shoot

Etymology

Definitions

1. 1

   To launch (forcefully project) a projectile.

   • to shoot a gun
2. 2

   To move or act quickly or suddenly.

   • After an initial lag, the experimental group's scores shot past the control group's scores in the fourth week.
   • As soon as the dog appeared, the cat shot underneath the couch.
   • There shot a streaming lamp along the sky.
3. 3

   To act or achieve.

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   1. 4

      To measure the distance and direction to (a point).

   2. 5

      To inject a drug (such as heroin) intravenously.

   3. 6

      To develop, move forward.

      • Onions, as they hang, will shoot forth.
      • But the wild olive shoots, and shades the ungrateful plain.
   4. 7

      To protrude

      To protrude; to jut; to project; to extend.

      • The land shoots into a promontory.
      • There shot up against the dark sky, tall, gaunt, straggling houses.
   5. 8

      To plane straight

      To plane straight; to fit by planing.

      • two Pieces of Wood are Shot (that is Plained) or else they are Pared [...] with a Pairing-chissel
   6. 9

      To variegate as if by sprinkling or intermingling

      To variegate as if by sprinkling or intermingling; to color in spots or patches. (See shot silk on Wikipedia)

      • The tangled water-courses slept, / Shot over with purple, and green, and yellow.
   7. 10

      To shoot the moon.

   8. 11

      To carry out, or attempt to carry out (an approach to an airport runway).

      • He tried to shoot the visual approach to runway 12, but the visibility was too low.
   9. 12

      To carry out a seismic survey with geophones in an attempt to detect oil.

      • Once the area is ready to "shoot," the seismic crew places geophones and cables along the line of the profile to be recorded.
   10. 13

       To drink (a shot of an alcoholic beverage).

       • You can kiss a hundred boys in bars Shoot another shot, try to stop the feeling
   11. 14

       The emerging stem and embryonic leaves of a new plant.

       • Prune off yet also superfluous branches, and shoots of this second spring.
       • From the bonfire of last autumn's HS2 decision, there are green shoots pushing through the ashes.
   12. 15

       A photography session.

       • While you see some of our exploration on camera, I also spent many happy hours between shoots with Chris Nix, digging out dozens of wonderful plans, maps and drawings of projects that I never knew existed, and some that never did exist.
   13. 16

       A hunt or shooting competition.

   14. 17

       An event that is unscripted or legitimate.

   15. 18

       The act of shooting

       The act of shooting; the discharge of a missile; a shot.

       • The Turkish bow giveth a very forcible shoot.
       • One underneath his horse to get a shoot doth stalk.
   16. 19

       A rush of water

       A rush of water; a rapid.

   17. 20

       A weft thread shot through the shed by the shuttle

       A weft thread shot through the shed by the shuttle; a pick.

   18. 21

       A shoat

       A shoat; a young pig.

   19. 22

       A vein of ore running in the same general direction as the lode.

       • where to find a shoot of ore opposite one they may have taken away on a parallel lode
   20. 23

       An inclined plane, either artificial or natural, down which timber, coal, ore, etc., are…

       An inclined plane, either artificial or natural, down which timber, coal, ore, etc., are caused to slide; a chute.

       • That there was no evidence before the jury that at the time of the accident the timber shoot was worked by the defendant company.
   21. 24

       The act of taking all point cards in one hand.

   22. 25

       A seismic survey carried out with geophones in an attempt to detect oil.

       • Once the last line of cable has been retrieved, there is little evidence that a shoot has been conducted.
   23. 26

       A mild expletive, expressing disbelief or dismay

       • Didn't you have a concert tonight? —Shoot! I forgot! I have to go and get ready…
       • She practically stopped dancing, and started looking over everybody’s heads to see if she could see him. “Oh, shoot!” she said. I'd just about broken her heart—I really had.

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