Meaning & Definition of Shoot in English

1. A new branch

2. The act of shooting at targets

• "They hold a shoot every weekend during the summer"

1. Hit with a missile from a weapon

2. Kill by firing a missile

3. Fire a shot

• "The gunman blasted away"

4. Make a film or photograph of something

• "Take a scene"

• "Shoot a movie"

5. Send forth suddenly, intensely, swiftly

• "Shoot a glance"

6. Run or move very quickly or hastily

• "She dashed into the yard"

7. Move quickly and violently

• "The car tore down the street"

• "He came charging into my office"

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"

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"

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"

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"

20. Give an injection to

• "We injected the glucose into the patient's vein"