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- English Word Shoot Definition To cause an engine or weapon to discharge a missile; -- said of a person or an agent; as, they shot at a target; he shoots better than he rides.
- English Word Shoot Definition To discharge a missile; -- said of an engine or instrument; as, the gun shoots well.
- English Word Shoot Definition To be shot or propelled forcibly; -- said of a missile; to be emitted or driven; to move or extend swiftly, as if propelled; as, a shooting star.
- English Word Shoot Definition To penetrate, as a missile; to dart with a piercing sensation; as, shooting pains.
- English Word Shoot Definition To feel a quick, darting pain; to throb in pain.
- English Word Shoot Definition To germinate; to bud; to sprout.
- English Word Shoot Definition To grow; to advance; as, to shoot up rapidly.
- English Word Shoot Definition To change form suddenly; especially, to solidify.
- English Word Shoot Definition To protrude; to jut; to project; to extend; as, the land shoots into a promontory.
- English Word Shoot Definition To move ahead by force of momentum, as a sailing vessel when the helm is put hard alee.
- English Word Shoot Definition The act of shooting; the discharge of a missile; a shot; as, the shoot of a shuttle.
- English Word Shoot Definition A young branch or growth.
- English Word Shoot Definition A rush of water; a rapid.
- English Word Shoot Definition A vein of ore running in the same general direction as the lode.
- English Word Shoot Definition A weft thread shot through the shed by the shuttle; a pick.
- English Word Shoot Definition A shoat; a young hog.
- English Word Shooter Definition One who shoots, as an archer or a gunner.
- English Word Shooter Definition That which shoots.
- English Word Shooter Definition A firearm; as, a five-shooter.
- English Word Shooter Definition A shooting star.
- English Word Shooting Definition of Shoot
- English Word Shooting Definition The act of one who, or that which, shoots; as, the shooting of an archery club; the shooting of rays of light.
- English Word Shooting Definition A wounding or killing with a firearm; specifically (Sporting), the killing of game; as, a week of shooting.
- English Word Shooting Definition A sensation of darting pain; as, a shooting in one's head.
- English Word Shooting Definition Of or pertaining to shooting; for shooting; darting.
- English Word Shooty Definition Sprouting or coming up freely and regularly.
- English Word Shop Definition imp. of Shape. Shaped.
- English Word Shop Definition A building or an apartment in which goods, wares, drugs, etc., are sold by retail.
- English Word Shop Definition A building in which mechanics or artisans work; as, a shoe shop; a car shop.
- English Word Shop Definition To visit shops for the purpose of purchasing goods.