Associations to the word «Shoot»

SHOOT, verb. To launch a projectile.

SHOOT, verb. (transitive) To fire (a weapon that releases a projectile).

SHOOT, verb. (transitive) To fire (a projectile).

SHOOT, verb. (transitive) To fire a projectile at (a person or target).

SHOOT, verb. (intransitive) To cause a weapon to discharge a projectile.

SHOOT, verb. (slang) To ejaculate.

SHOOT, verb. (intransitive) (usually, as imperative) To begin to speak.

SHOOT, verb. (intransitive) To discharge a missile; said of a weapon.

SHOOT, verb. (transitive) (figurative) To dismiss or do away with.

SHOOT, verb. (transitive) (analogous) To photograph.

SHOOT, verb. To move or act quickly or suddenly.

SHOOT, verb. (intransitive) To move very quickly and suddenly.

SHOOT, verb. To go over or pass quickly through.

SHOOT, verb. (transitive) To tip (something, especially coal) down a chute.

SHOOT, verb. (transitive) To penetrate, like a missile; to dart with a piercing sensation.

SHOOT, verb. (obsolete) (intransitive) To feel a quick, darting pain; to throb in pain.

SHOOT, verb. (obsolete) To change form suddenly; especially, to solidify.

SHOOT, verb. To send out or forth, especially with a rapid or sudden motion; to cast with the hand; to hurl; to discharge; to emit.

SHOOT, verb. (informal) (transitive) To send to someone.

SHOOT, verb. (sport) To act or achieve.

SHOOT, verb. (wrestling) To lunge.

SHOOT, verb. (professional wrestling) To deviate from kayfabe, either intentionally or accidentally; to actually connect with unchoreographed fighting blows and maneuvers, or speak one's mind (instead of an agreed script).

SHOOT, verb. To make the stated score.

SHOOT, verb. (surveying) To measure the distance and direction to (a point).

SHOOT, verb. (transitive) (intransitive) (colloquial) To inject a drug (such as heroin) intravenously.

SHOOT, verb. To develop, move forward.

SHOOT, verb. To germinate; to bud; to sprout.

SHOOT, verb. To grow; to advance.

SHOOT, verb. (nautical) To move ahead by force of momentum, as a sailing vessel when the helm is put hard alee.

SHOOT, verb. To push or thrust forward; to project; to protrude; often with out.

SHOOT, verb. To protrude; to jut; to project; to extend.

SHOOT, verb. (carpentry) To plane straight; to fit by planing.

SHOOT, verb. To variegate as if by sprinkling or intermingling; to color in spots or patches.W

SHOOT, noun. The emerging stem and embryonic leaves of a new plant.

SHOOT, noun. A photography session.

SHOOT, noun. A hunt or shooting competition.

SHOOT, noun. (professional wrestling) (slang) An event that is unscripted or legitimate.

SHOOT, noun. The act of shooting; the discharge of a missile; a shot.

SHOOT, noun. A rush of water; a rapid.

SHOOT, noun. (mining) A vein of ore running in the same general direction as the lode.

SHOOT, noun. (weaving) A weft thread shot through the shed by the shuttle; a pick.

SHOOT, noun. A shoat; a young pig.

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

SHOOT, interjection. A mild expletive, expressing disbelief or disdain

SHOOT 'EM UP, noun. (idiomatic) (film) (television) (literature) (video games) A short story, novel, television show, film, computer game, or other narrative which depicts considerable gunplay.

SHOOT 'EM UPS, noun. Plural of shoot 'em up

SHOOT BLANKS, verb. (colloquial) To expel semen during orgasm without a single sperm in it.

SHOOT DOWN, verb. (transitive) To cause to fall by shooting.

SHOOT DOWN, verb. (idiomatic) To criticize a (request) to the point of preclusion.

SHOOT FIRST AND ASK QUESTIONS LATER, verb. (idiomatic) (US) To take hasty, immediate action with serious consequences, without first adequately investigating the situation.

SHOOT FIRST AND ASK QUESTIONS LATER, verb. (idiomatic) (US) To act boldly.

SHOOT FOR THE STARS, verb. To aim high; to set high goals

SHOOT FROM THE HIP, verb. (literally) To shoot a firearm as soon as it is unholstered (still near the hip), without taking time to aim via the gunsights.

SHOOT FROM THE HIP, verb. (figuratively) To react quickly based on first impressions, without carefully studying the background information, wider context, and so on.

SHOOT ME, interjection. Expression of dismay, where the speaker is expressing, metaphorically, his/her wish to die because events (for him/her) are so bad.

SHOOT OFF, verb. (colloquial) To leave quickly

SHOOT OFF AT THE MOUTH, verb. (informal) (idiomatic) To boast, or brag, or talk too much.

SHOOT OFF AT THE MOUTH, verb. (informal) (idiomatic) To disclose some information that was supposed to be secret.

SHOOT ONE'S BOLT, verb. (idiomatic) To use up one's resources, especially a singular one or one not readily restored.

SHOOT ONE'S LOAD, verb. (idiomatic) (vulgar) To ejaculate; to cum.

SHOOT ONE'S MOUTH OFF, verb. (idiomatic) To make reckless or exaggerated statements.

SHOOT ONE'S WAD, verb. (idiomatic) To spend all of one's money.

SHOOT ONE'S WAD, verb. (idiomatic) To expend all of one's resources or efforts; to express all the arguments or ideas which one has.

SHOOT ONE'S WAD, verb. (idiomatic) (vulgar) (of a man) To ejaculate.

SHOOT ONESELF IN THE FOOT, verb. (idiomatic) To act against one's own interests; to unintentionally behave self-destructively.

SHOOT OUT, noun. Alternative spelling of shootout

SHOOT THE BOOTS, verb. (Canada) (idiomatic) (slang) To kick swiftly and violently, especially in the groin.

SHOOT THE BREEZE, verb. (idiomatic) (US) To chat idly or generally waste time talking.

SHOOT THE BULL, verb. (idiomatic) To chinwag; to talk idly.

SHOOT THE MESSENGER, verb. (idiomatic) To blame a problem on whoever reported it; to hold somebody accountable a problem because he/she brought attention to it.

SHOOT THE MOON, verb. To hit the moon, with a rocket or by other means.

SHOOT THE MOON, verb. (figuratively) (by extension) To attain great heights, a high value, or a numerically high measurement.

SHOOT THE MOON, verb. (card games) To achieve the lowest score possible, such that the player is usually rewarded with bonus points.

SHOOT THE SHIT, verb. (idiomatic) (vulgar) To chat casually; to gossip.

SHOOT THROUGH, verb. Used other than as an idiom: see shoot,‎ through.

SHOOT THROUGH, verb. (Australian) (NZ) (informal) To leave.

SHOOT THROUGH LIKE A BONDI TRAM, verb. (Australia) (colloquial) (informal) To leave in haste.

SHOOT UP, verb. Used other than as an idiom. To shoot upwards.

SHOOT UP, verb. (intransitive) To grow taller rapidly.

SHOOT UP, verb. (transitive) To fire many bullets at.

SHOOT UP, verb. (intransitive) or (transitive) To inject (a drug) intravenously.

SHOOT, noun. A new branch.

SHOOT, noun. The act of shooting at targets; "they hold a shoot every weekend during the summer".

SHOOT, verb. Hit with a missile from a weapon.

SHOOT, verb. Kill by firing a missile.

SHOOT, verb. Fire a shot; "the gunman blasted away".

SHOOT, verb. Make a film or photograph of something; "take a scene"; "shoot a movie".

SHOOT, verb. Send forth suddenly, intensely, swiftly; "shoot a glance".

SHOOT, verb. Run or move very quickly or hastily; "She dashed into the yard".

SHOOT, verb. Move quickly and violently; "The car tore down the street"; "He came charging into my office".

SHOOT, verb. Throw or propel in a specific direction or towards a specific objective; "shoot craps"; "shoot a golf ball".

SHOOT, verb. Record on photographic film; "I photographed the scene of the accident"; "She snapped a picture of the President".

SHOOT, verb. Emit (as light, flame, or fumes) suddenly and forcefully; "The dragon shot fumes and flames out of its mouth".

SHOOT, verb. Cause a sharp and sudden pain in; "The pain shot up her leg".

SHOOT, verb. Force or drive (a fluid or gas) into by piercing; "inject hydrogen into the balloon".

SHOOT, verb. Variegate by interweaving weft threads of different colors; "shoot cloth".

SHOOT, verb. Throw dice, as in a crap game.

SHOOT, verb. Spend frivolously and unwisely; "Fritter away one's inheritance".

SHOOT, verb. Score; "shoot a basket"; "shoot a goal".

SHOOT, verb. Utter fast and forcefully; "She shot back an answer".

SHOOT, verb. Measure the altitude of by using a sextant; "shoot a star".

SHOOT, verb. Produce buds, branches, or germinate; "the potatoes sprouted".

SHOOT, verb. Give an injection to; "We injected the glucose into the patient's vein".