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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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Add to word list. B1 [ I or T ] to fire a bullet or an arrow, or to hit, injure, or kill a person or animal by firing a bullet or arrow at him, her, or it: If he's not armed, don't shoot. shoot something at something The kids were shooting arrows at a target. She was shot three times in the head.
1. a (1) : 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) shoot an arrow. shoot a spitball. shoot a marble. (2) : to drive forth or cause to be driven forth by an explosion (as of a powder charge in a firearm or of ignited fuel in a rocket) (3)
Shoot definition: to hit, wound, damage, kill, or destroy with a missile discharged from a weapon.. See examples of SHOOT used in a sentence.
1. a. To hit, wound, or kill with a missile fired from a weapon. b. To remove or destroy by firing or projecting a missile: shot out the window. c. To make (a hole, for example) by firing a weapon. 2. To fire or let fly (a missile) from a weapon. 3. a. To discharge (a weapon). b. To detonate or cause to explode: shot off a firecracker. 4.
1 day ago · To shoot means to fire a bullet from a weapon such as a gun. He taunted armed officers by pointing to his head, as if inviting them to shoot. [VERB] The police came around the corner and they started shooting at us. [VERB + at] She had never been able to shoot straight. [VERB adverb/preposition] Troops began shooting in all directions.
[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 definition: 1. to injure or kill a person or animal by firing a bullet from a gun at them: 2. to fire a bullet…. Learn more.
[intransitive, transitive] to move suddenly or quickly in one direction; to make someone or something move in this way + adv./prep. A plane shot across the sky. His hand shot out to grab her. Flames were shooting up through the roof. (figurative) The band's last single shot straight to number one on the charts. shoot something + adv./prep.
Shoot Definition. sho͝ot. shooting, shoots, shot. Meanings. Synonyms. Sentences. Definition Source. Word Forms. Origin. Verb. Noun. Interjection. Idiom. Filter. verb. shooting, shoots, shot. To move swiftly over, by, across, etc. To shoot the rapids in a canoe. Webster's New World. To remove or destroy by firing or projecting a missile.
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 escape. The guards have orders to shoot intruders on sight (=shoot them as soon as they see them). 2 fire a gun etc [ intransitive, transitive] to make a bullet or arrow come from a weapon Don’t shoot!
