Other Definitions shoot (enc)
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Shoot| Noun | 1. | shoot - a new branchsprout - any new growth of a plant such as a new branch or a bud sucker - a shoot arising from a plant's roots tiller - a shoot that sprouts from the base of a grass | | | 2. | shoot - the act of shooting at targets; "they hold a shoot every weekend during the summer"shooting, shot - the act of firing a projectile; "his shooting was slow but accurate" | | | Verb | 1. | shoot - hit with a missile from a weaponstrike, hit - make a strategic, offensive, assault against an enemy, opponent, or a target; "The Germans struck Poland on Sept. 1, 1939"; "We must strike the enemy's oil fields"; "in the fifth inning, the Giants struck, sending three runners home to win the game 5 to 2" grass - shoot down, of birds kneecap - shoot in the kneecap, often done by terrorist groups as a warning | | | 2. | shoot - kill by firing a missilekill - cause to die; put to death, usually intentionally or knowingly; "This man killed several people when he tried to rob a bank"; "The farmer killed a pig for the holidays" flight - shoot a bird in flight | | | 3. | shoot - fire a shotblaze, blaze away - shoot rapidly and repeatedly; "He blazed away at the men" pump - deliver forth; "pump bullets into the dummy" | | | 4. | shoot - make a film or photograph of something; "take a scene"; "shoot a movie"photograph, shoot, snap - record on photographic film; "I photographed the scene of the accident"; "She snapped a picture of the President" reshoot - shoot again; "We had to reshoot that scene 24 times" | | | 5. | shoot - send forth suddenly, intensely, swiftly; "shoot a glance"cast, contrive, throw, project - put or send forth; "She threw the flashlight beam into the corner"; "The setting sun threw long shadows"; "cast a spell"; "cast a warm light" | | | 6. | shoot - run or move very quickly or hastily; "She dashed into the yard"plunge - dash violently or with great speed or impetuosity; "She plunged at it eagerly" belt along, bucket along, cannonball along, hie, hotfoot, pelt along, race, rush, rush along, speed, hasten - step on it; "He rushed down the hall to receive his guests"; "The cars raced down the street" | | | 7. | shoot - move quickly and violently; "The car tore down the street"; "He came charging into my office"belt along, bucket along, cannonball along, hie, hotfoot, pelt along, race, rush, rush along, speed, hasten - step on it; "He rushed down the hall to receive his guests"; "The cars raced down the street" rip - move precipitously or violently; "The tornado ripped along the coast" shoot up - rise dramatically; "Prices shot up overnight" | | | 8. | shoot - throw or propel in a specific direction or towards a specific objective; "shoot craps"; "shoot a golf ball"hit - cause to move by striking; "hit a ball" dunk - make a dunk shot, in basketball; "He dunked the ball" break - make the opening shot that scatters the balls birdie - to shoot in one stroke under par bogey - to shoot in one stroke over par knuckle - shoot a marble while keeping one's knuckles on the ground | | | 9. | shoot - record on photographic film; "I photographed the scene of the accident"; "She snapped a picture of the President"film, shoot, take - make a film or photograph of something; "take a scene"; "shoot a movie" retake - photograph again; "Please retake that scene" x-ray - take an x-ray of something or somebody; "The doctor x-rayed my chest" | | | 10. | shoot - emit (as light, flame, or fumes) suddenly and forcefully; "The dragon shot fumes and flames out of its mouth"give out, emit, give off - give off, send forth, or discharge; as of light, heat, or radiation, vapor, etc.; "The ozone layer blocks some harmful rays which the sun emits" | | | 11. | shoot - cause a sharp and sudden pain in; "The pain shot up her leg" | | | 12. | shoot - force or drive (a fluid or gas) into by piercing; "inject hydrogen into the balloon"inject, shoot - give an injection to; "We injected the glucose into the patient's vein" | | | 13. | shoot - variegate by interweaving weft threads of different colors; "shoot cloth" | | | 14. | shoot - throw dice, as in a crap gamethrow - throw (a die) out onto a flat surface; "Throw a six" | | | 15. | shoot - spend frivolously and unwisely; "Fritter away one's inheritance" | | | 16. | shoot - score; "shoot a basket"; "shoot a goal"athletics, sport - an active diversion requiring physical exertion and competition rack up, score, tally, hit - gain points in a game; "The home team scored many times"; "He hit a home run"; "He hit .300 in the past season" | | | 17. | shoot - utter fast and forcefully; "She shot back an answer"let loose, let out, utter, emit - express audibly; utter sounds (not necessarily words); "She let out a big heavy sigh"; "He uttered strange sounds that nobody could understand" | | | 18. | shoot - measure the altitude of by using a sextant; "shoot a star"measure, measure out, mensurate - determine the measurements of something or somebody, take measurements of; "Measure the length of the wall" | | | 19. | shoot - produce buds, branches, or germinate; "the potatoes sprouted"grow - increase in size by natural process; "Corn doesn't grow here"; "In these forests, mushrooms grow under the trees" germinate - cause to grow or sprout; "the plentiful rain germinated my plants" | | | 20. | shoot - give an injection to; "We injected the glucose into the patient's vein"practice of medicine, medicine - the learned profession that is mastered by graduate training in a medical school and that is devoted to preventing or alleviating or curing diseases and injuries; "he studied medicine at Harvard" infuse - introduce into the body through a vein, for therapeutic purposes; "Some physiologists infuses sugar solutions into the veins of animals" vaccinate, immunise, immunize, inoculate - perform vaccinations or produce immunity in by inoculation; "We vaccinate against scarlet fever"; "The nurse vaccinated the children in the school" inject, shoot - force or drive (a fluid or gas) into by piercing; "inject hydrogen into the balloon" | |
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