Defenition of the word shoot
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Defenition of the word shoot
- To fire a bullet from a firearm.
- To kill a person or an animal with a shot from a firearm.
- To execute a condemned by firing squad.
- To give an injection to.
- run or move very quickly or hastily; "She dashed into the yard"
- make a film or photograph of something; "take a scene"; "shoot a movie"
- spend frivolously and unwisely; "Fritter away one's inheritance"
- give an injection to; "We injected the glucose into the patient's vein"
- force or drive (a fluid or gas) into by piercing; "inject hydrogen into the balloon"
- record on photographic film"I photographed the scene of the accident"
- the act of shooting at targets; "they hold a shoot every weekend during the summer"
- a new branch
- fire a shot
- play a shot; hit a ball; as in golf, hockey, etc.
- send forth suddenly, intensely, swiftly;"shoot a glance"
- cause a shooting pain
- emit (as light, flame, or fumes) suddenly and forcefully; "The dragon shot fumes and flames out of its mouth"
- hit with a missile from a weapon
- kill by firing a missile
- produce buds, branches, or germinate; of plants
- move quickly and violently; "The car tore down the street"; "He came charging into my office"
- give an injection to; "We injected the glucose into the patient''s vein"
- produce buds, branches, or germinate; "the potatoes sprouted"
- measure the altitude of by using a sextant; "shoot a star"
- utter fast and forcefully; "She shot back an answer"
- record on photographic film; "I photographed the scene of the accident"; "She snapped a picture of the President"
- score; "shoot a basket"; "shoot a goal"
- spend frivolously and unwisely; "Fritter away one''s inheritance"
- throw dice, as in a crap game
- variegate by interweaving weft threads of different colors; "shoot cloth"
- throw or propel in a specific direction or towards a specific objective; "shoot craps"; "shoot a golf ball"
- send forth suddenly, intensely, swiftly; "shoot a glance"
- cause a sharp and sudden pain in; "The pain shot up her leg"
- the act of shooting at targets
- give an injection to
- produce buds, branches, or germinate
- measure the altitude of by using a sextant
- utter fast and forcefully
- make a film or photograph of something
- record on photographic film
- score
- spend frivolously and unwisely
- variegate by interweaving weft threads of different colors
- force or drive (a fluid or gas) into by piercing
- throw or propel in a specific direction or towards a specific objective
- move quickly and violently
- run or move very quickly or hastily
- send forth suddenly, intensely, swiftly
- cause a sharp and sudden pain in
- emit (as light, flame, or fumes) suddenly and forcefully
Synonyms for the word shoot
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- aim
- appear
- bourgeon
- buck
- burgeon forth
- burst
- cast
- charge
- dart
- dash
- develop
- direct
- discharge
- dissipate
- film
- fire
- flash
- fool
- fool away
- fritter
- fritter away
- frivol away
- germinate
- gun down
- hit
- inject
- injure
- jet
- kill
- let off
- net
- photograph
- pip
- point
- produce buds
- pullulate
- race
- run
- scoot
- score
- scud
- shoot down
- snap
- speed
- sprout
- spud
- spurt
- squirt
- start to grow
- take
- tear
- whiz
- wound
- zip
- zoom
Similar words in the shoot
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- cut back
- flash back
- shoot
- shoot up
- shooter
- shooter's
- shooters
- shootout
- shootouts
Hyponyms for the word shoot
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- birdie
- blaze
- blaze away
- bogey
- break
- carom
- chip
- double birdie
- double bogey
- dunk
- eagle
- fire
- flight
- grass
- gun
- gun down
- immunise
- immunize
- infuse
- inoculate
- kneecap
- knuckle
- open fire
- overshoot
- pick off
- plunge
- pump
- reshoot
- retake
- rip
- sharpshoot
- skeet
- skeet shooting
- snipe
- sucker
- tiller
- trapshooting
- vaccinate
- x-ray
Hypernyms for the word shoot
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- ache
- administer
- belt along
- branch
- bucket along
- cannonball along
- cast
- consume
- contrive
- discharge
- dispense
- emit
- enclose
- enter
- fire
- give off
- give out
- grow
- hasten
- hie
- hit
- hotfoot
- hurt
- inclose
- injure
- insert
- interweave
- introduce
- kill
- let loose
- let out
- measure
- measure out
- mensurate
- pelt along
- project
- put down
- put in
- race
- rack up
- record
- rush
- rush along
- score
- shooting
- shot
- smart
- speed
- sprout
- squander
- step on it
- stick in
- tally
- throw
- utter
- ware
- waste
- weave
- wound
Idioms for the word shoot
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- shoot from the hip
- shoot onself in the foot
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