Shoot Definition

sho͝ot

shooting, shoots, shot

verb

shooting, shoots, shot

To move swiftly over, by, across, etc.

To shoot the rapids in a canoe.

Webster's New World

To remove or destroy by firing or projecting a missile.

Shot out the window.

American Heritage

To make move with great speed or sudden force.

To shoot an elevator upward.

Webster's New World

To grow or sprout, esp. rapidly.

Webster's New World

To discharge (a weapon).

American Heritage

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Antonyms:
backfire
walk

noun

shoots

The young growth arising from a germinating seed; a sprout.

American Heritage

Action or motion like that of something shot, as of water from a hose.

Webster's New World

The act of shooting.

Webster's New World

The aboveground part of a vascular plant.

American Heritage

The action of growing or sprouting.

Webster's New World

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interjection

Used to tell a person to begin talking.

Now I'm ready—shoot!

Webster's New World

Used to express anger, disgust, disappointment, etc.

Webster's New World

idiom

shoot from the hip

To act or speak on a matter without forethought.

American Heritage

shoot off (one's) mouth

To speak indiscreetly.
To brag; boast.

American Heritage

shoot (one's) bolt

To do all within one's power; exhaust all of one's resources or capabilities.

American Heritage

shoot (one's) wad

To ejaculate.

American Heritage

shoot (oneself) in the foot

To do or say something that inadvertently undermines one's interests.

American Heritage

Other Word Forms of Shoot

Noun

Singular:

shoot

Plural:

shoots

Idioms, Phrasal Verbs Related to Shoot

Origin of Shoot

From Middle English shoten, from Old English scÄ“otan, from Proto-Germanic *skeutanÄ…, from Proto-Indo-European *(s)keud-. Cognate with West Frisian sjitte, Low German scheten, Dutch schieten, German schießen, Danish skyde, Swedish skjuta; and also, through Indo-European, with Russian кидать (kidát'), Albanian hedh (“to throw, toss") and Lithuanian skudrùs.

From Wiktionary
Middle English shoten from Old English scēotan skeud- in Indo-European roots Interj., alteration of shit

From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition
minced oath for shit

From Wiktionary