shoot
Nouns
- (n) a new branch
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(n) the act of shooting at targets
- they hold a shoot every weekend during the summer
Verbs
- (v) hit with a missile from a weapon pip, hit,
- (v) kill by firing a missile pip,
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(v) fire a shot
- the gunman blasted away
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(v) make a film or photograph of something
- take a scene
- shoot a movie
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(v) send forth suddenly, intensely, swiftly
- shoot a glance
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(v) run or move very quickly or hastily
- She dashed into the yard
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(v) move quickly and violently
- The car tore down the street
- He came charging into my office
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(v) throw or propel in a specific direction or towards a specific objective
- shoot craps
- shoot a golf ball
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(v) record on photographic film
- I photographed the scene of the accident
- She snapped a picture of the President
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(v) emit (as light, flame, or fumes) suddenly and forcefully
- The dragon shot fumes and flames out of its mouth
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(v) cause a sharp and sudden pain in
- The pain shot up her leg
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(v) force or drive (a fluid or gas) into by piercing
- inject hydrogen into the balloon
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(v) variegate by interweaving weft threads of different colors
- shoot cloth
- (v) throw dice, as in a crap game
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(v) spend frivolously and unwisely
- Fritter away one's inheritance
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(v) score
- shoot a basket
- shoot a goal
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(v) utter fast and forcefully
- She shot back an answer
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(v) measure the altitude of by using a sextant
- shoot a star
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(v) produce buds, branches, or germinate
- the potatoes sprouted
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(v) give an injection to
- We injected the glucose into the patient's vein