shoot

To launch (forcefully project) (a projectile or similar object).; To fire (a weapon that releases a bullet or other projectile).transitive

• to shoot a gun

To launch (forcefully project) (a projectile or similar object).; To fire or launch (a projectile).transitive

• If you please / To shoot an arrow that self way.

To launch (forcefully project) (a projectile or similar object).; To fire a projectile at (a person or target).transitive

• The man, in a desperate bid for freedom, grabbed his gun and started shooting anyone he could.
• The hunter shot the deer to harvest its meat.

To launch (forcefully project) (a projectile or similar object).; To cause a weapon to discharge a projectile; to use a gun or similar weapon.intransitive

• They shot at a target.
• He shoots better than he rides.

To launch (forcefully project) (a projectile or similar object).; To hunt game with a gun; to go hunting for recreation.intransitive

• They're coming to shoot with us on Sunday.

To launch (forcefully project) (a projectile or similar object).; To hunt on (a piece of land) with a gun; to kill game in or on.transitive

• Although the estate had been shot previously, there had been no effective keepering and little success with the pheasants released.

To launch (forcefully project) (a projectile or similar object).; To function as a weapon that launches a projectile.intransitive

• The gun shoots well.

To launch (forcefully project) (a projectile or similar object).; To throw dice; to roll.intransitive

• Then, when it was his turn to shoot, he reached out with a completely empty hand and caught the dice the stickman threw to him.

To launch (forcefully project) (a projectile or similar object).; To ejaculate.slangtransitive

• After a very short time, he shot his load over the carpet.

To launch (forcefully project) (a projectile or similar object).; To begin to speak.colloquialimperativeintransitive

• "Can I ask you a question?" "Shoot."

The emerging stem and embryonic leaves of a new plant.

• Prune off yet also superfluous branches, and shoots of this second spring.
• From the bonfire of last autumn's HS2 decision, there are green shoots pushing through the ashes.

A photography session.

• "Hmm." "Problem?" "Arianna warned me this might be a challenging shoot. I think she was worried about you being belligerent, but the real issue is turning out to be your specularity. It looks like I'm taking pictures of a flashbang."
• While you see some of our exploration on camera, I also spent many happy hours between shoots with Chris Nix, digging out dozens of wonderful plans, maps and drawings of projects that I never knew existed, and some that never did exist.

A hunt or shooting competition.

An event that is unscripted or legitimate.slang

The act of shooting; the discharge of a missile; a shot.

• The Turkish bow giveth a very forcible shoot.
• One underneath his horse to get a shoot doth stalk.

A rush of water; a rapid.

A weft thread shot through the shed by the shuttle; a pick.

A shoat; a young pig.

A vein of ore running in the same general direction as the lode.

• 1901, Frank Lee Hess, pubs.usgs.gov report. Rare Metals. TIN, TUNGSTEN, AND TANTALUM IN SOUTH DAKOTA. In the western dike is a shoot about 4 feet in diameter carrying a considerable sprinkling of cassiterite, ore which in quantity would und

An inclined plane, either artificial or natural, down which timber, coal, ore, etc., are caused to slide; a chute.

• That there was no evidence before the jury that at the time of the accident the timber shoot was worked by the defendant company.

A mild expletive, expressing disbelief or dismay

• Didn't you have a concert tonight? —Shoot! I forgot! I have to go and get ready…