shoot is the dictionary form of shoots Definition of shoot
shoot has definitions from the fields of botany,medicine,sport,photography,film,arms
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[ verb ] (arms) hit with a missile from a weapon

Synonyms

hit pip

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[ verb ] (arms) kill by firing a missile

Synonyms

pip

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[ verb ] (arms) fire a shot
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[ verb ] (photography,film) make a film or photograph of something

Synonyms

take film

Examples

"take a scene" "shoot a movie"

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[ verb ] run or move very quickly or hastily

Synonyms

dash scoot flash scud dart

Examples

"She dashed into the yard"

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[ verb ] send forth suddenly, intensely, swiftly

Examples

"shoot a glance"

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[ verb ] move quickly and violently

Examples

"The car tore down the street" "He came charging into my office"

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[ verb ] (photography) record on photographic film

Synonyms

photograph snap

Examples

"I photographed the scene of the accident" "She snapped a picture of the President"

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[ verb ] (sport) throw or propel in a specific direction or towards a specific objective

Examples

"shoot craps" "shoot a golf ball"

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[ verb ] emit (as light, flame, or fumes) suddenly and forcefully

Examples

"The dragon shot fumes and flames out of its mouth."

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[ verb ] spend frivolously and unwisely

Examples

"Fritter away one's inheritance"

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[ verb ] produce buds, branches, or germinate; of plants
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[ verb ] (sport) score

Examples

"shoot a basket" "shoot a goal"

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[ verb ] variegate by interweaving weft threads of different colors

Examples

"shoot cloth"

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[ verb ] force or drive (a fluid or gas) into by piercing

Synonyms

inject

Examples

"inject hydrogen into the balloon"

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[ noun ] (botany) a new branch
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[ verb ] measure the altitude of by using a sextant

Examples

"shoot a star"

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[ verb ] utter fast and forcefully

Examples

"She shot back an answer"

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[ verb ] cause a sharp and sudden pain in

Examples

"The pain shot up her leg"

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[ verb ] throw dice, as in a crap game
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[ verb ] (medicine) give an injection to

Synonyms

inject

Examples

"We injected the glucose into the patient's vein"

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[ noun ] (arms) the act of shooting at targets

Examples

"they hold a shoot every weekend during the summer"

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