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shoots

/ʃuːts/

Rhymes with -uːts

noun

plural plural of shoot

verb

indicative, present, singular, third person third-person singular simple present indicative of shoot

adjective

Hawaii, not comparable, slang Alright; ok; of course. Johannis and Marcella took a yellow cab downtown and asked the driver to stop in front of First National City Bank. —“Shoots!”—he answered. Marcella looked at Johannis with question marks in the eyes. —Ok! It means ok Marcella.

interjection

Hawaii, slang Goodbye. The concierge began talking on the phone in the local pidgin. “Eh, anikala Moki, diz Rodney at work, howzit? I get one winnah for you today. Diz guys like go Miloliʻi … no kidding uncle, four poʻe ipukea kane, come now. Shoots.”

Thesaurus

Closest in meaning: shoot down, dart, hit, scud, snap, flash, tear, film, take, pullulate, photograph, dissipate, charge, bourgeon, inject, fritter away

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@misc{shoots_2026,
  title = {shoots},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/shoots},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}