Definition of shoot

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Shoot (v. i.) To discharge a missile; -- said of an engine or instrument; as, the gun shoots well..

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Spear :: Spear (n.) A shoot, as of grass; a spire..
Archery :: Archery (n.) The use of the bow and arrows in battle, hunting, etc.; the art, practice, or skill of shooting with a bow and arrows..
Glance :: Glance (v. i.) To shoot or emit a flash of light; to shine; to flash.
Surd :: Surculose (a.) Producing suckers, or shoots resembling suckers..
Dartle :: Dartle (v. t. & i.) To pierce or shoot through; to dart repeatedly: -- frequentative of dart.
Push :: Push (v. i.) To burst pot, as a bud or shoot..
Seven-shooter :: Seven-shooter (n.) A firearm, esp. a pistol, with seven barrels or chambers for cartridges, or one capable of firing seven shots without reloading..
Jager :: Jager (n.) A sharpshooter. See Yager.
Shawfowl :: Shawfowl (n.) The representation or image of a fowl made by fowlers to shoot at.
Gleam :: Gleam (v. t.) To shoot out (flashes of light, etc.)..
Pistol :: Pistol (v. t.) To shoot with a pistol.
Innovation :: Innovation (n.) A newly formed shoot, or the annually produced addition to the stems of many mosses..
Jet :: "Jet (n.) A shooting forth; a spouting; a spurt; a sudden rush or gush, as of water from a pipe, or of flame from an orifice; also, that which issues in a jet..
Shoot :: Shoot (v. i.) To discharge a missile; -- said of an engine or instrument; as, the gun shoots well..
Machicolation :: Machicolation (n.) An opening between the corbels which support a projecting parapet, or in the floor of a gallery or the roof of a portal, shooting or dropping missiles upen assailants attacking the base of the walls. Also, the construction of such defenses, in general, when of this character. See Illusts. of Battlement and Castle..
Vimineous :: Vimineous (a.) Producing long, slender twigs or shoots..
Overshoot :: Overshoot (v. i.) To fly beyond the mark.
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..
Ramification :: Ramification (n.) The process of branching, or the development of branches or offshoots from a stem; also, the mode of their arrangement..
Chit :: Chit (n.) The embryo or the growing bud of a plant; a shoot; a sprout; as, the chits of Indian corn or of potatoes..
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