shoot

Pronunciation: /ʃuːt/

The English word “shoot” has 20 meanings listed here.

verb

To fire (a weapon that releases a bullet or other projectile).
To fire or launch (a projectile).
To fire a projectile at (a person or target).
To cause a weapon to discharge a projectile; to use a gun or similar weapon.
To hunt game with a gun; to go hunting for recreation.
To hunt on (a piece of land) with a gun; to kill game in or on.
To function as a weapon that launches a projectile.
To throw dice; to roll.
To ejaculate.
To begin to speak.
To dismiss, reject, or do away with.
To photograph.
To film.
To push or thrust (a bolt) quickly; hence, to open (a lock); to unlock.
To move past very quickly and suddenly.
To go over or pass quickly through.
To ride a wave.
To tip (something, especially coal) down a chute.
To penetrate with pain as if with a bullet; to stab; to cause a piercing sensation.
To feel a quick, darting pain; to throb in pain.

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, thematic present of *(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…

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