n
A counterblow; a return stroke
v
(US, video games, slang) To follow (a player in a first-person shooter game) in order to shoot them from behind.
v
(transitive, cooking) to flatten something (e.g. with a rolling pin)
v
(idiomatic, US) To chat; to shoot the breeze.
v
(transitive, informal) To do something quickly or in one session.
v
(transitive, military, historical, of a person) To execute by tying against the muzzle of a loaded cannon, which is then fired.
v
(especially with along, down, up etc.) To move at high speed.
v
(slang) To travel very rapidly, especially in a vehicle.
v
(transitive) To fire or launch something, as if from a catapult.
v
(intransitive) To perform a counterstrike.
n
A final blow or shot given to kill a wounded person or animal.
v
(transitive) To throw with a sudden effort or thrust; to hurl or launch.
n
An initial nuclear attack that aims to destroy the command and control mechanisms of the enemy, preventing retaliation.
v
(informal) To knock someone to the floor, especially with a single punch.
v
(obsolete, Ireland, Britain) To fire a gun into the air in order to end a duel.
v
(transitive, colloquial, slang) To shoot in the head.
v
(transitive, archaic) To throw like a lance; to hurl.
v
(intransitive, figuratively) To begin to talk or present information quickly.
v
(transitive) to shoot out
n
(public relations) To direct media attention at a second story in order to minimize the impact of an embarrassing story.
v
(slang) To be fired from one's employment.
v
(intransitive, idiomatic) To move or proceed very quickly.
v
(transitive) To kill by means of a firearm, especially deliberately and in a brutal manner.
n
(idiomatic) An act or instance of jumping the gun.
v
(informal) To draw back the arm in order to punch.
n
(military) The military technique of attacking one place and then quickly moving to another before defenders can react.
v
(slang) To drive a vehicle, especially a car or motorcycle, really fast.
v
(transitive, dated) To describe with quick characteristic strokes.
v
(transitive, slang) To steal.
v
(slang, intransitive, idiomatic) To depart in a hurry; to clear out.
v
To shoot forward or out; to project; to jut out.
v
(intransitive) To carry out a suicide attack, especially by crashing an aircraft.
n
An act of starting a motorcycle by quickly depressing the kick start with one's foot.
v
(transitive) To throw (a projectile such as a lance, dart or ball); to hurl; to propel with force.
v
(idiomatic, intransitive) To strike or release a projectile with great force.
v
(transitive, intransitive, informal) to fire (a weapon, or ammunition); to shoot (using a firearm)
v
(US, dialect, intransitive) To succeed; to overcome obstacles.
v
To shoot beyond; to shoot too far to hit something.
n
A sneak attack, often using underhanded measures.
v
(croquet, intransitive) To finish a game of croquet.
v
(transitive, figuratively) To throw suddenly.
n
An attack launched as a defensive measure.
n
(obsolete) Someone or something that launches a projectile.
v
(transitive) To clean the barrel of a firearm using a pull through.
v
(transitive) To hit a person so that they become unconscious (knocked out).
v
(archaic, idiomatic) To prepare a particular punishment or penalty to be applied in the future.
v
To rebound off something wildly in a seemingly random direction.
v
(transitive, obsolete) To kill.
n
(military) The practice of dropping a nonexplosive or low-yield device on a target around 10 to 15 minutes before a bombing in order to caution any civilians present to flee, so as to minimize civilian casualties.
n
(video games) In fighting games, a strategy that aims to overwhelm the opponent through speed and aggression.
v
To protrude; to jut; to project; to extend.
v
(idiomatic, US) To act boldly.
v
(figuratively) To speak or act quickly based on first impressions, without carefully studying the background information, wider context, etc.
v
(idiomatic) To speak confidently and unhesitantly but without careful forethought or a reliable knowledge of important facts pertaining to the subject matter.
v
(idiomatic) Find faults.
v
(idiomatic) To do (something, usually a written or verbal communication) quickly, and without hesitation or forethought.
v
(idiomatic) To use up one's resources, especially a singular one or one not readily restored.
v
(idiomatic, vulgar or slang, figuratively) To expend one's resources or one's opportunity, especially prematurely; to blow one's chance.
v
(colloquial) To breezily try to attract a romantic partner, especially when the chances of succeeding are slim; to take a chance.
v
(slang) To expend all of one's resources or efforts; to express all the arguments or ideas which one has.
v
(idiomatic, US) To chat idly or generally waste time talking.
v
(idiomatic) To chinwag; to talk idly.
v
(simile, Australia, colloquial, informal) To leave in haste.
n
A decisive battle, especially a gunfight.
n
(idiomatic) A warning that negative consequences will be faced if something is carried out or allowed to continue.
adj
Having ejected the spawn.
n
(engineering) The period after the initial impact of an object with a surface through the subsequent impact of the object on that surface, as an aircraft landing or a container falling.
n
(military) An initial attack with nuclear weapons that disables the enemy's nuclear capability and thus prevents retaliation.
v
(sports) To score a goal.
v
To pass over, or traverse, with the eye or with an instrument of observation.
v
(idiomatic, transitive) To aim a gun at something.
v
(idiomatic) To purposely receive a gunshot that was intended for another.
adv
(military, of missile guidance) To the target.
v
(obsolete) To throw (a projectile).
v
(martial arts) To lift the opponent off the ground and bring him back down, especially into a position behind the thrower.
v
(US, idiomatic, colloquial) Synonym of shoot the breeze
n
A quick surprise penetration attack deep into enemy territory, designed to confuse and potentially break enemy lines.
v
(transitive) To remove the shot from (a gun); to unload.
n
(informal) A shoot 'em up involving energy weapons.
n
(colloquial) A remote control for a television.
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