Definition of Shoot

Noun

• the act of shooting at targets
  "they hold a shoot every weekend during the summer"
  
• a new branch
  

Verb

• give an injection to
  "We injected the glucose into the patient's vein"
  inject
• produce buds, branches, or germinate
  "the potatoes sprouted"
  spud germinate pullulate bourgeon - burgeon forth sprout
• measure the altitude of by using a sextant
  "shoot a star"
  
• utter fast and forcefully
  "She shot back an answer"
  
• score
  "shoot a basket"
  "shoot a goal"
  
• spend frivolously and unwisely
  "Fritter away one's inheritance"
  fritter - frivol away dissipate - fritter away fool - fool away
• throw dice, as in a crap game
  
• variegate by interweaving weft threads of different colors
  "shoot cloth"
  
• force or drive (a fluid or gas) into by piercing
  "inject hydrogen into the balloon"
  inject
• cause a sharp and sudden pain in
  "The pain shot up her leg"
  
• emit (as light, flame, or fumes) suddenly and forcefully
  "The dragon shot fumes and flames out of its mouth"
  
• record on photographic film
  "I photographed the scene of the accident"
  "She snapped a picture of the President"
  photograph snap
• throw or propel in a specific direction or towards a specific objective
  "shoot craps"
  "shoot a golf ball"
  
• move quickly and violently
  "The car tore down the street"
  "He came charging into my office"
  tear - shoot down charge buck
• run or move very quickly or hastily
  "She dashed into the yard"
  dart dash scoot scud flash
• send forth suddenly, intensely, swiftly
  "shoot a glance"
  
• make a film or photograph of something
  "take a scene"
  "shoot a movie"
  film take
• fire a shot
  "the gunman blasted away"
  blast
• kill by firing a missile
  pip
• hit with a missile from a weapon
  hit pip

Word games points for the Shoot

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Unscramble shoot

39 unscramble word found using the letters shoot.

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