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shoot - Dictionary definition and meaning for word shoot

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

"Bamboo shoots" is a well-known Chinese restuarant in Bangalore.
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by prksandeep
SHOOT or BOLT is to move very quickly.
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by pushpa_edit

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