Overview of noun shoot

The noun shoot has 2 senses

• shoot -- (a new branch)


• shoot -- (the act of shooting at targets; "they hold a shoot every weekend during the summer")

Overview of verb shoot

The verb shoot has 20 senses

• shoot, hit, pip -- (hit with a missile from a weapon)


• shoot, pip -- (kill by firing a missile)


• blast, shoot -- (fire a shot; "the gunman blasted away")


• film, shoot, take -- (make a film or photograph of something; "take a scene"; "shoot a movie")


• shoot -- (send forth suddenly, intensely, swiftly; "shoot a glance")


• dart, dash, scoot, scud, flash, shoot -- (run or move very quickly or hastily; "She dashed into the yard")


• tear, shoot, shoot down, charge, buck -- (move quickly and violently; "The car tore down the street"; "He came charging into my office")


• shoot -- (throw or propel in a specific direction or towards a specific objective; "shoot craps"; "shoot a golf ball")


• photograph, snap, shoot -- (record on photographic film; "I photographed the scene of the accident"; "She snapped a picture of the President")


• shoot -- (emit (as light, flame, or fumes) suddenly and forcefully; "The dragon shot fumes and flames out of its mouth")


• shoot -- (cause a sharp and sudden pain in; "The pain shot up her leg")


• inject, shoot -- (force or drive (a fluid or gas) into by piercing; "inject hydrogen into the balloon")


• shoot -- (variegate by interweaving weft threads of different colors; "shoot cloth")


• shoot -- (throw dice, as in a crap game)


• fritter, frivol away, dissipate, shoot, fritter away, fool, fool away -- (spend frivolously and unwisely; "Fritter away one's inheritance")


• shoot -- (score; "shoot a basket"; "shoot a goal")


• shoot -- (utter fast and forcefully; "She shot back an answer")


• shoot -- (measure the altitude of by using a sextant; "shoot a star")


• shoot, spud, germinate, pullulate, bourgeon, burgeon forth, sprout -- (produce buds, branches, or germinate; "the potatoes sprouted")


• inject, shoot -- (give an injection to; "We injected the glucose into the patient's vein")