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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Disbud :: Disbud (v.) To deprive of buds or shoots, as for training, or economizing the vital strength of a tree..
Watershoot :: Watershoot (n.) A sprig or shoot from the root or stock of a tree.
Range :: Range (v.) A place where shooting, as with cannons or rifles, is practiced..
Star-spangled :: Starshoot (n.) See Nostoc.
Dart :: Dart (v. t.) To throw suddenly or rapidly; to send forth; to emit; to shoot; as, the sun darts forth his beams..
Butt Shaft :: Butt shaft () An arrow without a barb, for shooting at butts; an arrow..
Slip :: Slip (n.) To move or fly (out of place); to shoot; -- often with out, off, etc.; as, a bone may slip out of its place..
Shooty :: Shooty (a.) Sprouting or coming up freely and regularly.
Shooter :: Shooter (n.) One who shoots, as an archer or a gunner..
Glance :: Glance (v. i.) To shoot or emit a flash of light; to shine; to flash.
Sharpshooter :: Sharpshooter (n.) One skilled in shooting at an object with exactness; a good marksman.
Decoy :: Decoy (n.) A place into which wild fowl, esp. ducks, are enticed in order to take or shoot them..
Streamer :: Streamer (n.) A stream or column of light shooting upward from the horizon, constituting one of the forms of the aurora borealis..
Graft :: Graft (n.) A branch or portion of a tree growing from such a shoot.
Yew :: Yew (n.) A bow for shooting, made of the yew..
Outgrowth :: Outgrowth (n.) That which grows out of, or proceeds from, anything; an excrescence; an offshoot; hence, a result or consequence..
Tiller :: Tiller (n.) A shoot of a plant, springing from the root or bottom of the original stalk; a sucker..
Grouse :: Grouse (v. i.) To seek or shoot grouse.
Clout :: Clout (n.) The center of the butt at which archers shoot; -- probably once a piece of white cloth or a nail head.
Overshoot :: Overshoot (v. t.) To exceed; as, to overshoot the truth..
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