Synonyms for shoot
| Grammar : Verb |
| Spell : shoot |
| Phonetic Transcription : ʃut |
Top 10 synonyms for shoot Other synonyms for the word shoot
- bag
- barrage
- boil
- bolt
- bombard
- bring down
- catapult
- dart
- dispatch
- drop the hammer
- emit
- expel
- flash
- fling
- fly
- gallop
- gun
- hotfoot
- hurry
- hurtle
- ignite
- lash
- let fly
- let go with
- loose
- murder
- open fire
- open up
- pass
- pick off
- plug
- pop
- project
- propel
- pull the trigger
- pump
- race
- reach
- run
- rush
- scoot
- set off
- skirr
- speed
- spring
- spurt
- streak
- tear
- throw lead
- torpedo
- trigger
- whisk
- whiz
- zap
Définition of shoot
Origin :- Old English sceotan "to hurl missiles, cast; strike, hit, push; run, rush; send forth swiftly; wound with missiles" (class II strong verb; past tense sceat, past participle scoten), from Proto-Germanic *skeutanan (cf. Old Saxon skiotan, Old Norse skjota "to shoot with (a weapon); shoot, launch, push, shove quickly," Old Frisian skiata, Middle Dutch skieten, Dutch schieten, Old High German skiozan, German schießen), from PIE root *skeud- "to shoot, to chase, to throw, to project" (cf. Sanskrit skundate "hastens, makes haste," Old Church Slavonic iskydati "to throw out," Lithuanian skudrus "quick, nimble").
- In reference to pool playing, from 1926. Meaning "to strive (for)" is from 1967, American English. Sense of "descend (a river) quickly" is from 1610s. Meaning "to inject by means of a hypodermic needle" is attested from 1914. Meaning "photograph" (especially a movie) is from 1890. As an interjection, an arbitrary euphemistic alteration of shit, it is recorded from 1934. Shoot the breeze "chat" first recorded 1941. Shoot-'em-up (adj.) in reference to violent entertainment (Western movies, etc.) is from 1942. Shoot to kill first attested 1867. Shoot the cat "to vomit" is from 1785. To shoot the moon originally meant "depart by night with ones goods to escape back rent" (1829).
- O, 'tis cash makes such crowds to the gin shops roam,And 'tis cash often causes a rumpus at home ;'Tis when short of cash people oft shoot the moon ;And 'tis cash always keeps our pipes in tune.Cash! cash! &c.["The Melodist and Mirthful Olio, An Elegant Collection of the Most Popular Songs," vol. IV, London, 1829]
- verb discharge a projectile, often to injure or kill
- verb dash
- Then it's better to take him out back of the barn and shoot him, by Gad!
- Extract from : « The Spenders » by Harry Leon Wilson
- And, if this thing keeps on, I'm going to shoot again—and again.
- Extract from : « Way of the Lawless » by Max Brand
- Perhaps, after all, I might have the brains to jest and toss about words and shoot off epigrams.
- Extract from : « Viviette » by William J. Locke
- Because he killed a horse trying to get you, you're going to give him a chance to shoot you?
- Extract from : « Way of the Lawless » by Max Brand
- Shoot while you may, and then out sword, and let us live or die together!
- Extract from : « The White Company » by Arthur Conan Doyle
- "Do not shoot outside the fifteen-score paces," cried Johnston.
- Extract from : « The White Company » by Arthur Conan Doyle
- Eager to shoot him—Silver, the only thing that loved and understood him?
- Extract from : « Chip, of the Flying U » by B. M. Bower
- She was fond of hunting, and could shoot at a mark with wonderful skill.
- Extract from : « Biographical Stories » by Nathaniel Hawthorne
- He does not shoot naturally, but he learns by patient practice.
- Extract from : « The Story of the Malakand Field Force » by Sir Winston S. Churchill
- They shoot between the logs of the palisade down the narrow lane.
- Extract from : « The Leopard Woman » by Stewart Edward White
Antonyms for shoot
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