shoot meaning and definition

SHOOT noun

Definition of shoot (noun)

1. a new branch
2. the act of shooting at targets
   • "they hold a shoot every weekend during the summer"

SHOOT verb

Definition of shoot (verb)

1. hit with a missile from a weapon
   • synonyms: hit, pip
2. kill by firing a missile
   • synonyms: pip
3. fire a shot
   • "the gunman blasted away"
   • synonyms: blast
4. make a film or photograph of something
   • "take a scene"; "shoot a movie"
   • synonyms: film, take
5. send forth suddenly, intensely, swiftly
   • "shoot a glance"
6. run or move very quickly or hastily
   • "She dashed into the yard"
   • synonyms: dart, dash, flash, scoot, scud
7. move quickly and violently
   • "The car tore down the street"; "He came charging into my office"
   • synonyms: buck, charge, shoot down, tear
8. throw or propel in a specific direction or towards a specific objective
   • "shoot craps"; "shoot a golf ball"
9. record on photographic film
   • "I photographed the scene of the accident"; "She snapped a picture of the President"
   • synonyms: photograph, snap
10. emit (as light, flame, or fumes) suddenly and forcefully
    • "The dragon shot fumes and flames out of its mouth"
11. cause a sharp and sudden pain in
    • "The pain shot up her leg"
12. force or drive (a fluid or gas) into by piercing
    • "inject hydrogen into the balloon"
    • synonyms: inject
13. variegate by interweaving weft threads of different colors
    • "shoot cloth"
14. throw dice, as in a crap game
15. spend frivolously and unwisely
    • "Fritter away one's inheritance"
    • synonyms: dissipate, fool, fool away, fritter, fritter away, frivol away
16. score
    • "shoot a basket"; "shoot a goal"
17. utter fast and forcefully
    • "She shot back an answer"
18. measure the altitude of by using a sextant
    • "shoot a star"
19. produce buds, branches, or germinate
    • "the potatoes sprouted"
    • synonyms: bourgeon, burgeon forth, germinate, pullulate, sprout, spud
20. give an injection to
    • "We injected the glucose into the patient's vein"
    • synonyms: inject