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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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to fire a gun or other weapon, or to hit, injure, or kill someone or something by firing a gun or other weapon: [ I ] We’d take our bows and arrows and shoot at targets. [ T ] A long time ago the sergeant learned how to shoot a gun. [ T ] An unidentified man was shot yesterday afternoon.
How to use shoot in a sentence. 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)… See the full definition
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.
Definition of shoot verb in Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary. Meaning, pronunciation, picture, example sentences, grammar, usage notes, synonyms and more.
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.
verb. emit (as light, flame, or fumes) suddenly and forcefully. “The dragon shot fumes and flames out of its mouth”
1. If someone shoots a person or an animal, they kill them or injure them by firing a bullet or arrow at them. [...] 2. To shoot means to fire a bullet from a weapon such as a gun. [...] 3. If someone or something shoots in a particular direction, they move in that direction quickly and suddenly. [...] More. Conjugations of 'shoot'
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.
Shoot definition: to hit, wound, damage, kill, or destroy with a missile discharged from a weapon.. See examples of SHOOT used in a sentence.
Britannica Dictionary definition of SHOOT. 1. a : to cause a bullet, arrow, etc., to move forward with great force from a weapon. [no object] Does this gun shoot accurately? Don't shoot. I surrender. He shot at the deer. [+] more examples. [+ object] She shot the arrow into the air.
