Crossword-Solution: SHOOT
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| Word | Word Type | Definition |
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| Shoot | n. | An inclined plane, either artificial or natural, down which timber, coal, etc., are caused to slide; also, a narrow passage, either natural or artificial, in a stream, where the water rushes rapidly; esp., a channel, having a swift current, connecting the ends of a bend in the stream, so as to shorten the course. |
| Shoot | v. i. | To let fly, or cause to be driven, with force, as an arrow or a bullet; -- followed by a word denoting the missile, as an object. |
| 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. |
| Shoot | v. i. | To strike with anything shot; to hit with a missile; often, to kill or wound with a firearm; -- followed by a word denoting the person or thing hit, as an object. |
| Shoot | v. i. | To send out or forth, especially with a rapid or sudden motion; to cast with the hand; to hurl; to discharge; to emit. |
| Shoot | v. i. | To push or thrust forward; to project; to protrude; -- often with out; as, a plant shoots out a bud. |
| Shoot | v. i. | To plane straight; to fit by planing. |
| Shoot | v. i. | To pass rapidly through, over, or under; as, to shoot a rapid or a bridge; to shoot a sand bar. |
| Shoot | v. i. | To variegate as if by sprinkling or intermingling; to color in spots or patches. |
| 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 | v. i. | To discharge a missile; -- said of an engine or instrument; as, the gun shoots well. |
| Shoot | v. i. | To be shot or propelled forcibly; -- said of a missile; to be emitted or driven; to move or extend swiftly, as if propelled; as, a shooting star. |
| Shoot | v. i. | To penetrate, as a missile; to dart with a piercing sensation; as, shooting pains. |
| Shoot | v. i. | To feel a quick, darting pain; to throb in pain. |
| Shoot | v. i. | To germinate; to bud; to sprout. |
| Shoot | v. i. | To grow; to advance; as, to shoot up rapidly. |
| Shoot | v. i. | To change form suddenly; especially, to solidify. |
| Shoot | v. i. | To protrude; to jut; to project; to extend; as, the land shoots into a promontory. |
| Shoot | v. i. | To move ahead by force of momentum, as a sailing vessel when the helm is put hard alee. |
| Shoot | n. | The act of shooting; the discharge of a missile; a shot; as, the shoot of a shuttle. |
| Shoot | n. | A young branch or growth. |
| Shoot | n. | A rush of water; a rapid. |
| Shoot | n. | A vein of ore running in the same general direction as the lode. |
| Shoot | n. | A weft thread shot through the shed by the shuttle; a pick. |
| Shoot | n. | A shoat; a young hog. |
Anagrams
| Word | Anagrams | |
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| SHOOT | anagram | HOOTS, OTHOS, SHOTO, SOHOT, SOOTH, SOTHO, TOOSH |
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The superficial contents of any figure; the surface included
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Sentences with SHOOT (5)
Tink’s reply rang out: “Peter wants you to shoot the Wendy.” It was not in their nature to question when Peter ordered.
Swift of foot was Hiawatha; He could shoot an arrow from him, And run forward with such fleetness, That the arrow fell behind him! Strong of arm was Hiawatha; He could shoot ten arrows upward, Shoot them with such strength and swiftness, That the tenth had left the bow-string Ere the first to earth had fallen! He had mittens, Minjekahwun, Magic mittens made of deer-skin; When upon his hands he wore them, He could smite the rocks asunder, He could grind them into powder.
Gore told him that he would give him three calls, and that, if he did not come out at the third call, he would shoot him.
Sholte, the fat Russian boy, who lived for his stomach, was to be disappointed in love, grow thin, and shoot himself from despondency.
They were described as “vast spiderlike machines, nearly a hundred feet high, capable of the speed of an express train, and able to shoot out a beam of intense heat.” Masked batteries, chiefly of field guns, had been planted in the country about Horsell Common, and especially between the Woking district and London.
Quotes with SHOOT (3)
Haven't you ever heard of the saying, "If you want to shoot the general, first shoot the horse!"?' --Lin If you wanna shoot the general, then you should just SHOOT THE GENERAL!' --Ed
How much evil throughout history could have been avoided had people exercised their moral acuity with convictional courage and said to the powers that be, 'No, I will not. This is wrong, and I don't care if you fire me, shoot me, pass me over for promotion, or call my mother, I will not participate in this unsavory activity.' Wouldn't world history be rewritten if just a few people had actually acted like individual free agents rather than mindless lemmings?
We don't shoot somebody soon, I'm gonna forget how
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Appears in: Boston Globe, Chronicle, Crossroads, CrosSynergy, LAT, Newsday, NY Sun, NYT, Rock & Roll, Universal, USA TODAY, WP, WSJ.
Used 178 times in crossword archives (1951–2025).