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SHOOT (shot)
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Dictionary entry overview: What does shoot mean?
• SHOOT (noun)
The noun SHOOT has 2 senses:
2. the act of shooting at targets
Familiarity information: SHOOT used as a noun is rare.
• SHOOT (verb)
The verb SHOOT has 20 senses:
1. hit with a missile from a weapon
4. make a film or photograph of something
5. send forth suddenly, intensely, swiftly
6. run or move very quickly or hastily
8. throw or propel in a specific direction or towards a specific objective
9. record on photographic film
10. emit (as light, flame, or fumes) suddenly and forcefully
11. cause a sharp and sudden pain in
12. force or drive (a fluid or gas) into by piercing
13. variegate by interweaving weft threads of different colors
14. throw dice, as in a crap game
15. spend frivolously and unwisely
18. measure the altitude of by using a sextant
19. produce buds, branches, or germinate
Familiarity information: SHOOT used as a verb is very familiar.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
A new branch
Classified under:
Nouns denoting plants
Hypernyms ("shoot" is a kind of...):
sprout (any new growth of a plant such as a new branch or a bud)
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "shoot"):
sucker (a shoot arising from a plant's roots)
tiller (a shoot that sprouts from the base of a grass)
Derivation:
shoot (produce buds, branches, or germinate)
Sense 2
Meaning:
The act of shooting at targets
Classified under:
Nouns denoting acts or actions
Context example:
they hold a shoot every weekend during the summer
Hypernyms ("shoot" is a kind of...):
shooting; shot (the act of firing a projectile)
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "shoot"):
skeet; skeet shooting; trapshooting (the sport of shooting at clay pigeons that are hurled upward in such a way as to simulate the flight of a bird)
Derivation:
shoot (fire a shot)
shoot (hit with a missile from a weapon)
Conjugation: |
Past simple: shot
Past participle: shot
-ing form: shooting
Sense 1
Meaning:
Hit with a missile from a weapon
Classified under:
Verbs of fighting, athletic activities
Synonyms:
Hypernyms (to "shoot" is one way to...):
injure; wound (cause injuries or bodily harm to)
Verb group:
hit; strike (make a strategic, offensive, assault against an enemy, opponent, or a target)
pip; shoot (kill by firing a missile)
Troponyms (each of the following is one way to "shoot"):
grass (shoot down, of birds)
kneecap (shoot in the kneecap, often done by terrorist groups as a warning)
gun down (strike down or shoot down)
Sentence frames:
Somebody ----s something
Somebody ----s somebody
Derivation:
shoot (the act of shooting at targets)
shooter (a person who shoots (usually with respect to their ability to shoot))
Sense 2
Meaning:
Kill by firing a missile
Classified under:
Verbs of political and social activities and events
Synonyms:
pip; shoot
Hypernyms (to "shoot" is one way to...):
kill (cause to die; put to death, usually intentionally or knowingly)
Verb group:
hit; pip; shoot (hit with a missile from a weapon)
Troponyms (each of the following is one way to "shoot"):
flight (shoot a bird in flight)
pick off (shoot one by one)
Sentence frame:
Somebody ----s somebody
Sentence example:
They want to shoot the prisoners
Derivation:
shooter (a professional killer who uses a gun)
shooter (a person who shoots (usually with respect to their ability to shoot))
shooting (killing someone by gunfire)
Sense 3
Meaning:
Fire a shot
Classified under:
Verbs of fighting, athletic activities
Synonyms:
blast; shoot
Context example:
the gunman blasted away
Hypernyms (to "shoot" is one way to...):
discharge; fire (cause to go off)
Verb group:
hit; pip; shoot (hit with a missile from a weapon)
Troponyms (each of the following is one way to "shoot"):
blaze; blaze away (shoot rapidly and repeatedly)
overshoot (shoot beyond or over (a target))
sharpshoot; snipe (aim and shoot with great precision)
fire; open fire (start firing a weapon)
gun (shoot with a gun)
pump (deliver forth)
Sentence frames:
Somebody ----s
Somebody ----s something
Somebody ----s PP
Derivation:
shoot (the act of shooting at targets)
shooter (a person who shoots (usually with respect to their ability to shoot))
shooting (the act of firing a projectile)
Sense 4
Meaning:
Make a film or photograph of something
Classified under:
Verbs of telling, asking, ordering, singing
Synonyms:
Context example:
shoot a movie
Hypernyms (to "shoot" is one way to...):
enter; put down; record (make a record of; set down in permanent form)
Verb group:
photograph; shoot; snap (record on photographic film)
Domain category:
film; flick; motion-picture show; motion picture; movie; moving-picture show; moving picture; pic; picture; picture show (a form of entertainment that enacts a story by sound and a sequence of images giving the illusion of continuous movement)
Troponyms (each of the following is one way to "shoot"):
reshoot (shoot again)
Sentence frames:
Somebody ----s something
Somebody ----s somebody
Sentence example:
Sam and Sue shoot the movie
Sense 5
Meaning:
Send forth suddenly, intensely, swiftly
Classified under:
Verbs of walking, flying, swimming
Context example:
shoot a glance
Hypernyms (to "shoot" is one way to...):
cast; contrive; project; throw (put or send forth)
Sentence frame:
Somebody ----s something
Sense 6
Meaning:
Run or move very quickly or hastily
Classified under:
Verbs of walking, flying, swimming
Synonyms:
dart; dash; flash; scoot; scud; shoot
Context example:
She dashed into the yard
Hypernyms (to "shoot" is one way to...):
belt along; bucket along; cannonball along; hasten; hie; hotfoot; pelt along; race; rush; rush along; speed; step on it (move hurridly)
Verb group:
buck; charge; shoot; shoot down; tear (move quickly and violently)
Troponyms (each of the following is one way to "shoot"):
plunge (dash violently or with great speed or impetuosity)
Sentence frames:
Something is ----ing PP
Somebody ----s PP
Sense 7
Meaning:
Move quickly and violently
Classified under:
Verbs of walking, flying, swimming
Synonyms:
buck; charge; shoot; shoot down; tear
Context example:
He came charging into my office
Hypernyms (to "shoot" is one way to...):
belt along; bucket along; cannonball along; hasten; hie; hotfoot; pelt along; race; rush; rush along; speed; step on it (move hurridly)
Verb group:
dart; dash; flash; scoot; scud; shoot (run or move very quickly or hastily)
Troponyms (each of the following is one way to "shoot"):
rip (move precipitously or violently)
Sentence frames:
Something is ----ing PP
Somebody ----s PP
Also:
shoot up (rise dramatically)
Sense 8
Meaning:
Throw or propel in a specific direction or towards a specific objective
Classified under:
Verbs of touching, hitting, tying, digging
Context example:
shoot a golf ball
Hypernyms (to "shoot" is one way to...):
hit (cause to move by striking)
Troponyms (each of the following is one way to "shoot"):
dunk (make a dunk shot, in basketball)
break (make the opening shot that scatters the balls)
chip (play a chip shot)
carom (make a carom)
birdie (shoot in one stroke under par)
double birdie; eagle (shoot two strokes under par)
double bogey (to shoot two strokes over par)
bogey (to shoot in one stroke over par)
knuckle (shoot a marble while keeping one's knuckles on the ground)
Sentence frames:
Somebody ----s
Somebody ----s something
Derivation:
shooter (a large marble used for shooting in the game of marbles)
shooter ((sports) a player who drives or kicks a ball at the goal (or a basketball player who shoots at the basket))
Sense 9
Meaning:
Record on photographic film
Classified under:
Verbs of telling, asking, ordering, singing
Synonyms:
photograph; shoot; snap
Context example:
She snapped a picture of the President
Hypernyms (to "shoot" is one way to...):
enter; put down; record (make a record of; set down in permanent form)
Verb group:
film; shoot; take (make a film or photograph of something)
Domain category:
photography; picture taking (the act of taking and printing photographs)
Troponyms (each of the following is one way to "shoot"):
retake (photograph again)
x-ray (take an x-ray of something or somebody)
Sentence frames:
Somebody ----s
Somebody ----s something
Somebody ----s somebody
Sense 10
Meaning:
Emit (as light, flame, or fumes) suddenly and forcefully
Classified under:
Verbs of raining, snowing, thawing, thundering
Context example:
The dragon shot fumes and flames out of its mouth
Hypernyms (to "shoot" is one way to...):
emit; give off; give out (give off, send forth, or discharge; as of light, heat, or radiation, vapor, etc.)
Sentence frame:
Something ----s something
Sense 11
Meaning:
Cause a sharp and sudden pain in
Classified under:
Verbs of seeing, hearing, feeling
Context example:
The pain shot up her leg
Hypernyms (to "shoot" is one way to...):
ache; hurt; smart (be the source of pain)
Sentence frame:
Something is ----ing PP
Sense 12
Meaning:
Force or drive (a fluid or gas) into by piercing
Classified under:
Verbs of touching, hitting, tying, digging
Synonyms:
inject; shoot
Context example:
inject hydrogen into the balloon
Hypernyms (to "shoot" is one way to...):
enclose; inclose; insert; introduce; put in; stick in (place, fit, or thrust (something) into another thing)
Verb group:
inject; shoot (give an injection to)
Sentence frames:
Somebody ----s somebody
Somebody ----s somebody with something
Sentence examples:
They shoot the fruit with a chemical
They shoot a chemical into the fruit
Sense 13
Meaning:
Variegate by interweaving weft threads of different colors
Classified under:
Verbs of touching, hitting, tying, digging
Context example:
shoot cloth
Hypernyms (to "shoot" is one way to...):
interweave; weave (interlace by or as if by weaving)
Sentence frame:
Somebody ----s something
Sense 14
Meaning:
Throw dice, as in a crap game
Classified under:
Verbs of touching, hitting, tying, digging
Hypernyms (to "shoot" is one way to...):
throw (throw (a die) out onto a flat surface)
Sentence frame:
Somebody ----s
Derivation:
shooter (a gambler who throws dice in the game of craps)
Sense 15
Meaning:
Spend frivolously and unwisely
Classified under:
Verbs of eating and drinking
Synonyms:
dissipate; fool; fool away; fritter; fritter away; frivol away; shoot
Context example:
Fritter away one's inheritance
Hypernyms (to "shoot" is one way to...):
consume; squander; ware; waste (spend extravagantly)
"Shoot" entails doing...:
consume; deplete; eat; eat up; exhaust; run through; use up; wipe out (use up (resources or materials))
Sentence frame:
Somebody ----s something
Sense 16
Meaning:
Score
Classified under:
Verbs of fighting, athletic activities
Context example:
shoot a goal
Hypernyms (to "shoot" is one way to...):
hit; rack up; score; tally (gain points in a game)
Domain category:
athletics; sport (an active diversion requiring physical exertion and competition)
Sentence frame:
Somebody ----s something
Sense 17
Meaning:
Utter fast and forcefully
Classified under:
Verbs of telling, asking, ordering, singing
Context example:
She shot back an answer
Hypernyms (to "shoot" is one way to...):
emit; let loose; let out; utter (express audibly; utter sounds (not necessarily words))
Sentence frame:
Somebody ----s something
Sense 18
Meaning:
Measure the altitude of by using a sextant
Classified under:
Verbs of thinking, judging, analyzing, doubting
Context example:
shoot a star
Hypernyms (to "shoot" is one way to...):
measure; measure out; mensurate (determine the measurements of something or somebody, take measurements of)
Sentence frame:
Somebody ----s something
Sense 19
Meaning:
Produce buds, branches, or germinate
Classified under:
Verbs of size, temperature change, intensifying, etc.
Synonyms:
bourgeon; burgeon forth; germinate; pullulate; shoot; sprout; spud
Context example:
the potatoes sprouted
Hypernyms (to "shoot" is one way to...):
grow (increase in size by natural process)
Verb group:
germinate (cause to grow or sprout)
Sentence frame:
Something ----s
Derivation:
shoot (a new branch)
Sense 20
Meaning:
Give an injection to
Classified under:
Verbs of grooming, dressing and bodily care
Synonyms:
inject; shoot
Context example:
We injected the glucose into the patient's vein
Hypernyms (to "shoot" is one way to...):
administer; dispense (give or apply (medications))
Verb group:
inject; shoot (force or drive (a fluid or gas) into by piercing)
Domain category:
medicine; practice of medicine (the learned profession that is mastered by graduate training in a medical school and that is devoted to preventing or alleviating or curing diseases and injuries)
Troponyms (each of the following is one way to "shoot"):
infuse (introduce into the body through a vein, for therapeutic purposes)
immunise; immunize; inoculate; vaccinate (perform vaccinations or produce immunity in by inoculation)
Sentence frames:
Somebody ----s somebody
Somebody ----s somebody with something
Context examples
Use of a syringe and needle to push fluids or drugs into the body; often called a "shot."
(Injection, NCI Dictionary)
They usually go away on their own, but if you have a serious case, you might need medicine or a shot.
(Hives, NIH)
Both these activities would have the blinded name (something like) "3-shot Arm/Third Shot".
(Planned Activity Blinded Description, NCI Thesaurus/BRIDG)
Almost at the same time a pistol-shot, flash and report, came from the hedge side.
(Treasure Island, by Robert Louis Stevenson)
Sparkling points of light spluttered and shot past me.
(The Sea-Wolf, by Jack London)
They were always masses of leaves and shrub-like branches shot through with hot sunshine.
(Martin Eden, by Jack London)
An undeveloped shoot from which embryonic leaves or flower parts arise.
(Bud, Food and Drug Administration)
"We've got three cartridges. But it's a dead shot. Couldn't miss it. It's got away with three of our dogs, an' we oughter put a stop to it. What d'ye say?"
(White Fang, by Jack London)
He started as if he had been shot, threw up his head, and cried out in a fierce tone, "Don't tell me that, Jo, I can't bear it now!"
(Little Women, by Louisa May Alcott)
Its leaves and shoots were green then, and the day being sunny, a pair of glass doors leading to the garden were thrown open.
(David Copperfield, by Charles Dickens)
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