Definition of shoot

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Shoot (v. i.) To send out or forth, especially with a rapid or sudden motion; to cast with the hand; to hurl; to discharge; to emit..

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Shooting :: Shooting (n.) The act of one who, or that which, shoots; as, the shooting of an archery club; the shooting of rays of light..
Target :: Target (n.) A butt or mark to shoot at, as for practice, or to test the accuracy of a firearm, or the force of a projectile..
Shoot :: Shoot (v. i.) To variegate as if by sprinkling or intermingling; to color in spots or patches.
Ray :: Ray (n.) To send forth or shoot out; to cause to shine out; as, to ray smiles..
Offset :: Offset (n.) A short prostrate shoot, which takes root and produces a tuft of leaves, etc. See Illust. of Houseleek..
Vernine :: Vernine (n.) An alkaloid extracted from the shoots of the vetch, red clover, etc., as a white crystalline substance..
Approaching :: Approaching (n.) The act of ingrafting a sprig or shoot of one tree into another, without cutting it from the parent stock; -- called, also, inarching and grafting by approach..
Poke :: Poke (n.) A large North American herb of the genus Phytolacca (P. decandra), bearing dark purple juicy berries; -- called also garget, pigeon berry, pocan, and pokeweed. The root and berries have emetic and purgative properties, and are used in medicine. The young shoots are sometimes eaten as a substitute for asparagus, and the berries are said to be used in Europe to color wine..
Butt Shaft :: Butt shaft () An arrow without a barb, for shooting at butts; an arrow..
Jet :: Jet (v. i.) To shoot forward or out; to project; to jut out.
Popgun :: Popgun (n.) A child's gun; a tube and rammer for shooting pellets, with a popping noise, by compression of air..
Innovation :: Innovation (n.) A newly formed shoot, or the annually produced addition to the stems of many mosses..
Shoot :: Shoot (n.) A young branch or growth.
Shot :: Shot () imp. & p. p. of Shoot.
Unsighted :: Unsighted (a.) Not aimed by means of a sight; also, not furnished with a sight, or with a properly adjusted sight; as, to shoot and unsighted rife or cannon..
Stick :: Stick (v. t.) A small shoot, or branch, separated, as by a cutting, from a tree or shrub; also, any stem or branch of a tree, of any size, cut for fuel or timber..
Bolis :: Bolis (n.) A meteor or brilliant shooting star, followed by a train of light or sparks; esp. one which explodes..
Forereach :: Forereach (v. i.) To shoot ahead, especially when going in stays..
Fowl :: Fowl (v. i.) To catch or kill wild fowl, for game or food, as by shooting, or by decoys, nets, etc..
Shooting :: Shooting (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Shoo.
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