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shoot

noun verb

the act of shooting at targets

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Word Facts

Word length
5
Starts with
S
Ends with
T
Contains
HO
Scrabble score
8
Database source
OEWN 2025 Core

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Definitions

noun

  1. the act of shooting at targets

    “they hold a shoot every weekend during the summer”

noun

  1. a new branch

verb

  1. give an injection to

    “We injected the glucose into the patient's vein”

verb

  1. produce buds, branches, or germinate

    “the potatoes sprouted”

verb

  1. measure the altitude of by using a sextant

    “shoot a star”

verb

  1. utter fast and forcefully

    “She shot back an answer”

verb

  1. make a film or photograph of something

    “take a scene”

verb

  1. record on photographic film

    “I photographed the scene of the accident”

verb

  1. score

    “shoot a basket”

verb

  1. fire a shot; release

    “the gunman blasted away”

verb

  1. hit with a missile from a weapon

verb

  1. spend frivolously and unwisely

    “Fritter away one's inheritance”

verb

  1. throw dice, as in a crap game

verb

  1. variegate by interweaving weft threads of different colors

    “shoot cloth”

verb

  1. force or drive (a fluid or gas) into by piercing

    “inject hydrogen into the balloon”

verb

  1. throw or propel in a specific direction or towards a specific objective

    “shoot craps”

verb

  1. move quickly and violently

    “The car tore down the street”

verb

  1. run or move very quickly or hastily

    “She dashed into the yard”

verb

  1. send forth suddenly, intensely, swiftly

    “shoot a glance”

verb

  1. cause a sharp and sudden pain in

    “The pain shot up her leg”

verb

  1. kill by firing a missile

verb

  1. emit (as light, flame, or fumes) suddenly and forcefully

    “The dragon shot fumes and flames out of its mouth”

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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

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