Definition of shoot

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Shoot (n.) The act of shooting; the discharge of a missile; a shot; as, the shoot of a shuttle..

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Gunreach :: Gunreach (n.) The reach or distance to which a gun will shoot; gunshot.
Meteoroscope :: Meteoroscope (n.) An instrument for measuring the position, length, and direction, of the apparent path of a shooting star..
Outshoot :: Outshoot (v. t.) To exceed or excel in shooting; to shoot beyond.
Arrowwood :: Arrowwood (n.) A shrub (Viburnum dentatum) growing in damp woods and thickets; -- so called from the long, straight, slender shoots..
Shoot :: Shoot (n.) A vein of ore running in the same general direction as the lode.
Flight :: Flight (n.) A kind of arrow for the longbow; also, the sport of shooting with it. See Shaft..
Projection :: Projection (n.) The act of throwing or shooting forward.
Discharge :: Discharge (v. t.) To let fly, as a missile; to shoot..
Sprig :: Sprig (n.) A small shoot or twig of a tree or other plant; a spray; as, a sprig of laurel or of parsley..
Imp :: Imp (n.) A shoot; a scion; a bud; a slip; a graft.
Shute :: Shute (n.) Same as Chute, or Shoot..
Shooter :: Shooter (n.) That which shoots.
Spring :: Spring (v. i.) To shoot up, out, or forth; to come to the light; to begin to appear; to emerge; as a plant from its seed, as streams from their source, and the like; -often followed by up, forth, or out..
Shooting :: Shooting (n.) A sensation of darting pain; as, a shooting in one's head..
Soboles :: Soboles (n.) A shoot running along under ground, forming new plants at short distances..
Lyrid :: Lyrid (n.) One of the group of shooting stars which come into the air in certain years on or about the 19th of April; -- so called because the apparent path among the stars the stars if produced back wards crosses the constellation Lyra.
Chit :: Chit (v. i.) To shoot out; to sprout.
Straggler :: Straggler (n.) Something that shoots, or spreads out, beyond the rest, or too far; an exuberant growth..
Branchless :: Branchless (a.) Destitute of branches or shoots; without any valuable product; barren; naked.
Twinge :: Twinge (v. i.) To have a sudden, sharp, local pain, like a twitch; to suffer a keen, darting, or shooting pain; as, the side twinges..
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