Shoot - Definition

n 1: a new branch
2: the act of shooting at targets; "they hold a shoot every
weekend during the summer"
v 1: hit with a missile from a weapon [syn: shoot, hit,
pip]
2: kill by firing a missile [syn: shoot, pip]
3: fire a shot; "the gunman blasted away" [syn: blast,
shoot]
4: make a film or photograph of something; "take a scene";
"shoot a movie" [syn: film, shoot, take]
5: send forth suddenly, intensely, swiftly; "shoot a glance"
6: run or move very quickly or hastily; "She dashed into the
yard" [syn: dart, dash, scoot, scud, flash,
shoot]
7: move quickly and violently; "The car tore down the street";
"He came charging into my office" [syn: tear, shoot,
shoot down, charge, buck]
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" [syn:
photograph, snap, shoot]
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" [syn: inject, shoot]
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" [syn: fritter, frivol away, dissipate,
shoot, fritter away, fool, fool 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" [syn: shoot, spud, germinate, pullulate,
bourgeon, burgeon forth, sprout]
20: give an injection to; "We injected the glucose into the
patient's vein" [syn: inject, shoot]