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move quickly and violently; "The car tore down the street"; "He came charging into my office"

run or move very quickly or hastily; "She dashed into the yard"

give an injection to; "We injected the glucose into the patient's vein"

kill by firing a missile

emit (as light, flame, or fumes) suddenly and forcefully; "The dragon shot fumes and flames out of its mouth"

the act of shooting at targets; "they hold a shoot every weekend during the summer"

a new branch

fire a shot

measure the altitude of by using a sextant; "shoot a star"

utter fast and forcefully; "She shot back an answer"

record on photographic film; "I photographed the scene of the accident"; "She snapped a picture of the President"

score; "shoot a basket"; "shoot a goal"

throw dice, as in a crap game

variegate by interweaving weft threads of different colors; "shoot cloth"

throw or propel in a specific direction or towards a specific objective; "shoot craps"; "shoot a golf ball"

send forth suddenly, intensely, swiftly; "shoot a glance"

cause a sharp and sudden pain in; "The pain shot up her leg"

move quickly and violently; "The car tore down the street"; "He came charging into my office"

run or move very quickly or hastily; "She dashed into the yard"

give an injection to; "We injected the glucose into the patient's vein"

kill by firing a missile

emit (as light, flame, or fumes) suddenly and forcefully; "The dragon shot fumes and flames out of its mouth"

the act of shooting at targets; "they hold a shoot every weekend during the summer"

a new branch

fire a shot

play a shot; hit a ball; as in games involving a ball such as golf, hockey, etc.

An inclined plane, either artificial or natural, down which timber, coal, etc., are caused to slide; also, a narrow passage, either natural or artificial, in a stream, where the water rushes rapidly; esp., a channel, having a swift current, connecting the ends of a bend in the stream, so as to shorten the course.

To send out or forth, especially with a rapid or sudden motion; to cast with the hand; to hurl; to discharge; to emit.

To plane straight; to fit by planing.

To pass rapidly through, over, or under; as, to shoot a rapid or a bridge; to shoot a sand bar.

To variegate as if by sprinkling or intermingling; to color in spots or patches.

To penetrate, as a missile; to dart with a piercing sensation; as, shooting pains.

To feel a quick, darting pain; to throb in pain.

To germinate; to bud; to sprout.

To grow; to advance; as, to shoot up rapidly.

To change form suddenly; especially, to solidify.

To protrude; to jut; to project; to extend; as, the land shoots into a promontory.

To move ahead by force of momentum, as a sailing vessel when the helm is put hard alee.

The act of shooting; the discharge of a missile; a shot; as, the shoot of a shuttle.

A rush of water; a rapid.

A vein of ore running in the same general direction as the lode.

A weft thread shot through the shed by the shuttle; a pick.

A shoat; a young hog.

To let fly, or cause to be driven, with force, as an arrow or a bullet; - followed by a word denoting the missile, as an object.

To discharge, causing a missile to be driven forth; - followed by a word denoting the weapon or instrument, as an object; - often with off; as, to shoot a gun.

To push or thrust forward; to project; to protrude; - often with out; as, a plant shoots out a bud.

To cause an engine or weapon to discharge a missile; - said of a person or an agent; as, they shot at a target; he shoots better than he rides.

To discharge a missile; - said of an engine or instrument; as, the gun shoots well.

To be shot or propelled forcibly; - said of a missile; to be emitted or driven; to move or extend swiftly, as if propelled; as, a shooting star.

An inclined plane, either artificial or natural, down which timber, coal, etc., are caused to slide; also, a narrow passage, either natural or artificial, in a stream, where the water rushes rapidly; esp., a channel, having a swift current, connecting the ends of a bend in the stream, so as to shorten the course.

To send out or forth, especially with a rapid or sudden motion; to cast with the hand; to hurl; to discharge; to emit.

To plane straight; to fit by planing.

To pass rapidly through, over, or under; as, to shoot a rapid or a bridge; to shoot a sand bar.

To variegate as if by sprinkling or intermingling; to color in spots or patches.

To penetrate, as a missile; to dart with a piercing sensation; as, shooting pains.

To feel a quick, darting pain; to throb in pain.

To germinate; to bud; to sprout.

To grow; to advance; as, to shoot up rapidly.

To change form suddenly; especially, to solidify.

To protrude; to jut; to project; to extend; as, the land shoots into a promontory.

To move ahead by force of momentum, as a sailing vessel when the helm is put hard alee.

The act of shooting; the discharge of a missile; a shot; as, the shoot of a shuttle.

A rush of water; a rapid.

A vein of ore running in the same general direction as the lode.

A weft thread shot through the shed by the shuttle; a pick.

A shoat; a young hog.

To let fly, or cause to be driven, with force, as an arrow or a bullet; - followed by a word denoting the missile, as an object.

To discharge, causing a missile to be driven forth; - followed by a word denoting the weapon or instrument, as an object; - often with off; as, to shoot a gun.

To push or thrust forward; to project; to protrude; - often with out; as, a plant shoots out a bud.

To cause an engine or weapon to discharge a missile; - said of a person or an agent; as, they shot at a target; he shoots better than he rides.

To discharge a missile; - said of an engine or instrument; as, the gun shoots well.

To be shot or propelled forcibly; - said of a missile; to be emitted or driven; to move or extend swiftly, as if propelled; as, a shooting star.

To strike with anything shot; to hit with a missile; often, to kill or wound with a firearm; - followed by a word denoting the person or thing hit, as an object.

To let fly, send out, or discharge with sudden force; strike, kill, or wound with a missile; to fire off or discharge (a weapon); to pass rapidly through, over, or under; as, to shoot a rapid; to color in spots or patches: usually in.

As, shot with crimson.

To protrude or project; be propelled forcibly, as a missile; rush along swiftly; as, the star shot through the sky; sprout; grow or develop; dart or pierce; as, a shooting pain; to discharge a missile from a gun, etc.; to cause a gun, bow, etc., to discharge a missile.

A young branch or growth; a shooting-match; a hunt.

Shooter.

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Shooting.

Shooter.

To dart: to let fly with force: to discharge from a bow or gun: to strike with a shot: to thrust forward: to send forth new parts, as a plant.

To perform the act of shooting: to be driven along: to fly, as an arrow: to jut out: to germinate: to advance:-pa.t. and pa.p. shot.

Act of shooting: a young branch.

A sprout.

To dart; thrust forward; discharge, as a bow or gun; strike with a shot.

To discharge a gun; let fly an arrow; be driven along; project; put forth sprouts.

To hit or kill with a missile.

To discharge, as a projectile or a firearm; send forth, as a growth; protrude.

To discharge a projectile; dart swiftly; flash along as a bird or a star.

To grow out rapidly; jut out; protrude.

A young branch; offshoot.

A rapid in a stream.

An inclined passage; a chute.

The discharge of a fire-arm or bow; a young branch. To shoot ahead, to outstrip in running or sailing.

To let fly or drive with force; to discharge and let off; to strike with anything shot; to send out; to thrust forth; to propel; to kill by a ball, arrow, or other thing shot; to pass through with swiftness.

To perform the act of shooting; to germinate; to send forth branches; to form by shooting; to be emitted; to project; to pass as an arrow or pointed instrument; to grow rapidly; to move with velocity; to feel a quick darting pain.

To let fly or discharge anything with such force as to cause it to pass through the air; to send off with sudden force; to dart; to discharge, as form a gun; to maim or kill by letting off a gun; to perform the act of shooting; to pass, as an arrow or a ball; to throw or send out, as a branch; to thrust forth; to bud or sprout; to grow rapidly; to discharge, as earth or rubbish from a cart, &c.

A young branch issuing from the main stock; an inclined plane down which timber, coal, &c., are caused to shoot or slide; a narrow passage in a river through which the water rushes rapidly; among miners, a vein running in the same direction as the strata in which it occurs.

n. Act of propelling or driving anything with violence; discharge of a fire-arm or bow;— act of striking, or endeavouring to strike, with a missive weapon;—a young branch;—the spring or thrust of an arch. [French] An inclined plane, either artificial or natural, down which timber, coal, Ac., are caused to slide.