Shoot (Verb)
Meaning 1
Utter fast and forcefully; "She shot back an answer".
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Verbs of telling, asking, ordering, singing.
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Meaning 2
Move quickly and violently; "The car tore down the street"; "He came charging into my office".
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Verbs of walking, flying, swimming.
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- Belt Along
- Race
- Cannonball Along
- Speed
- Pelt Along
- Hie
- Bucket Along
- Hasten
- Rush Along
- Rush
- Step On It
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Meaning 3
Record on photographic film; "I photographed the scene of the accident"; "She snapped a picture of the President".
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Verbs of telling, asking, ordering, singing.
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Meaning 4
Run or move very quickly or hastily; "She dashed into the yard".
Classification
Verbs of walking, flying, swimming.
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- Belt Along
- Cannonball Along
- Speed
- Pelt Along
- Hie
- Bucket Along
- Hotfoot
- Hasten
- Rush Along
- Rush
- Step On It
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Meaning 5
Throw dice, as in a crap game.
Classification
Verbs of touching, hitting, tying, digging.
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Meaning 6
Throw or propel in a specific direction or towards a specific objective; "shoot craps"; "shoot a golf ball".
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Verbs of touching, hitting, tying, digging.
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Meaning 7
Produce buds, branches, or germinate; "the potatoes sprouted".
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Verbs of size, temperature change, intensifying, etc..
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Meaning 8
Measure the altitude of by using a sextant; "shoot a star".
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Verbs of thinking, judging, analyzing, doubting.
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Meaning 9
Make a film or photograph of something; "take a scene"; "shoot a movie".
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Verbs of telling, asking, ordering, singing.
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Meaning 10
Give an injection to; "We injected the glucose into the patient's vein".
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Verbs of grooming, dressing and bodily care.
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Meaning 11
Spend frivolously and unwisely; "Fritter away one's inheritance".
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Verbs of eating and drinking.
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Meaning 12
Score; "shoot a basket"; "shoot a goal".
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Verbs of fighting, athletic activities.
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Meaning 13
Hit with a missile from a weapon.
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Verbs of fighting, athletic activities.
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Meaning 14
Emit (as light, flame, or fumes) suddenly and forcefully; "The dragon shot fumes and flames out of its mouth".
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Verbs of raining, snowing, thawing, thundering.
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Meaning 15
Variegate by interweaving weft threads of different colors; "shoot cloth".
Classification
Verbs of touching, hitting, tying, digging.
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Meaning 16
Cause a sharp and sudden pain in; "The pain shot up her leg".
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Verbs of seeing, hearing, feeling.
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Meaning 17
Fire a shot; "the gunman blasted away".
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Verbs of fighting, athletic activities.
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Meaning 18
Kill by firing a missile.
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Verbs of political and social activities and events.
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Meaning 19
Send forth suddenly, intensely, swiftly; "shoot a glance".
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Verbs of walking, flying, swimming.