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"
  • produce buds, branches, or germinate
    "the potatoes sprouted"
    - burgeon forth
  • 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"
    - frivol away - fritter away - 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"
  • 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"
  • 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"
    - shoot down
  • run or move very quickly or hastily
    "She dashed into the yard"
  • send forth suddenly, intensely, swiftly
    "shoot a glance"
  • make a film or photograph of something
    "take a scene"
    "shoot a movie"
  • fire a shot
    "the gunman blasted away"
  • kill by firing a missile
  • hit with a missile from a weapon
Based on WordNet 3.0, Farlex clipart collection. © 2003-2012 Princeton University, Farlex Inc.

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Unscramble shoot

39 unscramble word found using the letters shoot.

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