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Quick definitions from WordNet (shoot)
▸ noun: the act of shooting at targets ("They hold a shoot every weekend during the summer")
▸ noun: a new branch
▸ verb: send forth suddenly, intensely, swiftly ("Shoot a glance")
▸ verb: cause a sharp and sudden pain in
▸ verb: kill by firing a missile
▸ verb: emit (as light, flame, or fumes) suddenly and forcefully
▸ verb: produce buds, branches, or germinate
▸ verb: measure the altitude of by using a sextant ("Shoot a star")
▸ verb: utter fast and forcefully
▸ verb: score ("Shoot a basket")
▸ verb: fire a shot
▸ verb: hit with a missile from a weapon
▸ verb: throw dice, as in a crap game
▸ verb: variegate by interweaving weft threads of different colors ("Shoot cloth")
▸ verb: throw or propel in a specific direction or towards a specific objective ("Shoot craps")
▸ verb: move quickly and violently
▸ verb: give an injection to
▸ verb: make a film or photograph of something ("Shoot a movie")
▸ verb: force or drive (a fluid or gas) into by piercing
▸ verb: record on photographic film
▸ verb: spend frivolously and unwisely
▸ verb: run or move very quickly or hastily
▸ Also see shot
▸ Word origin
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▸ Idioms related to shoot (New!)
▸ Popular adjectives describing shoot
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▸ Rhymes of shoot
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▸ noun: the act of shooting at targets ("They hold a shoot every weekend during the summer")
▸ noun: a new branch
▸ verb: send forth suddenly, intensely, swiftly ("Shoot a glance")
▸ verb: cause a sharp and sudden pain in
▸ verb: kill by firing a missile
▸ verb: emit (as light, flame, or fumes) suddenly and forcefully
▸ verb: produce buds, branches, or germinate
▸ verb: measure the altitude of by using a sextant ("Shoot a star")
▸ verb: utter fast and forcefully
▸ verb: score ("Shoot a basket")
▸ verb: fire a shot
▸ verb: hit with a missile from a weapon
▸ verb: throw dice, as in a crap game
▸ verb: variegate by interweaving weft threads of different colors ("Shoot cloth")
▸ verb: throw or propel in a specific direction or towards a specific objective ("Shoot craps")
▸ verb: move quickly and violently
▸ verb: give an injection to
▸ verb: make a film or photograph of something ("Shoot a movie")
▸ verb: force or drive (a fluid or gas) into by piercing
▸ verb: record on photographic film
▸ verb: spend frivolously and unwisely
▸ verb: run or move very quickly or hastily
▸ Also see shot
▸ Word origin
▸ Words similar to shoot
▸ Usage examples for shoot
▸ Idioms related to shoot (New!)
▸ Popular adjectives describing shoot
▸ Words that often appear near shoot
▸ Rhymes of shoot
▸ Invented words related to shoot