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[ US /ˈʃut/ ]
[ UK /ʃˈuːt/ ]
VERB
  1. give an injection to
    We injected the glucose into the patient's vein
  2. send forth suddenly, intensely, swiftly
    shoot a glance
  3. utter fast and forcefully
    She shot back an answer
  4. throw or propel in a specific direction or towards a specific objective
    shoot craps
    shoot a golf ball
  5. score
    shoot a goal
    shoot a basket
  6. move quickly and violently
    The car tore down the street
    He came charging into my office
  7. hit with a missile from a weapon
  8. produce buds, branches, or germinate
    the potatoes sprouted
  9. variegate by interweaving weft threads of different colors
    shoot cloth
  10. spend frivolously and unwisely
    Fritter away one's inheritance
  11. kill by firing a missile
  12. make a film or photograph of something
    take a scene
    shoot a movie
  13. fire a shot
    the gunman blasted away
  14. run or move very quickly or hastily
    She dashed into the yard
  15. force or drive (a fluid or gas) into by piercing
    inject hydrogen into the balloon
  16. throw dice, as in a crap game
  17. record on photographic film
    She snapped a picture of the President
    I photographed the scene of the accident
  18. measure the altitude of by using a sextant
    shoot a star
  19. emit (as light, flame, or fumes) suddenly and forcefully
    The dragon shot fumes and flames out of its mouth
  20. cause a sharp and sudden pain in
    The pain shot up her leg
NOUN
  1. a new branch
  2. the act of shooting at targets
    they hold a shoot every weekend during the summer
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How To Use shoot In A Sentence

  • You see that you're undershooting and so, leaving the throttle as is, you attempt to flatten your descent path by lifting the nose a bit - and you enter the region of reverse command.
  • I just stayed the dorm to around and shoot the breeze with a couple of friends.
  • A few minutes with the heron book cleared up the mystery; they were tricolored herons, the first I had ever seen.10 By the end of the month American goldfinches were shooting around like tossed gold pieces despite another cold spell. Bird Cloud
  • Defensive tackle is a bit more of a crapshoot, but the one thing they must make sure of is that whomever they take has a brilliant mind.
  • It's unhandy at 300 yards, but then there's not a lot of shooting at 300 yards over there. The .375 H&H: Fraud or Scam?
  • Country pursuits on offer include sheep-racing, woodcarving with chainsaws, small-bore rifle-shooting, wool-spinning, bee demonstrations, candle-making and ferret-racing.
  • The shooting inflamed ethnic tensions.
  • In Florida, cruel men shoot the mother bird. on their nests while they are rearing their young. because their plumage is prettiest at that time. Beautiful Joe: An Autobiography
  • It had multiple shooters, multiple locations, mobile threats, willingness to fight the first responders and follow-on SWAT/commando units, well-equipped and well-trained operatives, and a willingness to die. Cliff Schecter: The Terrorist and the Terror Watch List
  • It's worth taking chances when you're shooting at a chance of fame and wealth.
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