Definition of shoot

"shoot" in the noun sense

1. shoot

a new branch

2. shoot

the act of shooting at targets

"they hold a shoot every weekend during the summer"

"shoot" in the verb sense

1. shoot, hit, pip

hit with a missile from a weapon

2. shoot, pip

kill by firing a missile

3. blast, shoot

fire a shot

"the gunman blasted away"

4. film, shoot, take

make a film or photograph of something

"take a scene"

"shoot a movie"

5. shoot

send forth suddenly, intensely, swiftly

"shoot a glance"

6. dart, dash, scoot, scud, flash, shoot

run or move very quickly or hastily

"She dashed into the yard"

7. tear, shoot, shoot down, charge, buck

move quickly and violently

"The car tore down the street"

"He came charging into my office"

8. shoot

throw or propel in a specific direction or towards a specific objective

"shoot craps"

"shoot a golf ball"

9. photograph, snap, shoot

record on photographic film

"I photographed the scene of the accident"

"She snapped a picture of the President"

10. shoot

emit (as light, flame, or fumes) suddenly and forcefully

"The dragon shot fumes and flames out of its mouth"

11. shoot

cause a sharp and sudden pain in

"The pain shot up her leg"

12. inject, shoot

force or drive (a fluid or gas) into by piercing

"inject hydrogen into the balloon"

13. shoot

variegate by interweaving weft threads of different colors

"shoot cloth"

14. shoot

throw dice, as in a crap game

15. fritter, frivol away, dissipate, shoot, fritter away, fool, fool away

spend frivolously and unwisely

"Fritter away one's inheritance"

16. shoot

score

"shoot a basket"

"shoot a goal"

17. shoot

utter fast and forcefully

"She shot back an answer"

18. shoot

measure the altitude of by using a sextant

"shoot a star"

19. shoot, spud, germinate, pullulate, bourgeon, burgeon forth, sprout

produce buds, branches, or germinate

"the potatoes sprouted"

20. inject, shoot

give an injection to

"We injected the glucose into the patient's vein"

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Quotations for shoot

To shoot at a pigeon, and kill a crow. [ Proverb ]

If I shoot at the sun, I may hit a star. [ P. T. Barnum ]

Eye Nature's walks, shoot folly as it flies,
And catch the manners living as they rise. [ Pope ]

Delightful task! to rear the tender thought.
To teach the young idea how to shoot. [ James Thomson ]

They shoot but calm words folded up in smoke. [ William Shakespeare, King John, Act II. Sc.1 ]

Religion a stalking horse to shoot other fowl. [ English Proverb, collected by George Herbert ]

Tramp on a snail and she'll shoot out her horns. [ Proverb ]

Youth should watch joys and shoot them as they fly. [ Dryden ]

To talk without thinking, is to shoot without aiming. [ Proverb ]

A poor man has not many marks for Fortune to shoot at. [ Proverb ]

Every man will shoot at the enemy, but few will gather the shafts. [ Proverb ]

Falsehood and fraud shoot up in every soil The product of all climes. [ Addison ]

Humility - that low, sweet root from which all heavenly virtues shoot. [ Moore ]

Set but this feather well to my arrow and he'll certainly shoot the mark. [ Proverb ]

He will shoot higher that shoots at the moon, than he that shoots at a dunghill, though he miss the mark. [ Proverb ]

Speech is a laggard and a sloth; but the eyes shoot out electric fluid that condenses all the elements of sentiment and passion in one single emanation. [ Horace Smith ]

Who shoots at the midday sun, though he be sure he shall never hit the mark, yet as sure he is that he shall shoot higher than he who aims but at a bush. [ Sir P. Sidney ]

If you ever go temporarily insane, don't shoot somebody, like a lot of people do. Instead, try to get some weeding done, because you'd really be surprised. [ Jack Handey, Deep Thoughts ]

The mind has a certain vegetative power, which cannot be wholly idle. If it is not laid out and cultivated into a beautiful garden, it will of itself shoot up in weeds or flowers of a wild growth. [ Steele ]

A fair reputation is a plant, delicate in its nature, and by no means rapid in its growth. It will not shoot up in a night like the gourd of the prophet; but, like that gourd, it may perish in a night. [ Jeremy Taylor ]

Who can describe the transports of a heart truly parental on beholding a daughter shoot up like some fair and modest flower, and acquire, day after day, fresh beauty and growing sweetness, so as to fill every eye with pleasure and every heart with admiration? [ Fordyce ]

From the crown of his head to the sole of his foot he is all mirth; he has twice or thrice cut Cupid's bowstring, and the little hangman dare not shoot at him: he hath a heart as sound as a bell, and his tongue is the clapper; for what his heart thinks his tongue speaks. [ William Shakespeare ]

shoot in Scrabble®

The word shoot is playable in Scrabble®, no blanks required.

Scrabble® Letter Score: 8

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shoot in Words With Friends™

The word shoot is playable in Words With Friends™, no blanks required.

Words With Friends™ Letter Score: 7

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Words within the letters of shoot

2 letter words in shoot (4 words)

3 letter words in shoot (5 words)

4 letter words in shoot (7 words)

5 letter words in shoot (Anagrams) (3 words)

Word Growth involving shoot

Shorter words in shoot

hoot

shoo

Longer words containing shoot

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