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- Dictionaryshoot/ʃuːt/
verb
- 1. kill or wound (a person or animal) with a bullet or arrow: "he was shot in the leg during an armed robbery" Similar
- 2. move suddenly and rapidly in a particular direction: "the car shot forward" Similar
noun
- 1. a young branch or sucker springing from the main stock of a tree or other plant: "he nipped off the new shoots that grew where the leaves joined the stems"
- 2. an occasion when a group of people hunt and shoot game for sport: "a grouse shoot"
exclamation
- 1. used as a euphemism for ‘shit’: informal North American "shoot, it was a great day to be alive"
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SHOOT definition: 1. to fire a bullet or an arrow, or to hit, injure, or kill a person or animal by firing a bullet…. Learn more.
The meaning of SHOOT is to eject or impel or cause to be ejected or impelled by a sudden release of tension (as of a bowstring or slingshot or by a flick of a finger). How to use shoot in a sentence.
SHOT definition: 1. past simple and past participle of shoot 2. a kick, hit, or throw of the ball that is intended…. Learn more.
Shoot definition: to hit, wound, damage, kill, or destroy with a missile discharged from a weapon.. See examples of SHOOT used in a sentence.
40 meanings: 1. to hit, wound, damage, or kill with a missile discharged from a weapon 2. to discharge (a missile or missiles).... Click for more definitions.
[intransitive, transitive] to fire a gun or other weapon; to fire something from a weapon Don't shoot—I surrender. The police rarely shoot to kill (= try to kill the people they shoot at).; The soldiers were given orders to shoot on sight (= as soon as they saw somebody).; shoot at somebody/something troops shooting at the enemy; shoot something Have you ever shot a gun before?; They shot the lock off (= removed it by shooting).; shoot something at somebody/something She shot a bullet ...
to hit with a missile discharged from a weapon; to project, impel, hurl, cast, or throw
Shoot definition: To fire or let fly (a missile) from a weapon.
weapon; 1 [intransitive, transitive] to fire a gun or other weapon; to fire something from a weapon Don't shoot—I surrender. a serious shooting incident shoot (something) (at somebody/something) troops shooting at the enemy The police rarely shoot to kill (= try to kill the people they shoot at). shoot something (from something) He shot an arrow from his bow. They shot the lock off (= removed it by shooting). Topic Collocations War and Peace starting a war. declare/wage war (on somebody ...
From Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English Related topics: Other sports, Sport, Plants shoot shoot 1 / ʃuːt / S2 W2 verb (past tense and past participle shot / ʃɒt $ ʃɑːt /) 1 kill/injure [transitive] SHOOT to deliberately kill or injure someone using a gun Police shot one suspect when he pulled a gun on them. Smith killed his wife, and then shot himself. A woman was shot dead in an attempted robbery. shoot somebody in the leg/head etc He had been shot in the back while trying to ...
