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- Dictionaryshoot/ʃuːt/
verb
- 1. kill or wound (a person or animal) with a bullet or arrow: "he was shot in the leg during an armed robbery" Similar
- 2. move suddenly and rapidly in a particular direction: "the car shot forward" Similar
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"
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to fire a gun or other weapon, or to hit, injure, or kill someone or something by firing a gun or other weapon: [ I ] We’d take our bows and arrows and shoot at targets. [ T ] A long time ago the sergeant learned how to shoot a gun. [ T ] An unidentified man was shot yesterday afternoon.
How to use shoot in a sentence. to eject or impel or cause to be ejected or impelled by a sudden release of tension (as of a bowstring or slingshot or by a flick of a finger)… See the full definition
Shoot definition: to hit, wound, damage, kill, or destroy with a missile discharged from a weapon.. See examples of SHOOT used in a sentence.
Definition of shoot verb in Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary. Meaning, pronunciation, picture, example sentences, grammar, usage notes, synonyms and more.
To shoot means to fire a bullet from a weapon such as a gun. He taunted armed officers by pointing to his head, as if inviting them to shoot. [VERB] The police came around the corner and they started shooting at us. [VERB + at] She had never been able to shoot straight. [VERB adverb/preposition] Troops began shooting in all directions.
to injure or kill a person or animal by firing a bullet from a gun at them: [ often passive ] He was robbed and then shot in the stomach. An innocent bystander was shot dead in the incident. Fewer examples. The officer commanded his men to shoot. Soldiers were given the authority to shoot, but only as a last resort.
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.
Definition of shoot noun in Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary. Meaning, pronunciation, picture, example sentences, grammar, usage notes, synonyms and more.
To remove or destroy by firing or projecting a missile. Shot out the window. American Heritage. To make move with great speed or sudden force. To shoot an elevator upward. Webster's New World. To grow or sprout, esp. rapidly. Webster's New World. To discharge (a weapon). American Heritage. More Verb Definitions (52) Synonyms: take. film. blast.
SHOOT meaning: 1 : to cause a bullet, arrow, etc., to move forward with great force from a weapon; 2 : to wound or kill (a person or animal) with a bullet, arrow, etc., that is shot from a weapon
