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Shoot

//ʃuːt// intj, noun, verb, slang

Definitions

Intj

1
A mild expletive, expressing disbelief or dismay
"Didn't you have a concert tonight? —Shoot! I forgot! I have to go and get ready…"

Noun

1
The emerging stem and embryonic leaves of a new plant.
"Prune off yet also superfluous branches, and shoots of this second spring."
2
the act of shooting at targets wordnet
3
A photography session.
"While you see some of our exploration on camera, I also spent many happy hours between shoots with Chris Nix, digging out dozens of wonderful plans, maps and drawings of projects that I never knew existed, and some that never did exist."
4
a new branch wordnet
5
A hunt or shooting competition.

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6
An event that is unscripted or legitimate. slang
7
The act of shooting; the discharge of a missile; a shot.
"The Turkish bow giveth a very forcible shoot."
8
A rush of water; a rapid.
9
A weft thread shot through the shed by the shuttle; a pick.
10
A shoat; a young pig.
11
A vein of ore running in the same general direction as the lode.
"where to find a shoot of ore opposite one they may have taken away on a parallel lode"
12
An inclined plane, either artificial or natural, down which timber, coal, ore, etc., are caused to slide; a chute.
"That there was no evidence before the jury that at the time of the accident the timber shoot was worked by the defendant company."
13
The act of taking all point cards in one hand.
14
A seismic survey carried out with geophones in an attempt to detect oil.
"Once the last line of cable has been retrieved, there is little evidence that a shoot has been conducted."

Verb

1
To launch (forcefully project) a projectile.; To fire (a weapon that releases a projectile). transitive
"to shoot a gun"
2
give an injection to wordnet
3
To launch (forcefully project) a projectile.; To fire (a projectile). transitive
"If you please / To shoot an arrow that self way."
4
produce buds, branches, or germinate wordnet
5
To launch (forcefully project) a projectile.; To fire a projectile at (a person or target). transitive
"The man, in a desperate bid for freedom, grabbed his gun and started shooting anyone he could."

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6
measure the altitude of by using a sextant wordnet
7
To launch (forcefully project) a projectile.; To cause a weapon to discharge a projectile. intransitive
"They shot at a target."
8
utter fast and forcefully wordnet
9
To launch (forcefully project) a projectile.; To hunt birds, etc. with a gun. intransitive
"They're coming to shoot with us on Sunday."
10
make a film or photograph of something wordnet
11
To launch (forcefully project) a projectile.; To hunt on (a piece of land); to kill game in or on. transitive
"Although the estate had been shot previously, there had been no effective keepering and little success with the pheasants released."
12
record on photographic film wordnet
13
To launch (forcefully project) a projectile.; To throw dice.
"Then, when it was his turn to shoot, he reached out with a completely empty hand and caught the dice the stickman threw to him."
14
score wordnet
15
To launch (forcefully project) a projectile.; To ejaculate. slang, transitive
"After a very short time, he shot his load over the carpet."
16
fire a shot; release wordnet
17
To launch (forcefully project) a projectile.; To begin to speak. intransitive, usually
""Can I ask you a question?" "Shoot.""
18
hit with a missile from a weapon wordnet
19
To launch (forcefully project) a projectile.; To discharge a missile; said of a weapon. intransitive
"The gun shoots well."
20
spend frivolously and unwisely wordnet
21
To launch (forcefully project) a projectile.; To dismiss or do away with. figuratively, transitive
"His idea was shot on sight."
22
throw dice, as in a crap game wordnet
23
To launch (forcefully project) a projectile.; To photograph. intransitive, transitive
"He shot the couple in a variety of poses."
24
variegate by interweaving weft threads of different colors wordnet
25
To launch (forcefully project) a projectile.; To film. intransitive, transitive
"The film was mostly shot in France."
26
force or drive (a fluid or gas) into by piercing wordnet
27
To launch (forcefully project) a projectile.; To push or thrust a bolt quickly; hence, to open a lock. transitive
"There was no answer, so I took the big key, rubbed some salad oil into the wards, and after one or two bad shots, for my hands were shaking, managed to fit it, and shoot the lock."
28
throw or propel in a specific direction or towards a specific objective wordnet
29
To move or act quickly or suddenly.; To move very quickly and suddenly. intransitive
"After an initial lag, the experimental group's scores shot past the control group's scores in the fourth week."
30
move quickly and violently wordnet
31
To move or act quickly or suddenly.; To go over or pass quickly through.
"shoot the rapids"
32
run or move very quickly or hastily wordnet
33
To move or act quickly or suddenly.; To ride a wave.
"One of the fishermen was really stoked. He was trying to shoot the shore break in his canoe."
34
send forth suddenly, intensely, swiftly wordnet
35
To move or act quickly or suddenly.; To tip (something, especially coal) down a chute. transitive
36
cause a sharp and sudden pain in wordnet
37
To move or act quickly or suddenly.; To penetrate, like a missile; to dart with a piercing sensation. transitive
"a shooting pain in my leg"
38
kill by firing a missile wordnet
39
To move or act quickly or suddenly.; To feel a quick, darting pain; to throb in pain. intransitive, obsolete
"These preachers make / His head to shoot and ache."
40
emit (as light, flame, or fumes) suddenly and forcefully wordnet
41
To move or act quickly or suddenly.; To change form suddenly; especially, to solidify. obsolete
"If the menstruum be overcharged, metals will shoot into crystals."
42
To move or act quickly or suddenly.; To send out or forth, especially with a rapid or sudden motion; to cast with the hand; to hurl; to discharge; to emit.
"an honest weaver as ever shot shuttle"
43
To move or act quickly or suddenly.; To send to someone. ditransitive, informal
"I'll shoot you an email with all the details"
44
To act or achieve.; To lunge.
45
To act or achieve.; To deviate from kayfabe, either intentionally or accidentally; to actually connect with unchoreographed fighting blows and maneuvers, or speak one's mind (instead of an agreed script).
46
To act or achieve.; To make the stated score.
"In my round of golf yesterday I shot a 76."
47
To measure the distance and direction to (a point).
48
To inject a drug (such as heroin) intravenously. colloquial, intransitive, transitive
49
To develop, move forward.; To germinate; to bud; to sprout.
"Onions, as they hang, will shoot forth."
50
To develop, move forward.; To grow; to advance.
"to shoot up rapidly"
51
To develop, move forward.; To move ahead by force of momentum, as a sailing vessel when the helm is put hard alee.
52
To develop, move forward.; To travel or ride on (breaking waves) rowards the shore. transitive
"`Take the tiller, Mahomed!' I roared in Arabic. `We must try and shoot them.' At the same moment I seized an oar, and got it out, motioning to Job to do likewise."
53
To develop, move forward.; To push or thrust forward; to project; to protrude; often with out.
"A plant shoots out a bud."
54
To protrude; to jut; to project; to extend.
"The land shoots into a promontory."
55
To plane straight; to fit by planing.
"two Pieces of Wood are Shot (that is Plained) or else they are Pared [...] with a Pairing-chissel"
56
To variegate as if by sprinkling or intermingling; to color in spots or patches. (See shot silk on Wikipedia)
"The tangled water-courses slept, / Shot over with purple, and green, and yellow."
57
To shoot the moon.
58
To carry out, or attempt to carry out (an approach to an airport runway).
"He tried to shoot the visual approach to runway 12, but the visibility was too low."
59
To carry out a seismic survey with geophones in an attempt to detect oil.
"Once the area is ready to "shoot," the seismic crew places geophones and cables along the line of the profile to be recorded."
60
To drink (a shot of an alcoholic beverage).
"You can kiss a hundred boys in bars Shoot another shot, try to stop the feeling"

Etymology

Etymology 1

From Middle English shoten, from Old English scēotan, from Proto-West Germanic *skeutan, from Proto-Germanic *skeutaną, from Proto-Indo-European *(s)kéwd-e-ti, from *(s)kewd- (“to shoot, throw”). Cognates Cognate with West Frisian sjitte, Low German scheten, Dutch schieten, German schießen, Danish skyde, Norwegian Bokmål skyte, Norwegian Nynorsk skyta, Swedish skjuta; and also, through Indo-European, with Russian кида́ть (kidátʹ), Albanian hedh (“to throw, toss”), Persian چست (čost, “quick, active”), Lithuanian skudrùs.

Etymology 2

Etymology 3

Minced oath for shit.

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