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