<p><strong>Verb</strong></p><ul><li>(used with object) Shot, shooting. To hit, wound, damage, kill, or destroy with a missile discharged from a weapon.</li><li>Synonyms: pop, plug, wound, hit, gun, drop, blow away, pick off, mow down, cut down, bring down.</li><li>To execute or put to death with a bullet: to be shot at sunrise.</li><li>To send forth or discharge (a missile) from a weapon: to shoot a bullet.</li><li>Synonyms: loose, fire, discharge, blast.</li><li>To discharge (a weapon): to shoot a gun.</li><li>To send forth (words, ideas, etc.) rapidly: to shoot questions at someone.</li><li>Synonyms: fire away, discharge.</li><li>To fling; propel: The volcano shot lava high into the air.</li><li>Synonyms: hurl, fling, cast, vent, throw.</li><li>To direct suddenly or swiftly: Shoot the spotlight on the doorway. He shot a smile at his wife.</li><li>To move suddenly; send swiftly along.</li><li>To go over (country) in hunting game.</li><li>To pass rapidly through, over, down, etc.: to shoot rapids.</li><li>To emit (a ray or rays, as of light) suddenly, briefly, or intermittently.</li><li>To variegate by threads, streaks, etc., of another color.</li><li>To cause to extend or project: He shot out his arm and grabbed the ball.</li><li>To discharge or empty, as down a chute: Do not shoot rubbish here!</li><li>Sports. To throw, kick, or otherwise propel (a ball, puck, etc.), as at a goal or teammate.</li><li>To score (a goal, points, etc.) by propelling the ball, puck, etc.</li><li>Games. To propel (a marble) from the crook or first knuckle of the forefinger by flicking with the thumb.</li><li>(in dice games) To throw (the dice or a specific number).</li><li>To wager or offer to bet (a sum of money): I'll shoot ten bucks.</li><li>Photography. To photograph or film.</li><li>To put forth (buds, branches, etc.), as a plant.</li><li>To slide (a bolt or the like) into or out of its fastening.</li><li>To pull (one's cuffs) abruptly toward one's hands.</li><li>Golf. To make a final score of (so many strokes): He shot a 73 on the first 18 holes of the tournament.</li><li>To take the altitude of (a heavenly body): to shoot the sun.</li><li>To detonate; cause to explode, as a charge of explosives.</li><li>Aeronautics. To practice (a maneuver) by repetition: to shoot landings.</li><li>Slang. To inject (an addictive drug) intravenously.</li></ul><p><strong>Noun</strong></p><ul><li>The act of shooting with a bow, firearm, etc.</li><li>Chiefly British. A hunting trip or expedition.</li><li>A match or contest at shooting.</li><li>A growing or sprouting, as of a plant.</li><li>A new or young growth that shoots off from some portion of a plant.</li><li>The amount of such growth.</li><li>A young branch, stem, twig, or the like.</li><li>A sprout that is not three feet high.</li><li>A chute.</li><li>Rocketry. The launching of a missile.</li><li>Informal. A photographic assignment or session, as for a feature film or a television commercial: The actress is away on a shoot.</li><li>Rowing. The interval between strokes.</li><li>Mining. A small tunnel branching off from a larger tunnel.</li><li>A narrow vein of ore.</li></ul><p><strong>Verb Phrase</strong></p><ul><li>To grow rapidly or suddenly.</li><li>Informal. To damage or harass by reckless shooting: cowboys shooting up the town.</li><li>To wound by shooting: He shot up the lion, but his guide killed it.</li><li>Slang. To inject an addictive drug intravenously.</li><li>To attempt to obtain or accomplish; strive toward: He is shooting for a higher production level.</li><li>To cause to fall by hitting with a shot: They shot down several ducks.</li><li>Informal. To disparage, reject, or expose as false or inadequate; debunk: to shoot down a popular theory.</li></ul><p><strong>End of Response</strong></p>