Definition of shoot

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

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Sprig :: Sprig (n.) A small shoot or twig of a tree or other plant; a spray; as, a sprig of laurel or of parsley..
Flobert :: Flobert (n.) A small cartridge designed for target shooting; -- sometimes called ball cap.
Project :: Project (v. t.) To throw or cast forward; to shoot forth.
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.
Spring :: Spring (v. i.) To issue with speed and violence; to move with activity; to dart; to shoot.
Wing :: Wing (n.) A side shoot of a tree or plant; a branch growing up by the side of another.
Leaf :: Leaf (v. i.) To shoot out leaves; to produce leaves; to leave; as, the trees leaf in May..
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..
Crossbowman :: Crossbowman (n.) One who shoots with a crossbow. See Arbalest.
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..
Spire :: Spire (n.) A tapering body that shoots up or out to a point in a conical or pyramidal form. Specifically (Arch.), the roof of a tower when of a pyramidal form and high in proportion to its width; also, the pyramidal or aspiring termination of a tower which can not be said to have a roof, such as that of Strasburg cathedral; the tapering part of a steeple, or the steeple itself..
Shoot :: Shoot (v. i.) To variegate as if by sprinkling or intermingling; to color in spots or patches.
Expel :: Expel (v. t.) To discharge; to shoot.
Hylophagous :: Hylophagous (a.) Eating green shoots, as certain insects do..
Spur :: Spur (n.) A mountain that shoots from any other mountain, or range of mountains, and extends to some distance in a lateral direction, or at right angles..
Decoy :: Decoy (n.) A place into which wild fowl, esp. ducks, are enticed in order to take or shoot them..
Ray :: Ray (n.) To send forth or shoot out; to cause to shine out; as, to ray smiles..
Upshoot :: Upshoot (v. i.) To shoot upward.
Bolt :: Bolt (v. t.) To shoot; to discharge or drive forth.
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