SHOOT (shot)

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does shoot mean? 

• SHOOT (noun)
  The noun SHOOT has 2 senses:

1. a new branch

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

2. kill by firing a missile

3. fire a shot

4. make a film or photograph of something

5. send forth suddenly, intensely, swiftly

6. run or move very quickly or hastily

7. move quickly and violently

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

16. score

17. utter fast and forcefully

18. measure the altitude of by using a sextant

19. produce buds, branches, or germinate

20. give an injection to

  Familiarity information: SHOOT used as a verb is very familiar.

 Dictionary entry details 

• SHOOT (noun)

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)

• SHOOT (verb)

Conjugation:

Sense 1

Meaning:

Hit with a missile from a weapon

Classified under:

Verbs of fighting, athletic activities

Synonyms:

hit; pip; shoot

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)

blast; shoot (fire a shot)

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:

film; shoot; take

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)