shoot

[[t]ʃut[/t]]

v. shot, shoot•ing, n.

1) to hit, wound, damage, kill, or destroy with a missile discharged from a weapon

2) to send forth or discharge (a missile) from a weapon

3) to discharge (a weapon)

4) to send forth (questions, ideas, etc.) rapidly

5) to fling; propel:

The volcano shot lava high into the air[/ex]

6) to direct suddenly or swiftly:

He shot a smile at his wife[/ex]

7) to move suddenly; send swiftly along

8) to go over (country) in hunting game

9) to pass rapidly through, over, down, etc.:

to shoot the rapids[/ex]

10) to emit (a ray or rays, as of light) suddenly, briefly, or intermittently

11) to variegate by threads, streaks, etc., of another color

12) to cause to extend or project (often fol. by out):

He shot out his arm[/ex]

13) bot to put forth (buds, branches, etc.)

14) bui to slide (a bolt or the like) into or out of its fastening

15) to pull (one's cuffs) abruptly toward one's hands

16) sur to take the altitude of (a heavenly body)

17) to detonate; cause to explode

18) cvb to take a picture of; photograph or film

19) to send forth missiles from a bow, firearm, or the like

20) to be discharged, as a firearm

21) to hunt with a gun for sport

22) to move or pass suddenly or swiftly:

The car shot ahead and out of sight[/ex]

23) bot to put forth buds or shoots, as a plant; germinate

24) pht to take a photograph

25) sbz to film or begin to film a scene or movie

26) to extend; jut:

a cape shooting out into the sea[/ex]

27) spo to propel a ball, puck, etc., toward a goal or in a particular way

28) to flow through the body:

Pain shot through his arm[/ex]

29) to carry by force of discharge or momentum:

The missile shot thousands of miles into space[/ex]

30) inf Informal. to begin to talk

31) cvb phv shoot down

a) to cause to fall by hitting with a shot

b) to disparage, reject, or expose as false or inadequate

32) phv shoot for or at, to attempt to obtain or accomplish

33) phv shoot up

a) to grow rapidly or suddenly

b) to damage or harass by reckless shooting

c) to wound by shooting

d) Slang. to inject a narcotic drug intravenously

34) the act of shooting with a bow, firearm, etc

35) brit. a shooting expedition or contest

36) bot a growing or sprouting, as of a plant

37) bot a new or young growth that shoots off from some portion of a plant

38) bot a sprout that is not three feet high

39) a chute

40) rkt the launching of a missile

41) cvb sbz inf pht a photographic assignment or session, as for a feature film or a television commercial

42) spo Rowing. the interval between strokes

43) min a narrow vein of ore

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- shoot from the hip shoot off one's mouth or face shoot one's wad or bolt shoot the breeze or bull

Etymology: bef. 900; ME shoten (v.), OE scēotan, c. OFris skiata, OHG sciozzan, ON skjōta; akin to shot I shoot′er, n.