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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Discharge :: Discharge (v. t.) To free of the missile with which anything is charged or loaded; to let go the charge of; as, to discharge a bow, catapult, etc.; especially, said of firearms, -- to fire off; to shoot off; also, to relieve from a state of tension, as a Leyden jar..
Brancher :: Brancher (n.) That which shoots forth branches; one who shows growth in various directions.
Jut :: "Jut (v. i.) To shoot out or forward; to project beyond the main body; as, the jutting part of a building..
Shooter :: Shooter (n.) That which shoots.
Set :: Set (v. i.) To place plants or shoots in the ground; to plant.
Decoy :: Decoy (n.) A place into which wild fowl, esp. ducks, are enticed in order to take or shoot them..
Imp :: Imp (n.) A shoot; a scion; a bud; a slip; a graft.
Spittle :: Spitter (n.) A young deer whose antlers begin to shoot or become sharp; a brocket, or pricket..
Stick :: Stick (v. t.) A small shoot, or branch, separated, as by a cutting, from a tree or shrub; also, any stem or branch of a tree, of any size, cut for fuel or timber..
Vimen :: Vimen (n.) A long, slender, flexible shoot or branch..
Shawfowl :: Shawfowl (n.) The representation or image of a fowl made by fowlers to shoot at.
Twinge :: Twinge (v. i.) To have a sudden, sharp, local pain, like a twitch; to suffer a keen, darting, or shooting pain; as, the side twinges..
Sharpshooter :: Sharpshooter (n.) One skilled in shooting at an object with exactness; a good marksman.
Spurway :: Spurtle (v. t.) To spurt or shoot in a scattering manner.
Shoot :: Shoot (v. i.) To protrude; to jut; to project; to extend; as, the land shoots into a promontory..
Glancing :: Glancing (a.) Shooting, as light..
Overshoot :: Overshoot (v. t.) To pass swiftly over; to fly beyond.
Malleolus :: Malleolus (n.) A layer, a shoot partly buried in the ground, and there cut halfway through..
Watershoot :: Watershoot (n.) That which serves to guard from falling water; a drip or dripstone.
Overshot :: Overshot (a.) From Overshoot, v. t..
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