Definition of shoot

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Shoot (v. i.) To discharge, causing a missile to be driven forth; -- followed by a word denoting the weapon or instrument, as an object; -- often with off; as, to shoot a gun..

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Fusillade :: Fusillade (v. t.) To shoot down of shoot at by a simultaneous discharge of firearms.
Shoot :: Shoot (n.) A vein of ore running in the same general direction as the lode.
Shawfowl :: Shawfowl (n.) The representation or image of a fowl made by fowlers to shoot at.
Watershoot :: Watershoot (n.) A sprig or shoot from the root or stock of a tree.
Soboles :: Soboles (n.) A shoot running along under ground, forming new plants at short distances..
Tiller :: Tiller (n.) A shoot of a plant, springing from the root or bottom of the original stalk; a sucker..
Spring :: Spring (v. i.) To shoot up, out, or forth; to come to the light; to begin to appear; to emerge; as a plant from its seed, as streams from their source, and the like; -often followed by up, forth, or out..
Ramification :: Ramification (n.) A small branch or offshoot proceeding from a main stock or channel; as, the ramifications of an artery, vein, or nerve..
Pout :: Pout (v. i.) To shoot pouts.
Flagellum :: Flagellum (v. t.) A young, flexible shoot of a plant; esp., the long trailing branch of a vine, or a slender branch in certain mosses..
Shoot :: Shoot (v. i.) To plane straight; to fit by planing.
Overshoot :: Overshoot (v. i.) To fly beyond the mark.
Dartle :: Dartle (v. t. & i.) To pierce or shoot through; to dart repeatedly: -- frequentative of dart.
Radiation :: Radiation (n.) The shooting forth of anything from a point or surface, like the diverging rays of light; as, the radiation of heat..
Twinge :: Twinge (v. i.) To have a sudden, sharp, local pain, like a twitch; to suffer a keen, darting, or shooting pain; as, the side twinges..
Shot :: Shot () imp. & p. p. of Shoot.
Shooter :: Shooter (n.) A shooting star.
Watershoot :: Watershoot (n.) A trough for discharging water.
Meteoroscope :: Meteoroscope (n.) An instrument for measuring the position, length, and direction, of the apparent path of a shooting star..
Outgrowth :: Outgrowth (n.) That which grows out of, or proceeds from, anything; an excrescence; an offshoot; hence, a result or consequence..
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