shoot
shoot
ʃu:t
shoot
/ʃuːt/

āχāĻ‚āϰ⧇āϜāĻŋāϤ⧇ "shoot"āĻāϰ āϏāĻ‚āĻœā§āĻžāĻž āĻ“ āĻ…āĻ°ā§āĻĨ

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āϗ⧁āϞāĻŋ āϚāĻžāϞāĻžāύ⧋, āύāĻŋāĻ•ā§āώ⧇āĻĒ āĻ•āϰāĻž

to release a bullet or arrow from a gun or bow
Intransitive
to shoot definition and meaning
āωāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ
The hunter carefully aimed and shot at the target in the distance.
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āϚāĻŋāĻ¤ā§āϰāĻ—ā§āϰāĻšāĻŖ āĻ•āϰāĻž, āĻ›āĻŦāĻŋ āϤ⧋āϞāĻž

to film or take a photograph of something
Transitive: to shoot a photograph or film
to shoot definition and meaning
āωāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ
They shot several takes before getting the perfect one for the film.
āϤāĻžāϰāĻž āϚāϞāĻšā§āϚāĻŋāĻ¤ā§āϰ⧇āϰ āϜāĻ¨ā§āϝ āύāĻŋāϖ⧁āρāϤāϟāĻŋ āĻĒāĻžāĻ“āϝāĻŧāĻžāϰ āφāϗ⧇ āĻŦ⧇āĻļ āĻ•āϝāĻŧ⧇āĻ•āϟāĻŋ āĻļ⧁āϟ āĻ•āϰ⧇āĻ›āĻŋāϞāĨ¤
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āϗ⧁āϞāĻŋ āĻ•āϰāĻž, āĻšāĻ¤ā§āϝāĻž āĻ•āϰāĻž

to kill or injure a person or animal using a firearm, bow, or similar weapon
Transitive: to shoot a person or animal
āωāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ
He was shot while attempting to escape the attackers.
āφāĻ•ā§āϰāĻŽāĻŖāĻ•āĻžāϰ⧀āĻĻ⧇āϰ āĻĨ⧇āϕ⧇ āĻĒāĻžāϞāĻžāύ⧋āϰ āĻšā§‡āĻˇā§āϟāĻž āĻ•āϰāĻžāϰ āϏāĻŽāϝāĻŧ āϤāĻžāϕ⧇ āϗ⧁āϞāĻŋ āĻ•āϰāĻž āĻšāϝāĻŧ⧇āĻ›āĻŋāϞāĨ¤
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āϗ⧁āϞāĻŋ āϚāĻžāϞāĻžāύ⧋, āφāϗ⧁āύ āĻ•āϰāĻž

to make a gun discharge or fire a bullet
Transitive: to shoot a weapon
āωāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ
The soldier shot the pistol to alert the others of danger.
āϏ⧈āύāĻŋāĻ•āϟāĻŋ āĻŦāĻŋāĻĒāĻĻ āϏāĻŽā§āĻĒāĻ°ā§āϕ⧇ āĻ…āĻ¨ā§āϝāĻĻ⧇āϰ āϏāϤāĻ°ā§āĻ• āĻ•āϰāϤ⧇ āĻĒāĻŋāĻ¸ā§āϤāϞ āϗ⧁āϞāĻŋ āĻ•āϰ⧇āĻ›āĻŋāϞāĨ¤
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āĻĻā§āϰ⧁āϤ āĻŦ⧇āϰāĻŋāϝāĻŧ⧇ āϝāĻžāĻ“āϝāĻŧāĻž, āĻĻā§āϰ⧁āϤ āϚāϞāĻž

to move or travel at great speed or with urgency
Intransitive: to shoot somewhere
āωāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ
He shot down the street to catch the bus just in time.
āϏ⧇ āĻŦāĻžāϏāϟāĻŋ āĻ āĻŋāĻ• āϏāĻŽāϝāĻŧ⧇ āϧāϰāϤ⧇ āϰāĻžāĻ¸ā§āϤāĻž āĻĻāĻŋāϝāĻŧ⧇ āϛ⧁āĻŸā§‡ āϗ⧇āϞāĨ¤
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āϛ⧋āĻĄāĻŧāĻž, āύāĻŋāĻ•ā§āώ⧇āĻĒ āĻ•āϰāĻž

to direct or send something with suddenness or intensity
Transitive: to shoot a glance
āωāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ
The teacher shot a stern look at the student for talking during class.
āĻļāĻŋāĻ•ā§āώāĻ• āĻ•ā§āϞāĻžāϏ⧇āϰ āϏāĻŽāϝāĻŧ āĻ•āĻĨāĻž āĻŦāϞāĻžāϰ āϜāĻ¨ā§āϝ āĻ›āĻžāĻ¤ā§āϰāϟāĻŋāϕ⧇ āĻāĻ•āϟāĻŋ āĻ•āĻ ā§‹āϰ āĻĻ⧃āĻˇā§āϟāĻŋ āύāĻŋāĻ•ā§āώ⧇āĻĒ āĻ•āϰ⧇āĻ›āĻŋāϞ⧇āύāĨ¤
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āĻļ⧁āϟ āĻ•āϰāĻž, āϚāĻŋāĻ¤ā§āϰāĻ—ā§āϰāĻšāĻŖ āĻ•āϰāĻž

to record something using a camera
Intransitive
āωāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ
They began shooting at sunrise to capture the perfect lighting.
āϤāĻžāϰāĻž āύāĻŋāϖ⧁āρāϤ āφāϞ⧋ āĻ•ā§āϝāĻžāĻĒāϚāĻžāϰ āĻ•āϰāϤ⧇ āϏ⧂āĻ°ā§āϝ⧋āĻĻāϝāĻŧ⧇āϰ āϏāĻŽāϝāĻŧ āĻļ⧁āϟāĻŋāĻ‚ āĻļ⧁āϰ⧁ āĻ•āϰ⧇āĻ›āĻŋāϞāĨ¤
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āĻļ⧁āϟ āĻ•āϰāĻž, āĻŽāĻžāϰāĻž

to kick, hit, or throw the ball or puck in an attempt to score a goal in sports
Transitive: to shoot a ball
āωāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ
She lined up to shoot the puck into the net but was blocked by the goalie.
āϤāĻŋāύāĻŋ āύ⧇āĻŸā§‡ āĻĒāĻžāĻ• āĻļ⧁āϟ āĻ•āϰāϤ⧇ āϞāĻžāχāύ⧇ āĻĻāĻžāρāĻĄāĻŧāĻŋāϝāĻŧ⧇āĻ›āĻŋāϞ⧇āύ āĻ•āĻŋāĻ¨ā§āϤ⧁ āĻ—ā§‹āϞāϰāĻ•ā§āώāĻ• āĻĻā§āĻŦāĻžāϰāĻž āĻŦā§āϞāĻ• āĻ•āϰāĻž āĻšāϝāĻŧ⧇āĻ›āĻŋāϞāĨ¤
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āϗ⧁āϞāĻŋ āĻ•āϰāĻž, āύāĻŋāĻ•ā§āώ⧇āĻĒ āĻ•āϰāĻž

to make something move quickly and forcefully in a specific direction
Transitive: to shoot sth somewhere
āωāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ
She shot her hand up when the teacher asked a question.
āĻļāĻŋāĻ•ā§āώāĻ• āĻĒā§āϰāĻļā§āύ āϜāĻŋāĻœā§āĻžāĻžāϏāĻž āĻ•āϰāϞ⧇ āϏ⧇ āĻĻā§āϰ⧁āϤ āĻšāĻžāϤ āϤ⧁āϞ⧇ āĻĻāĻŋāϞāĨ¤
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āχāĻžā§āĻœā§‡āĻ•ā§āϟ āĻ•āϰāĻž, āĻĄā§āϰāĻžāĻ— āύ⧇āĻ“āϝāĻŧāĻž

to inject oneself or someone else with a drug
Transitive: to shoot a drug
āωāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ
She used to shoot methamphetamine but has since sought help.
āϤāĻŋāύāĻŋ āĻĒā§‚āĻ°ā§āĻŦ⧇ āĻŽā§‡āĻĨāĻžāĻŽāĻĢ⧇āϟāĻžāĻŽāĻžāχāύ āχāĻžā§āĻœā§‡āĻ•ā§āϟ āĻ•āϰāϤ⧇āύ āĻ•āĻŋāĻ¨ā§āϤ⧁ āϤāĻžāϰāĻĒāϰ āĻĨ⧇āϕ⧇ āϏāĻžāĻšāĻžāĻ¯ā§āϝ āĻšā§‡āϝāĻŧ⧇āϛ⧇āύāĨ¤
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āĻ…āĻ™ā§āϕ⧁āϰāĻŋāϤ āĻšāĻ“āϝāĻŧāĻž, āĻ—āϜāĻžāύ⧋

to begin growing or sprouting, typically in the form of new buds or shoots
Intransitive
āωāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ
After the rain, the young plants started to shoot from the soil.
āĻŦ⧃āĻˇā§āϟāĻŋāϰ āĻĒāϰ, āϤāϰ⧁āĻŖ āĻ—āĻžāĻ›āĻĒāĻžāϞāĻž āĻŽāĻžāϟāĻŋ āĻĨ⧇āϕ⧇ āĻ…āĻ™ā§āϕ⧁āϰāĻŋāϤ āĻšāϤ⧇ āĻļ⧁āϰ⧁ āĻ•āϰāϞāĨ¤
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āĻĒāϰāĻŋāĻŽāĻžāĻĒ āĻ•āϰāĻž, āωāĻšā§āϚāϤāĻž āύāĻŋāĻ°ā§āϧāĻžāϰāĻŖ āĻ•āϰāĻž

to measure the altitude or height of something
Transitive: to shoot altitude of a celestial body
āωāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ
Using a sextant, he shot the altitude of the sun to calculate the time.
āĻāĻ•āϟāĻŋ āϏ⧇āĻ•ā§āϏāĻŸā§āϝāĻžāĻ¨ā§āϟ āĻŦā§āϝāĻŦāĻšāĻžāϰ āĻ•āϰ⧇, āϤāĻŋāύāĻŋ āϏāĻŽāϝāĻŧ āĻ—āĻŖāύāĻž āĻ•āϰāϤ⧇ āϏ⧂āĻ°ā§āϝ⧇āϰ āωāĻšā§āϚāϤāĻž āĻĒāϰāĻŋāĻŽāĻžāĻĒ āĻ•āϰ⧇āĻ›āĻŋāϞ⧇āύāĨ¤
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āϛ⧁āρāĻĄāĻŧ⧇ āĻĢ⧇āϞāĻž, āϗ⧁āϞāĻŋ āĻ•āϰāĻž

to say or make words or sounds quickly, suddenly, or with force
Transitive: to shoot a work or remark
āωāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ
The child shot questions at his parents all afternoon.
āϏāĻ¨ā§āϤāĻžāύāϟāĻŋ āϏāĻžāϰāĻžāĻĻāĻŋāύ āϤāĻžāϰ āĻŦāĻžāĻŦāĻž-āĻŽāĻžāϕ⧇ āĻĒā§āϰāĻļā§āύ āĻŦāĻ°ā§āώāĻŖ āĻ•āϰ⧇āĻ›āĻŋāϞāĨ¤
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āĻ…āĻ°ā§āϜāύ āĻ•āϰāĻž, āĻ•āϰāĻž

to achieve a particular score in a round of golf
Transitive: to shoot a score
āωāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ
After weeks of practice, she finally shot her best score of the season.
āϏāĻĒā§āϤāĻžāĻšā§‡āϰ āĻĒāϰ āϏāĻĒā§āϤāĻžāĻš āĻ…āύ⧁āĻļā§€āϞāύ⧇āϰ āĻĒāϰ, āϏ⧇ āĻ…āĻŦāĻļ⧇āώ⧇ āĻŽā§ŒāϏ⧁āĻŽā§‡āϰ āϤāĻžāϰ āϏ⧇āϰāĻž āĻ¸ā§āϕ⧋āϰ āĻļ⧁āϟ āĻ•āϰ⧇āϛ⧇āĨ¤
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āĻ…āĻĒāϚāϝāĻŧ āĻ•āϰāĻž, āĻ…āĻĒāĻŦā§āϝ⧟ āĻ•āϰāĻž

to waste or consume something, such as time or money, recklessly or unnecessarily
Transitive: to shoot money or time
āωāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ
She shot the whole afternoon watching TV instead of working.
āϏ⧇ āĻ•āĻžāϜ āĻ•āϰāĻžāϰ āĻĒāϰāĻŋāĻŦāĻ°ā§āϤ⧇ āĻĒ⧁āϰ⧋ āĻŦāĻŋāϕ⧇āϞ āϟāĻŋāĻ­āĻŋ āĻĻ⧇āϖ⧇ āύāĻˇā§āϟ āĻ•āϰāϞāĨ¤
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āĻŦāĻžāϜāĻŋ āϧāϰāĻž, āϜ⧁āϝāĻŧāĻž āϖ⧇āϞāĻž

to place or offer a bet on the outcome of rolling dice
Transitive: to shoot a bet
āωāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ
He shot a wager on the dice, feeling lucky for the next round.
āϤāĻŋāύāĻŋ āĻĒāĻžāĻļāĻž āωāĻĒāϰ āĻāĻ•āϟāĻŋ āĻŦāĻžāϜāĻŋ āĻļ⧁āϟ āĻ•āϰ⧇āύ, āĻĒāϰ⧇āϰ āϰāĻžāωāĻ¨ā§āĻĄā§‡āϰ āϜāĻ¨ā§āϝ āĻ­āĻžāĻ—ā§āϝāĻŦāĻžāύ āĻŽāύ⧇ āĻ•āϰ⧇āύāĨ¤
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āĻāĻ•āϟāĻŋ āϤ⧀āĻ•ā§āĻˇā§āĻŖ āĻŦā§āϝāĻĨāĻž āĻ…āύ⧁āĻ­āĻŦ āĻ•āϰāĻž, āĻāĻ•āϟāĻŋ āϤ⧀āĻ•ā§āĻˇā§āĻŖ āĻŦā§āϝāĻĨāĻž āĻĻā§āĻŦāĻžāϰāĻž āĻŦāĻŋāĻĻā§āϧ āĻšāĻ“āϝāĻŧāĻž

to experience a sharp, stabbing pain that moves quickly through a specific area of the body
Intransitive: to shoot somewhere
āωāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ
She felt a sharp pain shoot down her leg after twisting her ankle.
āϤāĻŋāύāĻŋ āϤāĻžāϰ āĻ—ā§‹āĻĄāĻŧāĻžāϞāĻŋ āĻŽā§‹āϚāĻĄāĻŧāĻžāύ⧋āϰ āĻĒāϰ āϤāĻžāϰ āĻĒāĻžāϝāĻŧ⧇ āĻāĻ•āϟāĻŋ āϤ⧀āĻŦā§āϰ āĻŦā§āϝāĻĨāĻž āϛ⧁āĻŸā§‡ āϝāĻžāĻ“āϝāĻŧāĻž āĻ…āύ⧁āĻ­āĻŦ āĻ•āϰ⧇āĻ›āĻŋāϞ⧇āύāĨ¤
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āύāĻŋāĻ•ā§āώ⧇āĻĒ āĻ•āϰāĻž, āύāĻŋāĻ°ā§āĻ—āϤ āĻ•āϰāĻž

to release or emit light, flame, smoke, or other substances suddenly and rapidly
Transitive: to shoot light or smoke
āωāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ
The engine misfired, shooting flames from the exhaust pipe.
āχāĻžā§āϜāĻŋāύ āĻŽāĻŋāϏāĻĢāĻžāϝāĻŧāĻžāϰ āĻ•āϰ⧇āϛ⧇, āĻāĻ•ā§āϏāĻšāĻ¸ā§āϟ āĻĒāĻžāχāĻĒ āĻĨ⧇āϕ⧇ āφāϗ⧁āύ āϛ⧁āρāĻĄāĻŧ⧇ āĻĻāĻŋāĻšā§āϛ⧇āĨ¤
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āĻ…āĻ™ā§āϕ⧁āϰ, āϕ⧁āρāĻĄāĻŧāĻŋ

a new growth on a tree or plant or the part of a plant that starts to appear above the ground because it is growing
shoot definition and meaning
āωāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ
The gardener carefully trimmed the new shoots on the rose bushes to encourage fuller blooms during the summer.
āĻŦāĻžāĻ—āĻžāύāĻŦāĻžāϞ⧀ āĻ—ā§āϰ⧀āĻˇā§āĻŽāĻ•āĻžāϞ⧇ āφāϰāĻ“ āĻĒā§‚āĻ°ā§āĻŖ āĻĢ⧁āϞ āωāĻ¤ā§āϏāĻžāĻšāĻŋāϤ āĻ•āϰāĻžāϰ āϜāĻ¨ā§āϝ āĻ—ā§‹āϞāĻžāĻĒ āĻ—āĻžāϛ⧇āϰ āύāϤ⧁āύ āϕ⧁āρāĻĄāĻŧāĻŋ āϏāĻžāĻŦāϧāĻžāύ⧇ āĻ›āĻžāρāĻŸā§‡āύāĨ¤
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the action of firing a weapon or attempting to hit a target

āωāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ
His accuracy during the shoot impressed the instructors.
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an exclamation of disappointment, frustration, or annoyance used as a polite alternative to stronger curse words

shoot definition and meaning
Informal
āωāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ
Shoot! I left my keys at home.

āĻļāĻŦā§āĻĻāϤāĻžāĻ¤ā§āĻ¤ā§āĻŦāĻŋāĻ• āĻ—āĻžāĻ›

overshoot
reshoot
shooter
shoot
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