Definition of shoot

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Shoot (v. i.) To penetrate, as a missile; to dart with a piercing sensation; as, shooting pains..

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Shoot :: Shoot (v. i.) To discharge, causing a missile to be driven forth; -- followed by a word denoting the weapon or instrument, as an object; -- often with off; as, to shoot a gun..
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..
Shoot :: Shoot (n.) A rush of water; a rapid.
Shoot :: Shoot (n.) A young branch or growth.
Graft :: Graft (n.) A branch or portion of a tree growing from such a shoot.
Shoot :: Shoot (n.) A vein of ore running in the same general direction as the lode.
Shoot :: Shoot (n.) The act of shooting; the discharge of a missile; a shot; as, the shoot of a shuttle..
Glancing :: Glancing (a.) Shooting, as light..
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..
Shooting :: Shooting (n.) A wounding or killing with a firearm; specifically (Sporting), the killing of game; as, a week of shooting..
Malleolus :: Malleolus (n.) A layer, a shoot partly buried in the ground, and there cut halfway through..
Eradiate :: Eradiate (v. i.) To shoot forth, as rays of light; to beam; to radiate..
Radiant :: Radiant (n.) The point in the heavens at which the apparent paths of shooting stars meet, when traced backward, or whence they appear to radiate..
Shoot :: Shoot (n.) A weft thread shot through the shed by the shuttle; a pick.
Fang :: Fang (v. t.) Any shoot or other thing by which hold is taken.
Shoot :: Shoot (v. i.) To variegate as if by sprinkling or intermingling; to color in spots or patches.
Gunreach :: Gunreach (n.) The reach or distance to which a gun will shoot; gunshot.
Popgun :: Popgun (n.) A child's gun; a tube and rammer for shooting pellets, with a popping noise, by compression of air..
Plant-cane :: Plant-cane (n.) A stalk or shoot of sugar cane of the first growth from the cutting. The growth of the second and following years is of inferior quality, and is called rattoon..
Shoot :: Shoot (n.) An inclined plane, either artificial or natural, down which timber, coal, etc., are caused to slide; also, a narrow passage, either natural or artificial, in a stream, where the water rushes rapidly; esp., a channel, having a swift current, connecting the ends of a bend in the stream, so as to shorten the course..
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