What does Shoot mean?
Definitions for Shoot
ʃutshoot
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Princeton's WordNet
shootnoun
a new branch
shootverb
the act of shooting at targets
"they hold a shoot every weekend during the summer"
shoot, hit, pipverb
hit with a missile from a weapon
shoot, pipverb
kill by firing a missile
blast, shootverb
fire a shot
"the gunman blasted away"
film, shoot, takeverb
make a film or photograph of something
"take a scene"; "shoot a movie"
shootverb
send forth suddenly, intensely, swiftly
"shoot a glance"
dart, dash, scoot, scud, flash, shootverb
run or move very quickly or hastily
"She dashed into the yard"
tear, shoot, shoot down, charge, buckverb
move quickly and violently
"The car tore down the street"; "He came charging into my office"
shootverb
throw or propel in a specific direction or towards a specific objective
"shoot craps"; "shoot a golf ball"
photograph, snap, shootverb
record on photographic film
"I photographed the scene of the accident"; "She snapped a picture of the President"
shootverb
emit (as light, flame, or fumes) suddenly and forcefully
"The dragon shot fumes and flames out of its mouth"
shootverb
cause a sharp and sudden pain in
"The pain shot up her leg"
inject, shootverb
force or drive (a fluid or gas) into by piercing
"inject hydrogen into the balloon"
shootverb
variegate by interweaving weft threads of different colors
"shoot cloth"
shootverb
throw dice, as in a crap game
fritter, frivol away, dissipate, shoot, fritter away, fool, fool awayverb
spend frivolously and unwisely
"Fritter away one's inheritance"
shootverb
score
"shoot a basket"; "shoot a goal"
shootverb
utter fast and forcefully
"She shot back an answer"
shootverb
measure the altitude of by using a sextant
"shoot a star"
shoot, spud, germinate, pullulate, bourgeon, burgeon forth, sproutverb
produce buds, branches, or germinate
"the potatoes sprouted"
inject, shootverb
give an injection to
"We injected the glucose into the patient's vein"
Samuel Johnson's Dictionary
Shootnoun
Etymology: from the verb. )
The Turkish bow giveth a very forcible shoot, insomuch as the arrow, hath pierced a steel target two inches thick; but the arrow if headed with wood, hath been known to pierce thro’ a piece of wood of eight inches thick. Francis Bacon.
The noise of thy cross-bow
Will scare the herd, and so my shoot is lost. William Shakespeare.But come the bow; now mercy goes to kill,
And shooting well is then accounted ill.
Thus will I save my credit in the shoot,
Not wounding, pity would not let me do’t. William Shakespeare.As a country fellow was making a shoot at a pigeon, he trode upon a snake that bit him. Roger L'Estrange.
They will not come just on the tops where they were cut, but out of those shoots which were water boughs. Francis Bacon.
I saw them under a green mantling vine,
Plucking ripe clusters from the tender shoots. John Milton.Prune off superfluous branches and shoots of this second spring; but expose not the fruit without leaves sufficient. John Evelyn.
The hook she bore,
To lop the growth of the luxuriant year,
To decent form the lawless shoots to bring,
And teach th’ obedient branches where to spring. Alexander Pope.Now, should my praises owe their truth
To beauty, dress, or paint, or youth,
’Twere grafting on an annual stock
That must our expectations mock;
And making one luxuriant shoot,
Die the next year for want of root. Jonathan Swift.To Shootverb
preterite, I shot; participle, shot or shotten.
Etymology: scedtan , Saxon.
Light
Shoots far into the bosom of dim night
A glimmering dawn. John Milton.I owe you much, and like a witless youth,
That which I owe is lost; but if you please
To shoot an arrow that self way
Which you did shoot the first, I do not doubt
To find both. William Shakespeare.This murtherous shaft that’s shot
Hath not yet lighted; and our safest way
Is to avoid the aim. William Shakespeare.The men shoot strong shoots with their bows. George Abbot.
The two ends of a bow shot off, fly from one another. Boyle.
Men who know not hearts, should make examples;
Which like a warning-piece, must be shot off,
To fright the rest from crimes. Dryden.Not an hand shall touch the mount, but he shall be stoned or shot thro’. Exod. xix. 13.
The liquid air his moving pinions wound,
And, in the moment, shoot him on the ground. Dryden.None of the trees exalt themselves, neither shoot up their top among the thick boughs. Ezek. xxxi. 14.
A grain of mustard groweth up and shooteth out great branches. Mark. iv. 32.
Tell like a tall old oak, how learning shoots,
To heaven her branches, and to hell her roots. John Denham.Ye bucks, who pluck the flow’rs,
Beware the secret snake that shoots a sting. Dryden.The last had a star upon its breast, which shot forth pointed beams of a peculiar lustre. Addison.
Fir’d by the torch of noon, to tenfold rage,
Th’ infuriate hill forth shoots the pillar’d flame. James Thomson.I have laugh’d sometimes when I have reflected on those men who have shot themselves into the world; some bolting out upon the stage with vast applause, and some hissed off, quitting it with disgrace. Dryden.
They that see me shoot out the lip, they shake the head. Ps.
Strait lines in joiner’s language are called a joint; that is two pieces of wood that are shot, that is plained or else paired with a pairing chissel. Joseph Moxon.
Thus having said, she sinks beneath the ground,
With furious haste, and shoots the Stygian sound. Dryden.To Shootverb
The archers have sorely grieved him and shot at him. Gen.
When he has shot his best, he is sure that none ever did shoot better. William Temple.
When you shoot, and shut one eye,
You cannot think he would deny
To lend the t’other friendly aid,
Or wink, as coward and afraid. Matthew Prior.Such trees as love the sun do not willingly descend far into the earth; and therefore they are commonly trees that shoot up much. Francis Bacon.
Onions, as they hang, will shoot forth. Francis Bacon.
The tree at once both upward shoots,
And just as much grows downward to the roots. John Cleveland.The monarch oak, the patriarch of the trees,
Shoots rising up, and spreads by slow degrees. Dryden.Nor will the wither’d flock be green again,
But the wild olive shoots and shades the ungrateful plain. Dr.New creatures rise,
A moving mass at first, and short of thighs;
Till shooting out with legs and imp’d with wings. Dryden.The corn laid up by ants would shoot under ground, if they did not bite off all the buds; and therefore it will produce nothing. Addison.
This valley of the Tirol lies enclosed on all sides by the Alps, though its dominions shoot out into several branches among the breaks of the mountains. Joseph Addison, Italy.
Express’d juices of plants, boiled into the consistence of a syrup, and set into a cool place, the essential salt will shoot upon the sides of the vessels. John Arbuthnot, on Aliments.
A wild, where weeds and flow’rs promiscuous shoot,
Or garden, tempting with forbidden fruit. Alexander Pope.If the menstruum be over charged, metals will shoot into chrystals. Francis Bacon.
Although exhaled and placed in cold conservatories, it will chrystalize and shoot into glaceous bodies. Thomas Browne, Vulg. Er.
That rude mass will shoot itself into several forms, till it make an habitable world: the steady hand of Providence being the invisible guide of all its motions. Thomas Burnet, Theory of the Earth.
There shot a streaming lamp along the sky,
Which on the winged light’ning seem’d to fly. Dryden.Tell them that the rays of light shoot from the sun to our earth, at the rate of one hundred and eighty thousand miles in the second of a minute, they stand aghast at such talk. Isaac Watts.
The grand ætherial bow
Shoots up immense. James Thomson.The land did shoot out with a very great promontory, bending that way. George Abbot, Descript. of the World.
Thy words shoot thro’ my heart,
Melt my resolves, and turn me all to love. Addison.Let me but live to shadow this young plant
From blites and storms: he’ll soon shoot up a heroe. Dryd.A shooting star in autumn thwarts the night. John Milton.
A shining harvest either host displays,
And shoots against the sun with equal rays. Dryden.At first she flutters, but at length she springs,
To smoother flight, and shoots upon her wings. Dryden.The broken air loud whistling as she flies,
She stops and listens, and shoots forth again,
And guides her pinions by her young ones cries. Dryden.Heav’n’s imperious queen shot down from high,
At her approach the brazen hinges fly,
The gates are forc’d. Dryden.She downward glides,
Lights in Fleet-ditch, and shoots beneath the tides. John Gay.Where the mob gathers, swiftly shoot along,
Nor idly mingle in the noisy throng. John Gay.At the summons roll’d her eyes around,
Not half so swiftly shoots along in air,
The gliding light’ning. Alexander Pope.
Wikipedia
shoot
A shoot is an immature plant or portion of a plant.
Webster Dictionary
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
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
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
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
Shootverb
to send out or forth, especially with a rapid or sudden motion; to cast with the hand; to hurl; to discharge; to emit
Shootverb
to push or thrust forward; to project; to protrude; -- often with out; as, a plant shoots out a bud
Shootverb
to plane straight; to fit by planing
Shootverb
to pass rapidly through, over, or under; as, to shoot a rapid or a bridge; to shoot a sand bar
Shootverb
to variegate as if by sprinkling or intermingling; to color in spots or patches
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
Shootverb
to discharge a missile; -- said of an engine or instrument; as, the gun shoots well
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
Shootverb
to penetrate, as a missile; to dart with a piercing sensation; as, shooting pains
Shootverb
to feel a quick, darting pain; to throb in pain
Shootverb
to germinate; to bud; to sprout
Shootverb
to grow; to advance; as, to shoot up rapidly
Shootverb
to change form suddenly; especially, to solidify
Shootverb
to protrude; to jut; to project; to extend; as, the land shoots into a promontory
Shootverb
to move ahead by force of momentum, as a sailing vessel when the helm is put hard alee
Shootnoun
the act of shooting; the discharge of a missile; a shot; as, the shoot of a shuttle
Shootnoun
a young branch or growth
Shootnoun
a rush of water; a rapid
Shootnoun
a vein of ore running in the same general direction as the lode
Shootnoun
a weft thread shot through the shed by the shuttle; a pick
Shootnoun
a shoat; a young hog
Etymology: [Perh. a different word.]
Freebase
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
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
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.
Surnames Frequency by Census Records
SHOOT
According to the U.S. Census Bureau, Shoot is ranked #94311 in terms of the most common surnames in America.
The Shoot surname appeared 194 times in the 2010 census and if you were to sample 100,000 people in the United States, approximately 0 would have the surname Shoot.
89.1% or 173 total occurrences were White.
4.1% or 8 total occurrences were of two or more races.
3% or 6 total occurrences were Asian.
2.5% or 5 total occurrences were Black.
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Written Corpus Frequency
Rank popularity for the word 'Shoot' in Written Corpus Frequency: #3825
Verbs Frequency
Rank popularity for the word 'Shoot' in Verbs Frequency: #277
Anagrams for Shoot »
sooth
sotho
toosh
Numerology
Chaldean Numerology
The numerical value of Shoot in Chaldean Numerology is: 8
Pythagorean Numerology
The numerical value of Shoot in Pythagorean Numerology is: 5
Examples of Shoot in a Sentence
The only thing I can see is that he's running, he raises his hands and they still shoot him. Why? I ask myself. Why?
What we've had is a shoot first, ask questions second mentality.
Smaller places might just shoot from the hip and tell the truth, but they may have legal exposure if [ the subject of the reference ] finds out.
They'll have to shoot me first to take my gun.
I feared every time I'd walk my dog that somebody was going to shoot or stab me, somebody was going to follow through with these threats on me or my family.
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Translations for Shoot
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- skietAfrikaans
- صوب, أطلق النارArabic
- vurmaq, atmaqAzerbaijani
- атыу, үҫентеBashkir
- страля́ць, стрэ́ліцьBelarusian
- стреля́мBulgarian
- গুলি চালানোBengali
- dispararCatalan, Valencian
- střelit, střílet, zastřelit, výhonekCzech
- skydeDanish
- schießen, anschießen, erschießen, AblegerGerman
- πυροβολώ, ρίχνωGreek
- pafiEsperanto
- tirar, disparar, retoño, vástago, pimpollo, sesión fotográficaSpanish
- tulistamaEstonian
- تیراندازی کردن, زدن, شلیک کردنPersian
- ampua, laukaista, kuvaus, versoFinnish
- tirer, prise de photos, séance photo, pousseFrench
- sjitteWestern Frisian
- scaoilIrish
- ògan, bachlagScottish Gaelic
- ירהHebrew
- गोली चलानाHindi
- lőHungarian
- կրակելArmenian
- tembakIndonesian
- skjótaIcelandic
- sparare, tirare, getto, virgulto, pollone, germoglioItalian
- 撃つJapanese
- სროლა, ყლორტიGeorgian
- атуKazakh
- បាញ់Khmer
- 쏘다, 사격Korean
- атууKyrgyz
- pampinusLatin
- ຍິງLao
- šauti, šaudytiLithuanian
- šautLatvian
- pupuhiMāori
- пу́ка, стре́лаMacedonian
- гөлөг, соёолохMongolian
- tembak, panahMalay
- ပစ်Burmese
- schieten, scheutDutch
- skyteNorwegian
- wystrzelić, strzelać, postrzelić, sesja, pędPolish
- atirarPortuguese
- trageRomanian
- вы́стрелить, стреля́ть, расстреля́ть, застрели́ть, побег, съёмкаRussian
- пуцати, streljati, стрељати, pucatiSerbo-Croatian
- strieľať, streliť, vystreliťSlovak
- streljatiSlovene
- gjuaj, qëllojAlbanian
- skjutaSwedish
- kupiga risasiSwahili
- కాల్చుTelugu
- тир андохтан, тир заданTajik
- ยิงThai
- atmak, tüpe–lemekTurkmen
- ateş etmek, çekmek, etmek, vurmakTurkish
- атаргаTatar
- стріля́ти, ви́стрелитиUkrainian
- otmoq, chiqmoqUzbek
- bắnVietnamese
- שיסןYiddish
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