shoot

UK /ʃuːt/ US /ʃuːt/
verb 5noun 5intj 1

Definitions

verb

1

To launch (forcefully project) a projectile.

to shoot a gun

2

To launch (forcefully project) a projectile.

If you please / To shoot an arrow that self way.

3

To launch (forcefully project) a projectile.

The man, in a desperate bid for freedom, grabbed his gun and started shooting anyone he could.

The hunter shot the deer to harvest its meat.

4

To launch (forcefully project) a projectile.

They shot at a target.

He shoots better than he rides.

5

To launch (forcefully project) a projectile.

They're coming to shoot with us on Sunday.

The place was called the House of More, and I had shot at it once or twice in recent years.

noun

1

The emerging stem and embryonic leaves of a new plant.

Prune off yet also superfluous branches, and shoots of this second spring.

From the bonfire of last autumn's HS2 decision, there are green shoots pushing through the ashes.

2

A photography session.

While you see some of our exploration on camera, I also spent many happy hours between shoots with Chris Nix, digging out dozens of wonderful plans, maps and drawings of projects that I never knew existed, and some that never did exist.

3

A hunt or shooting competition.

4

An event that is unscripted or legitimate.

5

The act of shooting; the discharge of a missile; a shot.

The Turkish bow giveth a very forcible shoot.

One underneath his horse to get a shoot doth stalk.

intj

1

A mild expletive, expressing disbelief or dismay

Didn't you have a concert tonight? —Shoot! I forgot! I have to go and get ready…

She practically stopped dancing, and started looking over everybody’s heads to see if she could see him. “Oh, shoot!” she said. I'd just about broken her heart—I really had.

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