

9. tear, shoot, shoot down, charge, buckverb

   move quickly and violently

   "The car tore down the street"; "He came charging into my office"

10. shootverb

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

    "shoot craps"; "shoot a golf ball"

11. photograph, snap, shootverb

    record on photographic film

    "I photographed the scene of the accident"; "She snapped a picture of the President"

12. shootverb

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

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

13. shootverb

    cause a sharp and sudden pain in

    "The pain shot up her leg"

14. inject, shootverb

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

    "inject hydrogen into the balloon"

15. shootverb

    variegate by interweaving weft threads of different colors

    "shoot cloth"

16. shootverb

    throw dice, as in a crap game

17. fritter, frivol away, dissipate, shoot, fritter away, fool, fool awayverb

    spend frivolously and unwisely

    "Fritter away one's inheritance"

18. shootverb

    score

    "shoot a basket"; "shoot a goal"

19. shootverb

    utter fast and forcefully

    "She shot back an answer"

20. shootverb

    measure the altitude of by using a sextant

    "shoot a star"

21. shoot, spud, germinate, pullulate, bourgeon, burgeon forth, sproutverb

    produce buds, branches, or germinate

    "the potatoes sprouted"

22. inject, shootverb

    give an injection to

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

Webster Dictionary(0.00 / 0 votes)Rate this definition:

1. Shootnoun

   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

   Etymology: [Perh. a different word.]

2. Shootverb

   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

   Etymology: [Perh. a different word.]

3. Shootverb

   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

   Etymology: [Perh. a different word.]

4. Shootverb

   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

   Etymology: [Perh. a different word.]

5. Shootverb

   to send out or forth, especially with a rapid or sudden motion; to cast with the hand; to hurl; to discharge; to emit

   Etymology: [Perh. a different word.]

6. Shootverb

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

   Etymology: [Perh. a different word.]

7. Shootverb

   to plane straight; to fit by planing

   Etymology: [Perh. a different word.]

8. Shootverb

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

   Etymology: [Perh. a different word.]

9. Shootverb

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

   Etymology: [Perh. a different word.]

10. Shootverb

    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

    Etymology: [Perh. a different word.]

11. Shootverb

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

    Etymology: [Perh. a different word.]

12. Shootverb

    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

    Etymology: [Perh. a different word.]

13. Shootverb

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

    Etymology: [Perh. a different word.]

14. Shootverb

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

    Etymology: [Perh. a different word.]

15. Shootverb

    to germinate; to bud; to sprout

    Etymology: [Perh. a different word.]

16. Shootverb

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

    Etymology: [Perh. a different word.]

17. Shootverb

    to change form suddenly; especially, to solidify

    Etymology: [Perh. a different word.]

18. Shootverb

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

    Etymology: [Perh. a different word.]

19. Shootverb

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

    Etymology: [Perh. a different word.]

20. Shootnoun

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

    Etymology: [Perh. a different word.]

21. Shootnoun

    a young branch or growth

    Etymology: [Perh. a different word.]

22. Shootnoun

    a rush of water; a rapid

    Etymology: [Perh. a different word.]

23. Shootnoun

    a vein of ore running in the same general direction as the lode

    Etymology: [Perh. a different word.]

24. Shootnoun

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

    Etymology: [Perh. a different word.]

25. Shootnoun

    a shoat; a young hog

    Etymology: [Perh. a different word.]

Freebase(0.00 / 0 votes)Rate this definition:

1. Shoot

   Shoots are new plant growth, they can include stems, flowering stems with flower buds, and 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. In everyday speech, shoots are often confused with stems. Stems, which are a critical component of shoots, provide an axis for buds, fruits, and leaves. Shoots are often eaten by animals because the fibres in the new growth have not yet completed secondary cell wall development; this makes shoots softer and easier to chew and digest. As shoots grow and age, the cells develop completed cell walls that have a hard and tough structure. Some plants produce toxins that make their shoots inedible or less palatable.

Chambers 20th Century Dictionary(5.00 / 1 vote)Rate this definition:

1. Shoot

   shōōt, v.t. to dart: to let fly with force: to discharge from a bow or gun: to strike with a shot: to thrust forward: to pass rapidly through: to lay out, place in position: to hunt over, to kill game in or on: to send forth new parts, as a plant.—v.i. to perform the act of shooting: to variegate, to colour in spots or threads: to be driven along: to fly, as an arrow: to jut out: to germinate: to advance or grow rapidly: to hunt birds, &c., with a gun:—pa.t. and pa.p. shot.—n. act of shooting: a match at shooting, shooting-party: a young branch: (Shak.) a sprouting horn: a passage-way in a mine for letting one down: a sloping trough used for discharging articles or goods from a height: a river-fall, rapid.—adj. Shoot′able, that may be shot, or shot over.—ns. Shoot′er, one who, or that which, shoots; Shoot′ing, act of discharging firearms or an arrow: sensation of a quick pain: act or practice of killing game: right to kill game with firearms on a certain area: the district so limited; Shoot′ing-box, a small house in the country for use in the shooting season; Shoot′ing-gall′ery, a long room used for practice in the use of firearms; Shoot′ing-ī′ron (slang), a revolver; Shoot′ing-jack′et, a short kind of coat for shooting in; Shoot′ing-range, a place for practising shooting at targets at measured distances; Shoot′ing-star, a meteor or falling star; Shoot′ing-stick, a printer's tool of wood or metal, to be struck with a mallet, for driving quoins.—Shoot ahead, to get to the front among a set of competitors; Shoot over, to go out shooting: to hunt upon.—I′ll be shot (slang), a mild imprecation. [A.S. sceótan; Dut. schieten, Ger. schiessen, to dart.]

Military Dictionary and Gazetteer(0.00 / 0 votes)Rate this definition:

1. shoot

   To let fly or cause to be driven with force, as an arrow or bullet;—followed by a word denoting the missile, as an object. Also, to discharge, causing a missile to be driven forth;—said of the weapon or instrument, as an object; as, to shoot a gun and the like.

Matched Categories

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   • Cast
   • Consume
   • Emit
   • Film
   • Hit
   • Insert
   • Measure
   • Medicine
   • Photography
   • Record
   • Rush
   • Score
   • Sport
   • Sprout
   • Throw
   • Utter
   • Weave

British National Corpus

1. Written Corpus Frequency

   Rank popularity for the word 'Shoot' in Written Corpus Frequency: #3825

2. Verbs Frequency

   Rank popularity for the word 'Shoot' in Verbs Frequency: #277

Anagrams for Shoot »

1. Hoots

2. Sooth

3. Sotho

4. Toosh

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Numerology

1. Chaldean Numerology

   The numerical value of Shoot in Chaldean Numerology is: 8

2. Pythagorean Numerology

   The numerical value of Shoot in Pythagorean Numerology is: 5

Examples of Shoot in a Sentence

1. Richard Colarossi:

   When a client decides to leave, I don't do anything, if a client leaves to go to robo-adviser, let them go. My experience tells me that a majority of robo clients will shoot themselves in the foot.

2. Macon County Sheriff Robert Holland:

   One of the individuals made the statement that if it was God’s will to shoot children and teachers, and if the other suspect wanted the suspect to do so, they would have proceeded to start shooting children and teachers.

3. Joseph Conrad:

   How does one kill fear, I wonder How do you shoot a spectre through the heart, slash off its spectral head, take it by the spectral throat

4. Victor Patrick:

   The soldiers, they don't ask -- they just shoot. If you are running, that's when they shoot you.

5. Joseph Conrad:

   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?

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