shoot¹ /shoot/

1. To let fly with force
2. To discharge (a bullet, missile, etc)
3. To hit, wound, or kill in this way
4. To precipitate, launch forth
5. To tip out, dump
6. To cast
7. To kick or hit at goal (games)
8. To score, for a hole or the round (golf)
9. To thrust forward
10. To pull (one's shirt cuffs) forward so that they project from the sleeves of one's jacket
11. To slide along
12. To slide (a bolt) across or back
13. To plane (a board) to give it a straight edge
14. To produce (new growth)
15. To crystallize
16. To pass rapidly through, under, or over
17. To pass through (traffic lights at red) without stopping
18. To photograph, esp for motion pictures
19. To variegate (usu in pap)
20. To inject (esp oneself) with (a drug) (slang)
21. To play (a round of golf, game of pool, etc)
22. To detonate

1. To dart out, back, forward, etc
2. (of a bowled ball) to keep abnormally low after pitching (cricket)
3. To send darting pains
4. To sprout
5. (of vegetables) to bolt
6. To elongate rapidly
7. To jut out far or suddenly
8. To begin, esp to speak one's mind or to tell what one knows (informal; usu in imperative)
9. To tower
10. To send forth a missile, etc
11. To discharge a shot or weapon
12. To use a bow or gun in practice, competition, hunting, etc
13. To crystallize

1. A shooting
2. A shooting match, party, expedition
3. An area of land within which animals are hunted with firearms for sport
4. A shot (archaic)
5. A shooting pain
6. A movement of the shuttle
7. A weft thread
8. A rapid
9. The shooting of a film
10. A photographic modelling session
11. New growth
12. A sprout
13. The stem and leaf parts of a plant
14. A dump
15. A chute (see chute¹)

Expressing anger, disgust, disappointment, etc

shootˈable adjective

Capable of being shot, or shot over

shootˈer noun

1. A cricket ball that shoots (see above)
2. A gun, etc (informal)
3. Someone who shoots, a hired killer, etc (informal)
4. A small drink of alcoholic spirit (informal)

shootˈing noun

1. The action of the verb in any sense
2. A twinge of quick pain
3. The killing of game with firearms over a certain area
4. The right to do so
5. The district so limited
6. The planing of edges that are to be joined

shootˈist noun (slang; now esp US)

1. Someone who shoots
2. A skilled marksman

shootˈ-'em-up noun (informal; orig US)

A film, television programme or computer game featuring or involving scenes of violent action, gunfights, etc

shooting board noun

A board for steadying a piece of wood for shooting

shooting box or shooting lodge noun

A small house in the country for use in the shooting season

shooting brake noun (old)

An estate car

shooting gallery noun

1. A long room used for practice or amusement with firearms
2. A place where addicts gather to inject drugs (slang)

shooting iron noun (slang)

A firearm, esp a revolver

shooting jacket noun

A short coat for shooting in

shooting range noun

A place for shooting at targets

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