SkyfireDict

Word of the Day

shoot

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