Etymology : Middle English sheten, shuten, from Old English scEotan; akin to Old Norse skjOta to shoot
Pronunciation : shüt
Function : verb
Date : before 12th century
1. newly grown plant stem; bud, sprout; act of firing a weapon; hunting expedition; shooting competition; act of photographing; photography or filming session; launch of a missile or artillery shell. fire a weapon; injure or kill a person or animal by gunfire; hunt; radiate, emit; film, photograph; launch a missile or artillery shell; germinate, sprout; throw, project, cast; pass quickly. tell me, say it, I am listening, fire away """Do you have any news?"" ""No. Just a rumor."" ""Shoot. I love rumors.""". an exclamation of annoyance or surprise [euph. for SHIT!]. shoot\shoot\ , v. t. [imp. & p. p. shot ; p. pr. & vb. n. shooting. the old participle shotten is obsolete. see:
shotten.] [oe. shotien, schotien, as. scotian, v. i., sce?tan; akin to d. schieten, g. schie en, ohg. sciozan, icel. skj ta, sw. skjuta, dan. skyde; cf. skr. skund to jump. ?159. cf. scot a contribution, scout to reject, scud, scuttle, v. i., shot, sheet, shut, shuttle, skittish, skittles.].
2. to let fly, or cause to be driven, with force, as an arrow or a bullet; -- followed by a word denoting the missile, as an object. if you please to shoot an arrow that self way.
3. to discharge, causing a missile to be driven forth; -- followed by a word denoting the weapon or instrument, as an object; -- often with off; as, to shoot a gun. the two ends od a bow, shot off, fly from one another.
4. to strike with anything shot; to hit with a missile; often, to kill or wound with a firearm; -- followed by a word denoting the person or thing hit, as an object. when roger shot the hawk hovering over his master's dove house. tucker.
5. to send out or forth, especially with a rapid or sudden motion; to cast with the hand; to hurl; to discharge; to emit. an honest weaver as ever shot shuttle. & fl. a pit into which the dead carts had nightly shot corpses by scores.
6. to push or thrust forward; to project; to protrude; -- often with out; as, a plant shoots out a bud. they shoot out the lip, they shake the head. xxii.
7. beware the secret snake that shoots a sting.
8. (carp.) to plane straight; to fit by planing. two pieces of wood that are shot, that is, planed or else pared with a paring chisel.
9. to pass rapidly through, over, or under; as, to shoot a rapid or a bridge; to shoot a sand bar. she shoots the stygian sound.
10. to variegate as if by sprinkling or intermingling; to color in spots or patches. the tangled water courses slept, shot over with purple, and green, and yellow.
11. An inclined plane, either artificial or natural, down which timber, coal, etc., are caused to slide; also, a narrow passage, either natural or artificial, in a stream, where the water rushes rapidly; esp., a channel, having a swift current, connecting the ends of a bend in the stream, so as to shorten the course.
12. To let fly, or cause to be driven, with force, as an arrow or a bullet; followed by a word denoting the missile, as an object.
13. To discharge, causing a missile to be driven forth; followed by a word denoting the weapon or instrument, as an object; often with off; as, to shoot a gun.
14. To strike with anything shot; to hit with a missile; often, to kill or wound with a firearm; followed by a word denoting the person or thing hit, as an object.
15. To send out or forth, especially with a rapid or sudden motion; to cast with the hand; to hurl; to discharge; to emit.
16. To push or thrust forward; to project; to protrude; often with out; as, a plant shoots out a bud.
17. To plane straight; to fit by planing.
18. To pass rapidly through, over, or under; as, to shoot a rapid or a bridge; to shoot a sand bar.
19. To variegate as if by sprinkling or intermingling; to color in spots or patches.
20. To cause an engine or weapon to discharge a missile; said of a person or an agent; as, they shot at a target; he shoots better than he rides.
21. To discharge a missile; said of an engine or instrument; as, the gun shoots well.
22. To be shot or propelled forcibly; said of a missile; to be emitted or driven; to move or extend swiftly, as if propelled; as, a shooting star.
23. To penetrate, as a missile; to dart with a piercing sensation; as, shooting pains.
24. To feel a quick, darting pain; to throb in pain.
25. To germinate; to bud; to sprout.
26. To grow; to advance; as, to shoot up rapidly.
27. To change form suddenly; especially, to solidify.
28. To protrude; to jut; to project; to extend; as, the land shoots into a promontory.
29. To move ahead by force of momentum, as a sailing vessel when the helm is put hard alee.
30. The act of shooting; the discharge of a missile; a shot; as, the shoot of a shuttle.
31. A young branch or growth.
32. A rush of water; a rapid.
33. A vein of ore running in the same general direction as the lode.
34. A weft thread shot through the shed by the shuttle; a pick.
35. A shoat; a young hog. the act of shooting at targets; "they hold a shoot every weekend during the summer" a new branch produce buds, branches, or germinate; "the potatoes sprouted" measure the altitude of by using a sextant; "shoot a star" utter fast and forcefully; "She shot back an answer" score; "shoot a basket"; "shoot a goal" fire a shot hit with a missile from a weapon throw dice, as in a crap game variegate by interweaving weft threads of different colors; "shoot cloth" throw or propel in a specific direction or towards a specific objective; "shoot craps"; "shoot a golf ball" send forth suddenly, intensely, swiftly; "shoot a glance" cause a sharp and sudden pain in; "The pain shot up her leg" kill by firing a missile emit suddenly and forcefully; "The dragon shot fumes and flames out of its mouth".
36. 1. If someone shoots a person or an animal, they kill them or injure them by firing a bullet or arrow at them. The police had orders to shoot anyone who attacked them The man was shot dead by the police during a raid on his house Her father shot himself in the head with a shotgun.
37. 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 The police came around the corner and they started shooting at us She had never been able to shoot straight.
38. If someone or something shoots in a particular direction, they move in that direction quickly and suddenly. They had almost reached the boat when a figure shot past them.
39. If you shoot something somewhere or if it shoots somewhere, it moves there quickly and suddenly. Masters shot a hand across the table and gripped his wrist You'd turn on the water, and it would shoot straight up in the air.
40. If you shoot a look at someone, you look at them quickly and briefly, often in a way that expresses your feelings. Mary Ann shot him a rueful look The man in the black overcoat shot a penetrating look at the other man.
41. If someone shoots to fame, they become famous or successful very quickly. Alina Reyes shot to fame a few years ago with her extraordinary first novel.
42. When people shoot a film or shoot photographs, they make a film or take photographs using a camera. He'd love to shoot his film in Cuba Shoot is also a noun. a barn presently being used for a video shoot.
43. Shoots are plants that are beginning to grow, or new parts growing from a plant or tree.
44. In sports such as football or basketball, when someone shoots, they try to score by kicking, throwing, or hitting the ball towards the goal. Spencer scuttled away from Young to shoot wide when he should have scored see also:
shooting, shot.
45. If you shoot the breeze or shoot the bull with someone, you talk to them about things which are not very serious or important. They expected me to sit up and shoot the breeze with them till one or two in the morning I also met with Pollack again to kind of shoot the bull.
46. to shoot from the hip: see:
hip.
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