Definition of shoot

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Shoot (v. i.) 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..

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Fulmine :: Fulmine (v. t.) To shoot; to dart like lightning; to fulminate; to utter with authority or vehemence.
Chute :: Chute (n.) See Shoot.
Plant-cane :: Plant-cane (n.) A stalk or shoot of sugar cane of the first growth from the cutting. The growth of the second and following years is of inferior quality, and is called rattoon..
Twiggy :: Twiggy (a.) Of or pertaining to a twig or twigs; like a twig or twigs; full of twigs; abounding with shoots.
Asparaginous :: Asparaginous (a.) Pertaining or allied to, or resembling, asparagus; having shoots which are eaten like asparagus; as, asparaginous vegetables..
Shooter :: Shooter (n.) A firearm; as, a five-shooter..
Shoot :: Shoot (v. i.) To variegate as if by sprinkling or intermingling; to color in spots or patches.
Project :: Project (v. i.) To shoot forward; to extend beyond something else; to be prominent; to jut; as, the cornice projects; branches project from the tree..
Dart :: Dart (v. t.) To throw suddenly or rapidly; to send forth; to emit; to shoot; as, the sun darts forth his beams..
Vimen :: Vimen (n.) A long, slender, flexible shoot or branch..
Pistol :: Pistol (v. t.) To shoot with a pistol.
Bird :: Bird (v. i.) To catch or shoot birds.
Watershoot :: Watershoot (n.) A trough for discharging water.
Shoot :: Shoot (v. i.) To protrude; to jut; to project; to extend; as, the land shoots into a promontory..
Shoot :: Shoot (n.) A rush of water; a rapid.
Outshoot :: Outshoot (v. t.) To exceed or excel in shooting; to shoot beyond.
Flobert :: Flobert (n.) A small cartridge designed for target shooting; -- sometimes called ball cap.
Overshoot :: Overshoot (v. t.) To shoot over or beyond.
Projection :: Projection (n.) The act of throwing or shooting forward.
Person :: Person (n.) A shoot or bud of a plant; a polyp or zooid of the compound Hydrozoa Anthozoa, etc.; also, an individual, in the narrowest sense, among the higher animals..
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