What is the meaning of shoot?

noun

  • A new branch.
  • The act of shooting at targets.
    • usage: "they hold a shoot every weekend during the summer"

verb

  • Hit with a missile from a weapon.
  • Kill by firing a missile.
  • Fire a shot.
    • usage: "the gunman blasted away"
  • Make a film or photograph of something.
    • usage: "take a scene"; "shoot a movie"
  • Send forth suddenly, intensely, swiftly.
    • usage: "shoot a glance"
  • Run or move very quickly or hastily.
    • usage: "She dashed into the yard"
  • Move quickly and violently.
    • usage: "The car tore down the street"; "He came charging into my office"
  • Throw or propel in a specific direction or towards a specific objective.
    • usage: "shoot craps"; "shoot a golf ball"
  • Record on photographic film.
    • usage: "I photographed the scene of the accident"; "She snapped a picture of the President"
  • Emit (as light, flame, or fumes) suddenly and forcefully.
    • usage: "The dragon shot fumes and flames out of its mouth"
  • Cause a sharp and sudden pain in.
    • usage: "The pain shot up her leg"
  • Force or drive (a fluid or gas) into by piercing.
    • usage: "inject hydrogen into the balloon"
  • Variegate by interweaving weft threads of different colors.
    • usage: "shoot cloth"
  • Throw dice, as in a crap game.
  • Spend frivolously and unwisely.
    • usage: "Fritter away one's inheritance"
  • Score.
    • usage: "shoot a basket"; "shoot a goal"
  • Utter fast and forcefully.
    • usage: "She shot back an answer"
  • Measure the altitude of by using a sextant.
    • usage: "shoot a star"
  • Produce buds, branches, or germinate.
    • usage: "the potatoes sprouted"
  • Give an injection to.
    • usage: "We injected the glucose into the patient's vein"
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