shoot
To launch (forcefully project) (a projectile or similar object).
Verb 4 meanings
To launch (forcefully project) (a projectile or similar object).
“to shoot a gun”
To move or act quickly or suddenly.
“After an initial lag, the experimental group's scores shot past the control group's scores in the fourth week.”
To act or achieve.
To inject a drug (such as heroin) intravenously.
Noun 4 meanings
The emerging stem and embryonic leaves of a new plant.
A photography session.
A hunt or shooting competition.
The act of shooting; the discharge of a missile; a shot.
Interjection 1 meaning
A mild expletive, expressing disbelief or dismay
“Didn't you have a concert tonight? —Shoot! I forgot! I have to go and get ready…”
Etymology
Inherited from Middle English scheten, schoten, from Old English scēotan, from Proto-West Germanic *skeutan, from Proto-Germanic *skeutaną, from Proto-Indo-European *(s)kéwd-e-ti, thematic present of *(s)kewd- (“to shoot, throw”).
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SHOOT at a glance
SHOOT has 5 letters and scores 8 points in Scrabble (S 1 + H 4 + O 1 + O 1 + T 1) and 7 in Words With Friends, before board bonuses. It ranks #1,869 by how often it appears in everyday English. It is valid in ENABLE, NWL2023, Collins/SOWPODS.
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