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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Streamer :: Streamer (n.) A stream or column of light shooting upward from the horizon, constituting one of the forms of the aurora borealis..
Surcloyed :: Surcle (n.) A little shoot; a twig; a sucker.
Overshoot :: Overshoot (v. t.) To shoot over or beyond.
Stanhope :: Stang (v. i.) To shoot with pain.
Gunreach :: Gunreach (n.) The reach or distance to which a gun will shoot; gunshot.
Gyropigeon :: Gyropigeon (n.) A flying object simulating a pigeon in flight, when projected from a spring trap. It is used as a flying target in shooting matches..
Stool :: Stool (v. i.) To ramfy; to tiller, as grain; to shoot out suckers..
Sucker :: Sucker (n.) A shoot from the roots or lower part of the stem of a plant; -- so called, perhaps, from diverting nourishment from the body of the plant..
Decoy :: Decoy (n.) A place into which wild fowl, esp. ducks, are enticed in order to take or shoot them..
Spire :: Spire (v. i.) To shoot forth, or up in, or as if in, a spire..
Rattoon :: Rattoon (n.) One of the stems or shoots of sugar cane of the second year's growth from the root, or later. See Plant-cane..
Spurred :: Spurred (a.) Wearing spurs; furnished with a spur or spurs; having shoots like spurs.
Gleam :: Gleam (v. t.) To shoot, or dart, as rays of light; as, at the dawn, light gleams in the east..
Spindle-legged :: Spindle (v. i.) To shoot or grow into a long, slender stalk or body; to become disproportionately tall and slender..
Shoot :: Shoot (v. i.) To let fly, or cause to be driven, with force, as an arrow or a bullet; -- followed by a word denoting the missile, as an object..
Shoot :: Shoot (v. i.) To be shot or propelled forcibly; -- said of a missile; to be emitted or driven; to move or extend swiftly, as if propelled; as, a shooting star..
Leaf :: Leaf (v. i.) To shoot out leaves; to produce leaves; to leave; as, the trees leaf in May..
Propagate :: Propagate (v. i.) To have young or issue; to be produced or multiplied by generation, or by new shoots or plants; as, rabbits propagate rapidly..
Glance :: Glance (v. t.) To shoot or dart suddenly or obliquely; to cast for a moment; as, to glance the eye..
Meteoroscope :: Meteoroscope (n.) An instrument for measuring the position, length, and direction, of the apparent path of a shooting star..
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