shoot
shoot Lexical Profile
shoot Game Scores & Validity
• verb
To capture a photograph or record a motion-picture scene using a camera.
"The director decided to shoot the entire documentary on location in the Scottish Highlands."
To propel or discharge a projectile, such as an arrow from a bow, with great speed and force.
"During the archery tournament, each competitor had thirty seconds to shoot three arrows at the target."
To move, dart, or pass suddenly and rapidly in a particular direction.
"We watched a small lizard shoot across the warm stone wall and disappear into a crevice."
To kick, throw, or strike a ball or puck toward the goal in an attempt to score points.
"The midfielder hesitated to shoot from outside the penalty box and passed to a teammate instead."
To send forth new buds, stems, or sprouts as part of natural growth (of a plant or seed).
"After a week of warm spring rain, the willow trees began to shoot new leaves along their branches."
• noun
An occasion when a professional photographer or filmmaker takes a series of photographs or records a scene.
"The fashion magazine scheduled the outdoor shoot for early dawn to capture the best natural light."
A young branch, stem, or sprout newly springing from the main stock or root of a plant.
"By early April, tender green shoots were emerging from the garden soil."
The tender, edible young stalk or sprout of certain plants, such as bamboo or pea plants, harvested and prepared as a culinary vegetable.
"The stir-fry was tossed with crisp bamboo shoots, sliced mushrooms, and ginger."
• interjection
North American Used as a mild euphemistic exclamation to express annoyance, disappointment, or minor frustration.
"Shoot, I left my umbrella on the train again!"
Word Nuance & Usage
Do not confuse with its homophone 'chute', which refers to a sloped channel, slide, or parachute.
• Rhymes for shoot
Word Origin & Etymology
From Old English 'scēotan' (to move swiftly, dart, or discharge a missile), derived from the Proto-Germanic root '*skeutana', meaning to throw or propel.