SHOOT Definition Meaning - Merriam-Webster The meaning of SHOOT is to eject or impel or cause to be ejected or impelled by a sudden release of tension (as of a bowstring or slingshot or by a flick of a finger) How to use shoot in a sentence
shoot - Wiktionary, the free dictionary shoot (third-person singular simple present shoots, present participle shooting, simple past shot, past participle shot or (rare) shotten) To launch (forcefully project) a projectile
SHOOT | definition in the Cambridge English Dictionary Two weeks after we'd planted the seeds, little green shoots started to appear figurative The first green shoots (= hopeful signs) of economic recovery have started to appear
Shoot - definition of shoot by The Free Dictionary 35 a shooting expedition or contest 36 a growing or sprouting, as of a plant 37 a new or young growth that shoots off from some portion of a plant 38 a sprout that is not three feet high 39 a chute 40 the launching of a missile
shoot verb - Definition, pictures, pronunciation and usage notes . . . Definition of shoot verb from the Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary [intransitive, transitive] to fire a gun or other weapon; to fire something from a weapon Don't shoot—I surrender The police rarely shoot to kill (= try to kill the people they shoot at) The soldiers were given orders to shoot on sight (= as soon as they saw somebody)