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May 27, 2012
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Synonyms for shoot

Noun

1. shoot, sprout
usage: a new branch
2. shoot, shooting, shot
usage: the act of shooting at targets; "they hold a shoot every weekend during the summer"

Verb

1. shoot, hit, pip, injure, wound
usage: hit with a missile from a weapon
2. shoot, pip, kill
usage: kill by firing a missile
3. shoot, fire, discharge
usage: fire a shot
4. film, shoot, take, record, enter, put down
usage: make a film or photograph of something; "take a scene"; "shoot a movie"
5. shoot, project, cast, contrive, throw
usage: send forth suddenly, intensely, swiftly; "shoot a glance"
6. dart, dash, scoot, scud, flash, shoot, rush, hotfoot, hasten, hie, speed, race, pelt along, rush along, cannonball along, bucket along, belt along
usage: run or move very quickly or hastily; "She dashed into the yard"
7. tear, shoot, shoot down, charge, buck, rush, hotfoot, hasten, hie, speed, race, pelt along, rush along, cannonball along, bucket along, belt along, shoot up
usage: move quickly and violently; "The car tore down the street"; "He came charging into my office"
8. shoot, hit
usage: throw or propel in a specific direction or towards a specific objective; "shoot craps"; "shoot a golf ball"
9. photograph, snap, shoot, record, enter, put down
usage: record on photographic film; "I photographed the scene of the accident"; "She snapped a picture of the President"
10. shoot, emit, give out, give off
usage: emit (as light, flame, or fumes) suddenly and forcefully; "The dragon shot fumes and flames out of its mouth"
11. shoot, ache, smart, hurt
usage: cause a sharp and sudden pain in; "The pain shot up her leg"
12. inject, shoot, insert, enclose, inclose, stick in, put in, introduce
usage: force or drive (a fluid or gas) into by piercing; "inject hydrogen into the balloon"
13. shoot, weave, interweave
usage: variegate by interweaving weft threads of different colors; "shoot cloth"
14. shoot, throw
usage: throw dice, as in a crap game
15. fritter, frivol away, dissipate, shoot, fritter away, fool, fool away, consume, squander, waste, ware
usage: spend frivolously and unwisely; "Fritter away one's inheritance"
16. shoot, score, hit, tally, rack up
usage: score; "shoot a basket"; "shoot a goal"
17. shoot, utter, emit, let out, let loose
usage: utter fast and forcefully; "She shot back an answer"
18. shoot, measure, mensurate, measure out
usage: measure the altitude of by using a sextant; "shoot a star"
19. shoot, spud, germinate, pullulate, bourgeon, burgeon forth, sprout, grow
usage: produce buds, branches, or germinate; "the potatoes sprouted"
20. inject, shoot, administer, dispense
usage: give an injection to; "We injected the glucose into the patient's vein"
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