shoot
verbcandidate·updated Jun 3, 2026
throw or propel in a specific direction or towards a specific objective
Framework senses
- §1
- give an injection to
- §2
- produce buds, branches, or germinate
- §3
- measure the altitude of by using a sextant
- §4
- utter fast and forcefully
- §5
- make a film or photograph of something
- §6
- record on photographic film
- §7
- score
- §8
- fire a shot
- §9
- hit with a missile from a weapon
- §10
- spend frivolously and unwisely
- §11
- throw dice, as in a crap game
- §12
- variegate by interweaving weft threads of different colors
- §13
- force or drive (a fluid or gas) into by piercing
- §14
- throw or propel in a specific direction or towards a specific objective
- §15
- move quickly and violently
- §16
- run or move very quickly or hastily
- §17
- send forth suddenly, intensely, swiftly
- §18
- cause a sharp and sudden pain in
- §19
- kill by firing a missile
- §20
- emit (as light, flame, or fumes) suddenly and forcefully