Definition of shoot

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Shoot (v. i.) To cause an engine or weapon to discharge a missile; -- said of a person or an agent; as, they shot at a target; he shoots better than he rides..

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Overshoot :: Overshoot (v. t.) To pass swiftly over; to fly beyond.
Watershoot :: Watershoot (n.) A trough for discharging water.
Range :: Range (v.) A place where shooting, as with cannons or rifles, is practiced..
Overshoot :: Overshoot (v. t.) To exceed; as, to overshoot the truth..
Ramification :: Ramification (n.) The process of branching, or the development of branches or offshoots from a stem; also, the mode of their arrangement..
Butt Shaft :: Butt shaft () An arrow without a barb, for shooting at butts; an arrow..
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..
Forky :: Forky (a.) Opening into two or more parts or shoots; forked; furcated.
Shooting :: Shooting (a.) Of or pertaining to shooting; for shooting; darting.
Overshoot :: Overshoot (v. i.) To fly beyond the mark.
Streamer :: Streamer (n.) A stream or column of light shooting upward from the horizon, constituting one of the forms of the aurora borealis..
Spurway :: Spurtle (v. t.) To spurt or shoot in a scattering manner.
Pool :: Pool (n.) In rifle shooting, a contest in which each competitor pays a certain sum for every shot he makes, the net proceeds being divided among the winners..
Oelet :: Oelet (n.) An eye, bud, or shoot, as of a plant; an oilet..
Shooting :: Shooting (n.) A wounding or killing with a firearm; specifically (Sporting), the killing of game; as, a week of shooting..
Shoot :: Shoot (v. i.) To strike with anything shot; to hit with a missile; often, to kill or wound with a firearm; -- followed by a word denoting the person or thing hit, as an object..
Bore :: Bore (v. i.) To shoot out the nose or toss it in the air; -- said of a horse.
Straggle :: Straggle (v. t.) To escape or stretch beyond proper limits, as the branches of a plant; to spread widely apart; to shoot too far or widely in growth..
Vimen :: Vimen (n.) A long, slender, flexible shoot or branch..
Pout :: Pout (v. i.) To shoot pouts.
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