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shoot

English

🔊 the act of shooting at targets
“they hold a shoot every weekend during the summer”
🔊 a new branch
🔊 produce buds, branches, or germinate
“the potatoes sprouted”
🔊 measure the altitude of by using a sextant
“shoot a star”
🔊 utter fast and forcefully
“She shot back an answer”
🔊 score
“shoot a basket”
🔊 hit with a missile from a weapon
🔊 throw dice, as in a crap game
🔊 variegate by interweaving weft threads of different colors
“shoot cloth”
🔊 throw or propel in a specific direction or towards a specific objective
“shoot craps”
🔊 send forth suddenly, intensely, swiftly
“shoot a glance”
🔊 cause a sharp and sudden pain in
“The pain shot up her leg”
🔊 kill by firing a missile
🔊 emit (as light, flame, or fumes) suddenly and forcefully
“The dragon shot fumes and flames out of its mouth”
🔊 give an injection to
“We injected the glucose into the patient's vein”
🔊 make a film or photograph of something
“take a scene”
🔊 fire a shot
“the gunman blasted away”
🔊 force or drive (a fluid or gas) into by piercing
“inject hydrogen into the balloon”
🔊 move quickly and violently
“The car tore down the street”
🔊 record on photographic film
“I photographed the scene of the accident”
🔊 spend frivolously and unwisely
“Fritter away one's inheritance”
🔊 run or move very quickly or hastily
“She dashed into the yard”