English Explanatory Dictionary

shoot

English dictionary entry

Meanings

verb
  1. To launch (forcefully project) a projectile.
  2. To fire (a weapon that releases a projectile).
  3. To fire (a projectile).
  4. To fire a projectile at (a person or target).
  5. To cause a weapon to discharge a projectile.
  6. To hunt birds, etc. with a gun.
  7. To hunt on (a piece of land); to kill game in or on.
  8. To throw dice.
  9. To ejaculate.
  10. To begin to speak.
  11. To discharge a missile; said of a weapon.
  12. To dismiss or do away with.
noun
  1. The emerging stem and embryonic leaves of a new plant.
  2. A photography session.
  3. A hunt or shooting competition.
  4. An event that is unscripted or legitimate.
  5. The act of shooting; the discharge of a missile; a shot.
  6. A rush of water; a rapid.
  7. A weft thread shot through the shed by the shuttle; a pick.
  8. A shoat; a young pig.
  9. A vein of ore running in the same general direction as the lode.
  10. An inclined plane, either artificial or natural, down which timber, coal, ore, etc., are caused to slide; a chute.
  11. The act of taking all point cards in one hand.
  12. A seismic survey carried out with geophones in an attempt to detect oil.
intj
  1. A mild expletive, expressing disbelief or dismay

Pronunciation

sho͞ot /ʃuːt/ LL-Q1860 (eng)-Back ache-shoot.wav /ʃut/ en-us-shoot.ogg /ʃʉt/

Word forms

shoot shoots shooting shot shotten no-table-tags glossary shooted shootest shootedst shotst shottest shooteth

Etymology

Inherited from Middle English scheten, schoten, from Old English scēotan, from Proto-West Germanic *skeutan, from Proto-Germanic *skeutaną, from Proto-Indo-European *(s)kéwd-e-ti, from *(s)kewd- (“to shoot, throw”). Cognates Cognate with West Frisian sjitte, Low German scheten, Dutch schieten, German schießen, Danish skyde, Norwegian Bokmål skyte, Norwegian Nynorsk skyta, Swedish skjuta; and also, through Indo-European, with Russian кида́ть (kidátʹ), Albanian hedh (“to throw, toss”), Persian چست (čost, “quick, active”), Lithuanian skudrùs.

Synonyms

loose fix darn dash fiddlesticks shucks sugar

Derived words

angle-shoot atshoot backshoot bullet-shooting crossbow crapshoot don't shoot the messenger foreshoot gut-shoot I hope I may be shot I'll be shot I've been shot I wish I may be shot just shoot me like shooting fish in a barrel look-down, shoot-down misshoot outshoot overshoot photo shoot point-and-shoot reshoot re-shoot shoot a bird shootable shoot and protect shoot an elephant with a BB gun shoot a rope shootaround shoot around shoot back shoot blanks shoot daggers shoot down shootee shoot-'em-up shooter shootery shootfighter shootfighting shoot first and ask questions later shoot for the moon shoot for the stars shoot from the hip shoot from the lip shoot holes shoothouse shootist shoot me shootoff shoot off shoot off at the mouth shoot off one's mouth shoot one in the sink shoot one's bolt shoot one's cuffs shoot oneself in the foot shoot one's load shoot one's mouth off shoot one's shot shoot one's wad

Translations

Afrikaans: skiet Aklanon: pana' Albanian: gjuaj Albanian: qit Albanian: shti Albanian: qëlloj Arabic: صَوَّبَ Arabic: أَطْلَقَ النَّار Arabic: طَلَق Armenian: կրակել Assamese: গুলীওৱা Azerbaijani: vurmaq Azerbaijani: atmaq Bashkir: атыу Basque: tiro egin Belarusian: страля́ць Belarusian: стрэ́ліць Belarusian: фатаграфава́ць Belarusian: сфатаграфава́ць Belarusian: здыма́ць Belarusian: зняць Bengali: গুলি চালানো Bulgarian: стреля́м Bulgarian: изстре́лвам Bulgarian: застре́лвам Bulgarian: сни́мам Bulgarian: фотографи́рам Burmese: ပစ် Catalan: disparar Catalan: tirar Chinese Cantonese: 射 Chinese Cantonese: 射擊 /射击 Chinese Mandarin: 射 Chinese Mandarin: 射擊 /射击 Chinese Mandarin: 槍斃 /枪毙 Chinese Mandarin: 拍攝 /拍摄 Chukchi: миԓгэрыткук Czech: střílet Czech: střelit Czech: zastřelit Danish: skyde Dutch: schieten Esperanto: pafi Estonian: tulistama Estonian: laskma Estonian: tabama Estonian: pildistama Faroese: skjóta Finnish: ampua Finnish: laukaista Finnish: kuvata French: tirer West-Frisian: sjitte Galician: disparar Galician: tirar Georgian: სროლა German: schießen German: anschießen German: erschießen Greek: ρίχνω Greek: πυροβολώ Hebrew: יָרָה Hebrew: ירה Hindi: गोली चलाना Hindi: गोली मारना Hungarian: lő Hungarian: kilő Hungarian: tüzel Hungarian: lövöldöz Hungarian: rálő Hungarian: meglő Hungarian: lelő Hungarian: agyonlő Icelandic: skjóta Indonesian: tembak Indonesian: menembak Ingrian: ampua Ingrian: paukuttaa Irish: scaoil Italian: sparare Italian: tirare Japanese: 撃つ Karachay-Balkar: атаргъа
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