Shoot

//ʃuːt//

Synonyms for "shoot" (560 found)

Ranked by relevance and common usage.

Closest matches (112)

dart film fire photograph sprout tear ache acute pain agonize ail aim at airburst altitude peak anguish annihilate assassinate automatic control backfire barf barrage

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Verb(9 words)

blast book bourgeon buck bucket burgeon forth charge dart dash

Intj(5 words)

caramba dammit damn darn dash

Noun(1 words)

chit

Strong matches (168)

deal a deathblow decapitate decimate decollate defenestrate deliver demolish deposit descent destroy detonate develop diffuse light dike discard discharge discredit disgorge disintegrate disprove

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dissolve ditch dog drift drive drop eaves trough eject electrocute end of burning enfilade excursion execute expedition expel explode falcon feather feather an oar feel pain feel the pangs fell filiation filling fire a volley fire at fire off fire upon flagellum flame flare flash flight fling float flourish flower flush fly follow the hounds foot fork fowl frag fritter frond fulgurant pain fulgurate fulminate fusillade gallop gangue garrote gemmate germinate get ghost girdle pain give light give the quietus give way glance glare gleam glide glint glissade glow gnawing go hunting go off graft grand tour grimace griping grow grow rank guide guillotine gun gun down gun for gutter hand harm haste hasten have a misery hawk heave hie highball hit hitch hotfoot hound hump hump it hunt hunt down hurl hurry hurt hurtle ignition immunize impact incandesce incinerate inflict capital punishment inject injure inoculate jack jacklight jaunt jettison journey jugulate jumping pain junk junket kill kink knock off lancinating pain lapidate lash launch lay low leaf leaf out leap

Verb(12 words)

dissipate film fix flash fool fool away fritter fritter away frivol away germinate hit inject

Intj(3 words)

fiddlesticks fuck hell's bells

Related words (280)

leave let fly let off lift-off limb load lode lodestuff loose luster luxuriate mainline make haste matrix microfilm mineral deposit mortar mug mushroom nail

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nip offset offshoot open fire open up on ore bed outing overgrow overrun pace package tour paddle pan pang paroxysm pass pay dirt pelt penstock pentrough pepper peregrination photo photomap photostat pick pick off pilgrimage pinch pistol pitch pleasure trip plow the deep plug ply the oar poleax poop pop at post pot potshoot potshot pound prick prime progress project propel prowl after puke pull pullulate puncture punt put forth put forth leaves put out buds put to death race radiate radiograph rake ramage ramification rapid rapids ray raze reach reject riddle ride ride the sea ride to hounds riff riffle riot ripple rocket launching roentgenograph root round trip row row away row dry rubberneck tour ruin run runner rush safari sail sally sapling sarment sault scamper scion scoot scour scramble scrap scud scull scurry scuttle seedling seizure send send out rays set set off shaft sharp pain shatter shell shikar shine shine brightly ship oars shoot at shoot down shoot out rays shoot up shooting shooting pain short-term shot shotgun shrink silence skedaddle skim sky an oar slay sling slip smart snap snapshoot snapshot snipe snipe at snuff out soar spasm spear speed spew sport spout spray sprig spring spring up sprit sprout up spurt stab stab to death stabbing pain stalk stampede start stem step on it still hunt still-hunt stitch stock stolon stone stone to death strafe strangle streak stream strike strike dead strike root sucker suffer switch take a photograph take a potshot take aim at take root talbotype tendril thallus thrill throb throes throw throw away throw out throw up tingle tormen torpedo toss touch off tour track trail trajectory trek trigger trip trough turn tweak twig twinge twitch upchuck upspear upsprout vaccinate vaporize vegetate vein velocity peak vomit voyage walk the waters warp waterfall weft whisk whiz wince woof wound wrack wreck wrench writhe x ray x-ray xerox zap zero in on zip

Verb(12 words)

loose photograph pip pullulate scoot scud shoot down snap sprout spud take tear

Intj(4 words)

mother of god shit shucks sugar

Related word relations

OpenGloss and ConceptNet supply richer edges like generalizations, collocations, and derivations.

9 relation types

More general

58 entries

ache administer belt along bucket along cannonball along cast consume contrive discharge dispense emit enclose enter fire give off give out

Showing 16 of 58 words.

Synonyms

8 entries

darn dart film fire fritter inject photograph tear

derived

90 entries

Coopers Shoot I hope I may be shot I wish I may be shot I'll be shot I've been shot McLeods Shoot Skinners Shoot angle-shoot bamboo shoot bullet-shooting crossbow crapshoot don't shoot the messenger duck shoot green shoots gut-shoot

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etymologically related_to

1 entries

shit

has context

13 entries

analogous carpentry cinema mining nautical professional wrestling slang sport surveying tv usually as imperative weaving wrestling

is a

4 entries

external anatomical part plant part shooting sprout

manner of

13 entries

ache emit fire grow hit injure kill measure project score throw utter weave

related to

66 entries

action activate activate gun activity alee ballistic ballistic activity bullet bullets chute coal competition conveying conveying bullets direction discharge

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similar

20 entries

blast buck charge dart dash film flash germinate hit inject photograph pip scoot scud shoot down snap

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Translations

418 translations across 101 languages.

Afrikaans

1 entries

skiet verb (to fire a shot)

Aklanon

1 entries

pana' verb (to fire a shot)

Albanian

4 entries

gjuaj verb (to fire a shot)
qit verb (to fire a shot)
qëlloj verb (to hit with a shot)
shti verb (to fire a shot)

Ancient Greek

1 entries

βλαστός noun (emerging stem and embryonic leaves of a new plant)

Arabic

4 entries

أَطْلَقَ النَّار verb (to fire a shot)
صَوَّبَ verb (to fire a shot)
صَوَّبَ verb (to fire multiple shots)
صَوَّبَ verb (to hit with a shot)

Armenian

3 entries

կրակել verb (to fire a shot)
կրակել verb (to fire multiple shots)
կրակել verb (to hit with a shot)

Aromanian

1 entries

sãdzitedzu verb (to use a bow and arrows for shooting)

Assamese

1 entries

গুলীওৱা verb (to fire a shot)

Azerbaijani

3 entries

atmaq verb (to fire a shot)
cücərmək verb (to sprout - of a plant)
vurmaq verb (to fire a shot)

Bashkir

2 entries

үҫенте noun (emerging stem and embryonic leaves of a new plant)
атыу verb (to fire a shot)

Basque

1 entries

tiro egin verb (to fire a shot)

Belarusian

4 entries

парастак noun (emerging stem and embryonic leaves of a new plant)
здыма́ць verb (take a picture)
зняць verb (take a picture)
страля́ць verb (to fire a shot)

Bengali

1 entries

গুলি চালানো verb (to fire a shot)

Brunei Malay

1 entries

timbak verb (to fire a shot)

Bulgarian

4 entries

издънка noun (emerging stem and embryonic leaves of a new plant)
снимки noun (photography session)
филиз noun (emerging stem and embryonic leaves of a new plant)
застре́лвам verb (to hit with a shot)

Burmese

1 entries

ပစ် verb (to fire a shot)

Catalan

4 entries

brotar verb (to sprout - of a plant)
disparar verb (to fire a shot)
disparar verb (to fire multiple shots)
tirar verb (to fire a shot)

Chinese Cantonese

3 entries

射 verb (to fire a shot)
射 verb (to fire multiple shots)
射擊 /射击 verb (to fire a shot)

Chinese Mandarin

4 entries

射 verb (to fire a shot)
射 verb (to fire multiple shots)
射 verb (to hit with a shot)
射擊 /射击 verb (to fire a shot)

Chukchi

1 entries

миԓгэрыткук verb (to fire a shot)

Czech

4 entries

výhonek noun (emerging stem and embryonic leaves of a new plant)
střelit verb (to fire a shot)
střelit verb (to hit with a shot)
střílet verb (to fire a shot)

Danish

2 entries

skud noun (emerging stem and embryonic leaves of a new plant)
skyde verb (to fire a shot)

Dutch

4 entries

stik intj (expressing disdain)
scheut noun (emerging stem and embryonic leaves of a new plant)
spruit noun (emerging stem and embryonic leaves of a new plant)
schieten verb (to fire a shot)

Esperanto

4 entries

ŝoso noun (emerging stem and embryonic leaves of a new plant)
pafi verb (to fire a shot)
pafi verb (to fire multiple shots)
pafi verb (to hit with a shot)

Estonian

4 entries

alge noun (emerging stem and embryonic leaves of a new plant)
oras noun (emerging stem and embryonic leaves of a new plant)
pildistamine noun (photography session)
tärge noun (emerging stem and embryonic leaves of a new plant)

Faroese

1 entries

skjóta verb (to fire a shot)

Finnish

4 entries

helkkari intj (expressing disdain)
hemmetti intj (expressing disdain)
perhana intj (expressing disbelief)
kuvaukset noun (photography session)

French

4 entries

mercredi intj (expressing disbelief)
mercredi intj (expressing disdain)
mince intj (expressing disbelief)
mince intj (expressing disdain)

Galician

4 entries

bertón noun (emerging stem and embryonic leaves of a new plant)
brote noun (emerging stem and embryonic leaves of a new plant)
gameito noun (emerging stem and embryonic leaves of a new plant)
rebento noun (emerging stem and embryonic leaves of a new plant)

Georgian

2 entries

ყლორტი noun (emerging stem and embryonic leaves of a new plant)
სროლა verb (to fire a shot)

German

4 entries

Scheibe intj (expressing disbelief)
Ableger noun (emerging stem and embryonic leaves of a new plant)
anschießen verb (to hit with a shot)
erschießen verb (to hit with a shot)

Greek

2 entries

πυροβολώ verb (to hit with a shot)
ρίχνω verb (to fire a shot)

Hebrew

4 entries

נֵצֶר noun (emerging stem and embryonic leaves of a new plant)
יָרָה verb (to fire a shot)
ירה verb (to fire multiple shots)
ירה verb (to hit with a shot)

Hindi

3 entries

अंकुरण verb (to sprout - of a plant)
गोली चलाना verb (to fire a shot)
गोली मारना verb (to hit with a shot)

Hungarian

4 entries

bakker intj (expressing disbelief)
basszus intj (expressing disbelief)
basszuskulcs intj (expressing disbelief)
marhaság intj (expressing disdain)

Icelandic

1 entries

skjóta verb (to fire a shot)

Indonesian

4 entries

menembak verb (to fire a shot)
menembak verb (to fire multiple shots)
menembak verb (to hit with a shot)
tembak verb (to fire a shot)

Ingrian

4 entries

itu noun (emerging stem and embryonic leaves of a new plant)
oras noun (emerging stem and embryonic leaves of a new plant)
ampua verb (to fire a shot)
paukuttaa verb (to fire a shot)

Irish

3 entries

beangán noun (emerging stem and embryonic leaves of a new plant)
buinneán noun (emerging stem and embryonic leaves of a new plant)
scaoil verb (to fire a shot)

Italian

4 entries

accidenti intj (expressing disdain)
dannazione intj (expressing disdain)
inaudito intj (expressing disbelief)
incredibile intj (expressing disbelief)

Japanese

4 entries

やばい intj (expressing disdain)
撮影 noun (photography session)
撃つ verb (to fire a shot)
撃つ verb (to fire multiple shots)

Karachay-Balkar

1 entries

атаргъа verb (to fire a shot)

Kazakh

1 entries

ату verb (to fire a shot)

Khmer

1 entries

បាញ់ verb (to fire a shot)

Korean

3 entries

쏘다 verb (to fire a shot)
쏘다 verb (to fire multiple shots)
쏘다 verb (to hit with a shot)

Kyrgyz

1 entries

атуу verb (to fire a shot)

Lao

1 entries

ຍິງ verb (to fire a shot)

Latgalian

2 entries

saudeit verb (to fire a shot)
saut verb (to fire a shot)

Latin

3 entries

germen noun (emerging stem and embryonic leaves of a new plant)
pampinus noun (emerging stem and embryonic leaves of a new plant)
turio noun (emerging stem and embryonic leaves of a new plant)

Latvian

1 entries

šaut verb (to fire a shot)

Lithuanian

2 entries

šaudyti verb (to fire a shot)
šauti verb (to fire a shot)

Low German

1 entries

scheten verb (to fire a shot)

Luxembourgish

1 entries

schéissen verb (to fire a shot)

Macedonian

2 entries

пука verb (to fire a shot)
стрела verb (to fire a shot)

Malay

2 entries

panah verb (to fire a shot)
tembak verb (to fire a shot)

Middle English

1 entries

spryng noun (emerging stem and embryonic leaves of a new plant)

Mongolian

3 entries

буу буудах verb (to fire a shot)
буудах verb (to hit with a shot)
сумаар буудах verb (to fire a shot)

Māori

4 entries

kotete noun (emerging stem and embryonic leaves of a new plant)
kotete noun (emerging stem and embryonic leaves of a new plant)
mātātupu noun (emerging stem and embryonic leaves of a new plant)
nihoniho noun (emerging stem and embryonic leaves of a new plant)

Navajo

1 entries

adiiłdǫǫh verb (to fire a shot)

Norman

3 entries

tither verb (to fire a shot)
tither verb (to fire multiple shots)
tither verb (to hit with a shot)

Norwegian Bokmål

4 entries

skudd noun (emerging stem and embryonic leaves of a new plant)
skyte verb (to fire a shot)
skyte verb (to fire multiple shots)
skyte verb (to hit with a shot)

Norwegian Nynorsk

4 entries

skot noun (emerging stem and embryonic leaves of a new plant)
skott noun (emerging stem and embryonic leaves of a new plant)
skyta verb (to fire a shot)
skyta verb (to fire multiple shots)

Occitan

2 entries

brotar verb (to sprout - of a plant)
tirar verb (to fire a shot)

Old East Slavic

1 entries

стрѣляти verb (to fire a shot)

Old English

1 entries

scēotan verb (to fire a shot)

Ottoman Turkish

2 entries

بوداق noun (emerging stem and embryonic leaves of a new plant)
بوداقلانمق verb (to sprout - of a plant)

Persian

4 entries

نهال noun (emerging stem and embryonic leaves of a new plant)
تیراندازی کردن verb (to fire a shot)
زدن verb (to hit with a shot)
شلیک کردن verb (to fire a shot)

Polish

4 entries

kurcze! intj (expressing disdain)
kurde! intj (expressing disdain)
pęd noun (emerging stem and embryonic leaves of a new plant)
sesja noun (photography session)

Portuguese

4 entries

droga intj (expressing disbelief)
porcaria intj (expressing disbelief)
broto noun (emerging stem and embryonic leaves of a new plant)
rebento noun (emerging stem and embryonic leaves of a new plant)

Romagnol

1 entries

abàtar verb (to fire a shot)

Romanian

4 entries

lăstar noun (emerging stem and embryonic leaves of a new plant)
vlăstar noun (emerging stem and embryonic leaves of a new plant)
trage verb (to fire a shot)
trage verb (to fire multiple shots)

Russian

4 entries

блин! intj (expressing disbelief)
блин! intj (expressing disdain)
чёрт! intj (expressing disbelief)
побе́г noun (emerging stem and embryonic leaves of a new plant)

Scottish Gaelic

2 entries

bachlag noun (emerging stem and embryonic leaves of a new plant)
ògan noun (emerging stem and embryonic leaves of a new plant)

Serbo-Croatian

4 entries

pȕcati verb (to fire a shot)
streljati verb (to fire a shot)
пу̏цати verb (to fire a shot)
стрељати verb (to fire a shot)

Slovak

4 entries

streliť verb (to fire a shot)
streliť verb (to hit with a shot)
strieľať verb (to fire a shot)
strieľať verb (to fire multiple shots)

Slovene

1 entries

streljati verb (to fire a shot)

Spanish

4 entries

caramba intj (expressing disdain)
caray intj (expressing disdain)
chuta intj (expressing disdain)
dios intj (expressing disdain)

Swahili

3 entries

kupiga risasi verb (to fire a shot)
kupiga risasi verb (to fire multiple shots)
kupiga risasi verb (to hit with a shot)

Swedish

4 entries

fota verb (take a picture)
fotografera verb (take a picture)
plåta verb (take a picture)
skjuta verb (to fire a shot)

Tagalog

4 entries

suloy noun (emerging stem and embryonic leaves of a new plant)
talbos noun (emerging stem and embryonic leaves of a new plant)
barilin verb (to fire a shot)
barilin verb (to fire a shot)

Tajik

2 entries

тир андохтан verb (to fire a shot)
тир задан verb (to fire a shot)

Tamil

4 entries

அடடே intj (expressing disbelief)
ஐயே intj (expressing disdain)
ஐயோ intj (expressing disbelief)
ச்சீ intj (expressing disdain)

Tatar

1 entries

атарга verb (to fire a shot)

Telugu

2 entries

కాల్చు verb (to fire a shot)
కాల్చు verb (to fire multiple shots)

Tetum

1 entries

hana verb (to fire a shot)

Thai

2 entries

หน่อ noun (emerging stem and embryonic leaves of a new plant)
ยิง verb (to fire a shot)

Tocharian B

2 entries

kaume noun (emerging stem and embryonic leaves of a new plant)
kärsk verb (to fire a shot)

Turkish

4 entries

budak noun (emerging stem and embryonic leaves of a new plant)
ateş etmek verb (to fire a shot)
etmek verb (to fire a shot)
vurmak verb (to fire a shot)

Turkmen

2 entries

atmak verb (to fire a shot)
tüpe–lemek verb (to fire a shot)

Tuvan

4 entries

адар verb (to fire a shot)
адып өлүрер verb (to hit with a shot)
боолаар verb (to fire a shot)
боолап өлүрер verb (to hit with a shot)

Tày

4 entries

buốt verb (to sprout - of a plant)
bén verb (to fire a shot)
bẳn verb (to fire a shot)
thíu verb (to fire a shot)

Ukrainian

4 entries

ви́стрелити verb (to fire a shot)
ви́стрелити verb (to fire multiple shots)
ви́стрілити verb (to fire a shot)
ви́стрілити verb (to fire multiple shots)

Urdu

1 entries

گولی چلانا verb (to fire a shot)

Uyghur

1 entries

ئاتماق verb (to fire a shot)

Uzbek

2 entries

chiqmoq verb (to fire a shot)
otmoq verb (to fire a shot)

Venetan

4 entries

butar verb (to sprout - of a plant)
far na foto verb (take a picture)
fotografar verb (take a picture)
trar verb (to fire a shot)

Vietnamese

2 entries

bắn verb (to fire a shot)
bắn trúng verb (to hit with a shot)

Welsh

1 entries

saethu verb (to fire a shot)

West-Frisian

1 entries

sjitte verb (to fire a shot)

Yakut

2 entries

ыт verb (to fire a shot)
ытыалаа verb (to fire multiple shots)

Yiddish

1 entries

שיסן verb (to fire a shot)

Sample sentences

78 total sentences available.

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I'm gonna shoot him.

Source: tatoeba (1341)

It is difficult to shoot a bird flying in the air.

Source: tatoeba (18266)

After all the trouble we went to in coming up with that project, it only took them a second to shoot it down in the meeting.

Source: tatoeba (18385)

Bill and John like to get together once a month to shoot the breeze.

Source: tatoeba (34576)

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