Definitions
How to pronounce shoot:
Shoot - as a noun
The act of shooting at targets
Example: "They hold a shoot every weekend during the summer"
Shoot - as a verb
Hit with a missile from a weapon
Kill by firing a missile
Fire a shot; release
Example: "The gunman blasted away"
Make a film or photograph of something
Example: "Take a scene"
Send forth suddenly, intensely, swiftly
Example: "Shoot a glance"
Run or move very quickly or hastily
Example: "She dashed into the yard"
Move quickly and violently
Example: "The car tore down the street"
Throw or propel in a specific direction or towards a specific objective
Example: "Shoot craps"
Record on photographic film
Example: "I photographed the scene of the accident"
Emit (as light, flame, or fumes) suddenly and forcefully
Example: "The dragon shot fumes and flames out of its mouth"
Cause a sharp and sudden pain in
Example: "The pain shot up her leg"
Force or drive (a fluid or gas) into by piercing
Example: "Inject hydrogen into the balloon"
Variegate by interweaving weft threads of different colors
Example: "Shoot cloth"
Throw dice, as in a crap game
Spend frivolously and unwisely
Example: "Fritter away one's inheritance"
Score
Example: "Shoot a basket"
Utter fast and forcefully
Example: "She shot back an answer"
Measure the altitude of by using a sextant
Example: "Shoot a star"
Produce buds, branches, or germinate
Example: "The potatoes sprouted"
Give an injection to
Example: "We injected the glucose into the patient's vein"
Shoot - as an interjection
A mild expletive, expressing disbelief or disdain
Example: "Didn't you have a concert tonight?"
Example Sentences
Word Game Points
SHOOT has a SCRABBLE points total of 8.
SHOOT has a WORDS WITH FRIENDS points total of 7.
SHOOT has a WORDFEUD points total of 8.