noun
-
a new branch
Less specific
-
the act of shooting at targets; “they hold a shoot every weekend during the summer”
More specific
verb
-
hit with a missile from a weapon
-
kill by firing a missile
Synonyms
Less specific
-
fire a shot; “the gunman blasted away”
Synonyms
More specific
- blaze away, blaze, overshoot, sharpshoot, snipe, open fire, fire, gun, pump
-
make a film or photograph of something; “take a scene”; “shoot a movie”
More specific
-
send forth suddenly, intensely, swiftly; “shoot a glance”
-
run or move very quickly or hastily; “She dashed into the yard”
Less specific
More specific
See also
-
move quickly and violently; “The car tore down the street”; “He came charging into my office”
Synonyms
- tear, shoot down, charge, buck
Less specific
More specific
See also
-
throw or propel in a specific direction or towards a specific objective; “shoot craps”; “shoot a golf ball”
Less specific
More specific
- dunk, break, chip, carom, birdie, eagle, double birdie, double bogey, bogey, knuckle
-
record on photographic film; “I photographed the scene of the accident”; “She snapped a picture of the President”
Synonyms
-
emit (as light, flame, or fumes) suddenly and forcefully; “The dragon shot fumes and flames out of its mouth”
-
cause a sharp and sudden pain in; “The pain shot up her leg”
-
force or drive (a fluid or gas) into by piercing; “inject hydrogen into the balloon”
Synonyms
-
variegate by interweaving weft threads of different colors; “shoot cloth”
Less specific
-
throw dice, as in a crap game
Less specific
-
spend frivolously and unwisely; “Fritter away one’s inheritance”
Synonyms
-
score; “shoot a basket”; “shoot a goal”
-
utter fast and forcefully; “She shot back an answer”
-
measure the altitude of by using a sextant; “shoot a star”
Less specific
-
produce buds, branches, or germinate; “the potatoes sprouted”
Less specific
-
give an injection to; “We injected the glucose into the patient’s vein”
Synonyms
Less specific

