Definitions of shoot
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fire a shot
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synonyms:
blast
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blaze, blaze away
shoot rapidly and repeatedly
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overshoot
shoot beyond or over (a target)
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sharpshoot, snipe
aim and shoot with great precision
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fire, open fire
start firing a weapon
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gun
shoot with a gun
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pump
deliver forth
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machine gun
shoot with a machine gun
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hit with a missile from a weapon
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kill by firing a missile
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the act of shooting at targets“they hold a shoot every weekend during the summer”
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skeet, skeet shooting, trapshooting
the sport of shooting at clay pigeons that are hurled upward in such a way as to simulate the flight of a bird
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skeet, skeet shooting, trapshooting
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send forth suddenly, intensely, swiftly
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emit (as light, flame, or fumes) suddenly and forcefully
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utter fast and forcefully
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force or drive (a fluid or gas) into by piercing
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give an injection to
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throw or propel in a specific direction or towards a specific objective“shoot craps”“shoot a golf ball”
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dunk
make a dunk shot, in basketball
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break
make the opening shot that scatters the balls
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chip
play a chip shot
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carom
make a carom
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birdie
shoot in one stroke under par
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double birdie, eagle
shoot two strokes under par
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double bogey
to shoot two strokes over par
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bogey
to shoot in one stroke over par
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knuckle
shoot a marble while keeping one's knuckles on the ground
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slam-dunk
make a slam dunk; shoot a basketball in a slam dunk
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hit
cause to move by striking
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throw dice, as in a crap game
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throw
throw (a die) out onto a flat surface
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throw
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score
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produce buds, branches, or germinate
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a new branch
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record on photographic film
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make a film or photograph of something
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move quickly and violently
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synonyms:
buck, charge, shoot down, tear
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rip
move precipitously or violently
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belt along, bucket along, cannonball along, hasten, hie, hotfoot, pelt along, race, rush, rush along, speed, step on it
move fast
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rip
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run or move very quickly or hastily
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buck, charge, shoot down, tear
move quickly and violently
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plunge
dash violently or with great speed or impetuosity
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belt along, bucket along, cannonball along, hasten, hie, hotfoot, pelt along, race, rush, rush along, speed, step on it
move fast
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buck, charge, shoot down, tear
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cause a sharp and sudden pain in
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spend frivolously and unwisely
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synonyms:
dissipate, fool, fool away, fritter, fritter away, frivol away
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measure the altitude of by using a sextant“shoot a star”
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measure, measure out, mensurate
determine the measurements of something or somebody, take measurements of
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measure, measure out, mensurate
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variegate by interweaving weft threads of different colors“shoot cloth”
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interweave, weave
interlace by or as if by weaving
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interweave, weave
Pronunciation
US
/ʃut/
UK
/ʃut/
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