Sekirov Dictionary

shoot

/ʃuːt/

verb46

  1. to make a gun or a similar weapon send out a bullet
  2. To launch (forcefully project) (a projectile or similar object).
  3. To fire or launch (a projectile).
  4. To fire a projectile at (a person or target).
  5. To cause a weapon to discharge a projectile; to use a gun or similar weapon.
  6. To function as a weapon that launches a projectile.
  7. To move or act quickly or suddenly.
  8. To move past very quickly and suddenly.
  9. To go over or pass quickly through.
  10. To ride a wave.
  11. To lunge.
  12. To travel or ride on (breaking waves) rowards the shore.
  13. To photograph or film.
  14. To photograph.
  15. To film.
  16. To tip (something, especially coal) down a chute.
  17. To send out or forth, especially with a rapid or sudden motion; to cast with the hand; to hurl; to discharge; to emit.
  18. (slang) To ejaculate.
  19. (informal) To send (to someone).
  20. To develop, move forward.
  21. To germinate; to bud; to sprout.
  22. To grow; to advance.
  23. (informal) To begin to speak.
  24. To penetrate with pain as if with a bullet; to stab; to cause a piercing sensation.
  25. To hunt game with a gun; to go hunting for recreation.
  26. To hunt on (a piece of land) with a gun; to kill game in or on.
  27. To make (the stated score).
  28. To act or achieve.
  29. (informal) To inject a drug (such as heroin) intravenously.
  30. (informal) To leave; to depart.
  31. To drink (a shot of an alcoholic beverage).
  32. To push or thrust forward; to project; to protrude; often with out.
  33. To protrude; to jut; to project; to extend.
  34. To throw dice; to roll.
  35. (figurative) To dismiss, reject, or do away with.
  36. To push or thrust (a bolt) quickly; hence, to open (a lock); to unlock.
  37. To carry out, or attempt to carry out (an approach to an airport runway).
  38. To variegate as if by sprinkling or intermingling; to color in spots or patches. (See shot silk on Wikipedia)
  39. To shoot the moon.
  40. To deviate from kayfabe, either intentionally or accidentally; to actually connect with unchoreographed fighting blows and maneuvers, or speak one's mind (instead of an agreed script).
  41. To move ahead by force of momentum, as a sailing vessel when the helm is put hard alee.
  42. To measure the distance and direction to (a point).
  43. To carry out a seismic survey with geophones in an attempt to detect oil.
  44. To plane straight; to fit by planing.
  45. (no longer used) To feel a quick, darting pain; to throb in pain.
  46. (no longer used) To change form suddenly; especially, to solidify.

noun12

  1. The act of shooting; the discharge of a missile; a shot.
  2. A photography session.
  3. The emerging stem and embryonic leaves of a new plant.
  4. A hunt or shooting competition.
  5. (slang) An event that is unscripted or legitimate.
  6. A rush of water; a rapid.
  7. An inclined plane, either artificial or natural, down which timber, coal, ore, etc., are caused to slide; a chute.
  8. A seismic survey carried out with geophones in an attempt to detect oil.
  9. A vein of ore running in the same general direction as the lode.
  10. A weft thread shot through the shed by the shuttle; a pick.
  11. The act of taking all point cards in one hand.
  12. A shoat; a young pig.

exclamation1

  1. A mild expletive, expressing disbelief or dismay
forms

shot · shottest · shotten · shooting · shooteth · shoots · shootest

Phrases with shoot

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