English dictionary
shoot
nounAudio pronunciation
Parts of speech
Definitions
noun
- the act of shooting at targets
noun
- a new branch
verb
- give an injection to
verb
- produce buds, branches, or germinate
verb
- measure the altitude of by using a sextant
verb
- utter fast and forcefully
verb
- make a film or photograph of something
verb
- record on photographic film
verb
- score
verb
- fire a shot; release
verb
- hit with a missile from a weapon
verb
- spend frivolously and unwisely
verb
- throw dice, as in a crap game
verb
- variegate by interweaving weft threads of different colors
verb
- force or drive (a fluid or gas) into by piercing
verb
- throw or propel in a specific direction or towards a specific objective
verb
- move quickly and violently
verb
- run or move very quickly or hastily
verb
- send forth suddenly, intensely, swiftly
verb
- cause a sharp and sudden pain in
verb
- kill by firing a missile
verb
- emit (as light, flame, or fumes) suddenly and forcefully
Example sentences
they hold a shoot every weekend during the summer
We injected the glucose into the patient's vein
the potatoes sprouted
shoot a star
She shot back an answer
take a scene
shoot a movie
I photographed the scene of the accident
She snapped a picture of the President
shoot a basket
shoot a goal
the gunman blasted away
Fritter away one's inheritance
shoot cloth
inject hydrogen into the balloon
shoot craps
shoot a golf ball
The car tore down the street
He came charging into my office
She dashed into the yard
shoot a glance
The pain shot up her leg
The dragon shot fumes and flames out of its mouth