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Shoot

noun
/ʃuːt/
Word Frequency: 11.3

Definitions

1.nounThe emerging stem and embryonic leaves of a new plant.
2.nounA photography session.
3.nounA hunt or shooting competition.
4.nounAn event that is unscripted or legitimate.
5.nounThe act of shooting; the discharge of a missile; a shot.
6.nounA rush of water; a rapid.
7.nounA weft thread shot through the shed by the shuttle; a pick.
8.nounA shoat; a young pig.
9.nounA vein of ore running in the same general direction as the lode.
10.nounAn inclined plane, either artificial or natural, down which timber, coal, ore, etc., are caused to slide; a chute.
11.nounThe act of taking all point cards in one hand.
12.verbTo launch a projectile.
13.verbTo move or act quickly or suddenly.
14.verbTo act or achieve.
15.verbTo measure the distance and direction to (a point).
16.verbTo inject a drug (such as heroin) intravenously.
17.verbTo develop, move forward.
18.verbTo protrude; to jut; to project; to extend.
"The land shoots into a promontory."
19.verbTo plane straight; to fit by planing.
20.verbTo variegate as if by sprinkling or intermingling; to color in spots or patches.W
21.verbTo shoot the moon.

Synonyms

shoot downdarthitscudsnapflashtearfilmtakepullulatephotographdissipate

Rhymes With

astutedisputeacutedestituterefuteconstitutebrutemoot
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