Definition of shoot

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Shoot (n.) A rush of water; a rapid.

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Shoot :: Shoot (v. i.) To pass rapidly through, over, or under; as, to shoot a rapid or a bridge; to shoot a sand bar..
Watershoot :: Watershoot (n.) A trough for discharging water.
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..
Offshoot :: Offshoot (n.) That which shoots off or separates from a main stem, channel, family, race, etc.; as, the offshoots of a tree..
Shooting :: Shooting (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Shoo.
Sharpshooting :: Sharpshooting (n.) A shooting with great precision and effect; hence, a keen contest of wit or argument..
Stool :: Stool (v. i.) To ramfy; to tiller, as grain; to shoot out suckers..
Shooter :: Shooter (n.) That which shoots.
Shooty :: Shooty (a.) Sprouting or coming up freely and regularly.
Yew :: Yew (n.) A bow for shooting, made of the yew..
Vernine :: Vernine (n.) An alkaloid extracted from the shoots of the vetch, red clover, etc., as a white crystalline substance..
Gleam :: Gleam (v. t.) To shoot, or dart, as rays of light; as, at the dawn, light gleams in the east..
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..
Overshooting :: Overshooting (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Overshoo.
Shoot :: Shoot (v. i.) To germinate; to bud; to sprout.
Shawfowl :: Shawfowl (n.) The representation or image of a fowl made by fowlers to shoot at.
Bore :: Bore (v. i.) To shoot out the nose or toss it in the air; -- said of a horse.
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..
Glare :: Glare (v. t.) To shoot out, or emit, as a dazzling light..
Lyrid :: Lyrid (n.) One of the group of shooting stars which come into the air in certain years on or about the 19th of April; -- so called because the apparent path among the stars the stars if produced back wards crosses the constellation Lyra.
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