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- DictionaryShoot/SHo͞ot/
verb
- 1. kill or wound (a person or animal) with a bullet or arrow: "he was shot in the leg during an armed robbery"
- 2. move suddenly and rapidly in a particular direction: "the car shot forward"
noun
- 1. a young branch or sucker springing from the main stock of a tree or other plant: "he nipped off the new shoots that grew where the leaves joined the stems"
- 2. an occasion when a group of people hunt and shoot game for sport: "a grouse shoot"
exclamation
- 1. used as a euphemism for ‘shit’: informal North American "shoot, it was a great day to be alive"
SHOOT definition: 1. to injure or kill a person or animal by firing a bullet from a gun at them: 2. to fire a bullet…. Learn more.
[intransitive, transitive] to fire a gun or other weapon; to fire something from a weapon. Don't shoot—I surrender. The police rarely shoot to kill (= try to kill the people they shoot at). The soldiers were given orders to shoot on sight (= as soon as they saw somebody). shoot at somebody/something troops shooting at the enemy.
5 days ago · 1. verb. If someone shoots a person or an animal, they kill them or injure them by firing a bullet or arrow at them. The police had orders to shoot anyone who attacked them. [VERB noun] Namibian law permits ranchers to shoot cheetahs to protect their livestock. [VERB noun] Gunmen shot dead the brother of the minister. [VERB noun with adjective]
Definition of shoot verb in Oxford Advanced American Dictionary. Meaning, pronunciation, picture, example sentences, grammar, usage notes, synonyms and more.
verb (used with object),shot, shoot·ing. to hit, wound, damage, kill, or destroy with a missile discharged from a weapon. to execute or put to death with a bullet: to be shot at sunrise. to send forth or discharge (a missile) from a weapon: to shoot a bullet. to discharge (a weapon): to shoot a gun.
1. a. To hit, wound, or kill with a missile fired from a weapon. b. To remove or destroy by firing or projecting a missile: shot out the window. c. To make (a hole, for example) by firing a weapon. 2. To fire or let fly (a missile) from a weapon. 3. a. To discharge (a weapon). b. To detonate or cause to explode: shot off a firecracker. 4.
Britannica Dictionary definition of SHOOT. 1. a : to cause a bullet, arrow, etc., to move forward with great force from a weapon. [no object] Does this gun shoot accurately? Don't shoot. I surrender. He shot at the deer. [+] more examples. [+ object] She shot the arrow into the air.
