shoot (noun)
1: a new branch
2: the act of shooting at targets; "they hold a shoot every weekend during the summer"
shoot
(verb)
1: hit with a missile from a weapon [syn: hit, pip]
2: kill by firing a missile [syn: pip]
3: fire a shot
4: make a film or photograph of something; "take a scene"; "shoot a movie" [syn: film, take]
5: send forth suddenly, intensely, swiftly; "shoot a glance"
6: run or move very quickly or hastily; "She dashed into the yard" [syn: dart, dash, scoot, scud, flash]
7: move quickly and violently; "The car tore down the street"; "He came charging into my office" [syn: tear, [[shoot down]], charge, buck]
8: throw or propel in a specific direction or towards a specific objective; "shoot craps"; "shoot a golf ball"
9: record on photographic film; "I photographed the scene of the accident"; "She snapped a picture of the President" [syn: photograph, snap]
10: emit (as light, flame, or fumes) suddenly and forcefully; "The dragon shot fumes and flames out of its mouth"
11: cause a sharp and sudden pain in; "The pain shot up her leg"
12: force or drive (a fluid or gas) into by piercing; "inject hydrogen into the balloon" [syn: inject]
13: variegate by interweaving weft threads of different colors; "shoot cloth"
14: throw dice, as in a crap game
15: spend frivolously and unwisely; "Fritter away one's inheritance" [syn: fritter, frivol away, dissipate, fritter away, fool, fool away]
16: score; "shoot a basket"; "shoot a goal"
17: utter fast and forcefully; "She shot back an answer"
18: measure the altitude of by using a sextant; "shoot a star"
19: produce buds, branches, or germinate; "the potatoes sprouted" [syn: spud, germinate, pullulate, bourgeon, burgeon forth, sprout]
20: give an injection to; "We injected the glucose into the patient's vein" [syn: inject]