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shoot¹

  • /ʃuːt/ UK
  • /ʃʉwt/ British, Southern, Standard
  • /ʃut/ US
  • /ʃʉːt/ Australia, New Zealand
  • /ʃʉt/ Northern Ireland, Scotland
  • /ʃɪʊt/ Wales

Sounds like chute · Rhymes with -uːt

Where it comes from

Etymology tree

Proto-Indo-European *(s)kewd-

Proto-Indo-European *-eti

Proto-Indo-European *(s)kéwdeti?

Proto-Germanic *skuttōnąbf.?

Proto-Germanic *skeutaną

Proto-West Germanic *skeutan

Old English sċēotan

Middle English schoten

English shoot

Inherited from Middle English scheten, schoten, from Old English scēotan, from Proto-West Germanic *skeutan, from Proto-Germanic *skeutaną, from Proto-Indo-European *(s)kéwd-e-ti, thematic present of *(s)kewd- (“to shoot, throw”).

Cognates

Cognate with West Frisian sjitte, Low German scheten, Dutch schieten, German schießen, Danish skyde, Norwegian Bokmål skyte, Norwegian Nynorsk skyta, Swedish skjuta; and also, through Indo-European, with Russian кида́ть (kidátʹ), Albanian hedh (“to throw, toss”), Persian چست (čost, “quick, active”), Lithuanian skudrùs.

verb shoots · shooting · shot · shotten · shoot

  1. transitive To fire (a weapon that releases a bullet or other projectile). to shoot a gun
  2. transitive To fire or launch (a projectile). If you please / To shoot an arrow that self way.
  3. transitive To fire a projectile at (a person or target). The man, in a desperate bid for freedom, grabbed his gun and started shooting anyone he could.
  4. intransitive To cause a weapon to discharge a projectile; to use a gun or similar weapon. They shot at a target.
  5. intransitive To hunt game with a gun; to go hunting for recreation. They're coming to shoot with us on Sunday.
  6. transitive To hunt on (a piece of land) with a gun; to kill game in or on. Although the estate had been shot previously, there had been no effective keepering and little success with the pheasants released.
  7. intransitive To function as a weapon that launches a projectile. The gun shoots well.
  8. intransitive To throw dice; to roll. 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.
  9. slang, transitive To ejaculate. After a very short time, he shot his load over the carpet.
  10. colloquial, imperative, intransitive To begin to speak. "Can I ask you a question?" "Shoot."
  11. figuratively, transitive To dismiss, reject, or do away with. His idea was shot on sight.
  12. ambitransitive To photograph. He shot the couple in a variety of poses.
  13. ambitransitive To film. The film was mostly shot in France.
  14. transitive To push or thrust (a bolt) quickly; hence, to open (a lock); to unlock. There was no answer, so I took the big key, rubbed some salad oil into the wards, and after one or two bad shots, for my hands were shaking, managed to fit it, and shoot the lock.
  15. intransitive To move past very quickly and suddenly. After an initial lag, the experimental group's scores shot past the control group's scores in the fourth week.
  16. transitive To go over or pass quickly through. shoot the rapids
  17. To ride a wave. One of the fishermen was really stoked. He was trying to shoot the shore break in his canoe.
  18. transitive To tip (something, especially coal) down a chute.
  19. transitive To penetrate with pain as if with a bullet; to stab; to cause a piercing sensation. a shooting pain in my leg
  20. intransitive, obsolete To feel a quick, darting pain; to throb in pain. These preachers make / His head to shoot and ache.
  21. obsolete To change form suddenly; especially, to solidify. If the menstruum be overcharged, metals will shoot into crystals.
  22. To send out or forth, especially with a rapid or sudden motion; to cast with the hand; to hurl; to discharge; to emit. an honest weaver as ever shot shuttle
  23. ditransitive, informal To send (to someone). I'll shoot you an email with all the details
  24. informal, intransitive To leave; to depart. Is that the time already? I've got to shoot.
  25. To lunge.
  26. 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).
  27. To make (the stated score). In my round of golf yesterday I shot a 76.
  28. colloquial, intransitive, transitive To inject a drug (such as heroin) intravenously.
  29. To germinate; to bud; to sprout. Onions, as they hang, will shoot forth.
  30. To grow; to advance. to shoot up rapidly
  31. To move ahead by force of momentum, as a sailing vessel when the helm is put hard alee.
  32. transitive To travel or ride on (breaking waves) rowards the shore. `Take the tiller, Mahomed!' I roared in Arabic. `We must try and shoot them.' At the same moment I seized an oar, and got it out, motioning to Job to do likewise.
  33. To push or thrust forward; to project; to protrude; often with out. A plant shoots out a bud.
  34. intransitive To protrude; to jut; to project; to extend. The land shoots into a promontory.
  35. transitive To plane straight; to fit by planing. two Pieces of Wood are Shot (that is Plained) or else they are Pared [...] with a Pairing-chissel
  36. transitive To variegate as if by sprinkling or intermingling; to color in spots or patches. (See shot silk on Wikipedia) The tangled water-courses slept, / Shot over with purple, and green, and yellow.
  37. To shoot the moon.
  38. transitive To carry out, or attempt to carry out (an approach to an airport runway). He tried to shoot the visual approach to runway 12, but the visibility was too low.
  39. transitive To measure the distance and direction to (a point).
  40. To carry out a seismic survey with geophones in an attempt to detect oil. Once the area is ready to "shoot," the seismic crew places geophones and cables along the line of the profile to be recorded.
  41. transitive To drink (a shot of an alcoholic beverage). You can kiss a hundred boys in bars Shoot another shot, try to stop the feeling

noun shoots

  1. The emerging stem and embryonic leaves of a new plant. Prune off yet also superfluous branches, and shoots of this second spring.
  2. 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."
  3. A hunt or shooting competition.
  4. slang An event that is unscripted or legitimate.
  5. The act of shooting; the discharge of a missile; a shot. The Turkish bow giveth a very forcible shoot.
  6. A rush of water; a rapid.
  7. A weft thread shot through the shed by the shuttle; a pick.
  8. A shoat; a young pig.
  9. A vein of ore running in the same general direction as the lode. where to find a shoot of ore opposite one they may have taken away on a parallel lode
  10. 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.
  11. The act of taking all point cards in one hand.
  12. A seismic survey carried out with geophones in an attempt to detect oil. Once the last line of cable has been retrieved, there is little evidence that a shoot has been conducted.

shoot²

  • /ʃuːt/ UK
  • /ʃʉwt/ British, Southern, Standard
  • /ʃut/ US
  • /ʃʉːt/ Australia, New Zealand
  • /ʃʉt/ Northern Ireland, Scotland
  • /ʃɪʊt/ Wales

Sounds like chute · Rhymes with -uːt

Where it comes from

Minced oath for shit.

interjection

  1. A mild expletive, expressing disbelief or dismay Didn't you have a concert tonight? —Shoot! I forgot! I have to go and get ready…

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