Definition of shoot

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Shoot (n.) A rush of water; a rapid.

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Shoot :: Shoot (n.) A young branch or growth.
Spray :: Spray (n.) A small shoot or branch; a twig.
Gleam :: Gleam (v. t.) To shoot out (flashes of light, etc.)..
Sharpshooter :: Sharpshooter (n.) One skilled in shooting at an object with exactness; a good marksman.
Decoy :: Decoy (n.) A place into which wild fowl, esp. ducks, are enticed in order to take or shoot them..
Jet :: Jet (v. i.) To shoot forward or out; to project; to jut out.
Spurred :: Spurred (a.) Wearing spurs; furnished with a spur or spurs; having shoots like spurs.
Shoot :: Shoot (v. i.) 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..
Shoot :: Shoot (v. i.) To discharge a missile; -- said of an engine or instrument; as, the gun shoots well..
Shooty :: Shooty (a.) Sprouting or coming up freely and regularly.
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..
Spring :: Spring (v. i.) To issue with speed and violence; to move with activity; to dart; to shoot.
Shoot :: Shoot (v. i.) To variegate as if by sprinkling or intermingling; to color in spots or patches.
Arcuation :: Arcuation (n.) A mode of propagating trees by bending branches to the ground, and covering the small shoots with earth; layering..
Fork :: Fork (v. i.) To shoot into blades, as corn..
Sourt :: Sourt (n.) A shoot; a bud.
Poke :: Poke (n.) A large North American herb of the genus Phytolacca (P. decandra), bearing dark purple juicy berries; -- called also garget, pigeon berry, pocan, and pokeweed. The root and berries have emetic and purgative properties, and are used in medicine. The young shoots are sometimes eaten as a substitute for asparagus, and the berries are said to be used in Europe to color wine..
Discharge :: Discharge (v. t.) To free of the missile with which anything is charged or loaded; to let go the charge of; as, to discharge a bow, catapult, etc.; especially, said of firearms, -- to fire off; to shoot off; also, to relieve from a state of tension, as a Leyden jar..
Shoot :: Shoot (v. i.) To pass rapidly through, over, or under; as, to shoot a rapid or a bridge; to shoot a sand bar..
Projection :: Projection (n.) The act of throwing or shooting forward.
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