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Synonyms for shoot
ʃut
This thesaurus page is about all possible synonyms, equivalent, same meaning and similar words for the term shoot.
Princeton's WordNet
shoot(noun)
a new branch
shoot(verb)
the act of shooting at targets
"they hold a shoot every weekend during the summer"
shoot, hit, pip(verb)
hit with a missile from a weapon
Synonyms:
whip, dispatch, scud, sprout, hit, arrive at, attain, film, snap, reach, take, pullulate, strike, score, bourgeon, make, polish off, collide with, buck, gain, shoot down, mop up, fool away, fritter, off, impinge on, dissipate, dart, frivol away, run into, burgeon forth, stumble, worst, slay, scoot, fritter away, charge, inject, germinate, murder, rack up, tally, fool, photograph, come to, tear, dash, spud, flash, pip, bump off, remove, blastshoot, pip(verb)
kill by firing a missile
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whip, scud, sprout, hit, rack up, film, snap, take, pullulate, bourgeon, buck, shoot down, mop up, fool away, fritter, dissipate, dart, frivol away, burgeon forth, worst, scoot, fritter away, charge, inject, germinate, fool, photograph, tear, dash, spud, flash, pip, blastblast, shoot(verb)
fire a shot
"the gunman blasted away"
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scud, germinate, blare, sprout, hit, nail, film, smash, crucify, take, pullulate, fool, bourgeon, boom, pillory, scoot, fool away, fritter, dissipate, dart, frivol away, burgeon forth, fritter away, charge, inject, savage, shoot down, buck, snap, photograph, blast, dash, knock down, flash, pip, spud, tear, shellfilm, shoot, take(verb)
make a film or photograph of something
"take a scene"; "shoot a movie"
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require, read, hit, occupy, subscribe to, rent, withdraw, inject, lead, ingest, pullulate, take on, carry, deal, assume, have, hold, choose, learn, fill, dash, burgeon forth, fritter away, dart, drive, consume, buck, bourgeon, demand, consider, need, study, pick out, contain, fool, contract, adopt, charter, film, remove, admit, lease, shoot down, train, blast, take up, fool away, bring, strike, use up, necessitate, take, engage, call for, make, claim, get, get hold of, exact, take away, pack, fritter, scoot, germinate, photograph, submit, convey, take aim, aim, charge, direct, tear, snap, scud, pip, spud, sprout, subscribe, select, involve, acquire, look at, postulate, hire, accept, guide, flash, dissipate, take in, ask, frivol away, conductshoot(verb)
send forth suddenly, intensely, swiftly
"shoot a glance"
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buck, inject, bourgeon, dissipate, scoot, frivol away, pip, spud, blast, flash, fool away, pullulate, photograph, fool, shoot down, burgeon forth, snap, germinate, scud, charge, sprout, hit, take, film, fritter away, fritter, tear, dart, dashdart, dash, scoot, scud, flash, shoot(verb)
run or move very quickly or hastily
"She dashed into the yard"
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bourgeon, winkle, swank, burgeon forth, scud, frighten away, sprout, hit, crash, film, flash, smash, wink, rack, take, show off, pullulate, fool, fleet, flutter, scare off, flaunt, scare away, buck, scoot, fool away, ostentate, fritter, dissipate, dart, flit, blink, pall, frivol away, daunt, fritter away, charge, inject, germinate, scare, shoot down, snap, photograph, blast, dash, spud, frighten off, pip, tear, twinkletear, shoot, shoot down, charge, buck(verb)
move quickly and violently
"The car tore down the street"; "He came charging into my office"
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hitch, land, jerk, flash, scoot, bear down, scud, sprout, hit, consign, excite, commove, commit, blame, film, snap, down, appoint, take, point, pullulate, agitate, load, bill, deplumate, bourgeon, defeat, rouse, buck, saddle, pull, fool away, fritter, kill, lodge, dissipate, dart, frivol away, file, bust, burgeon forth, accuse, level, institutionalize, turn on, pluck, fritter away, charge, inject, vote down, deplume, germinate, shoot down, institutionalise, fool, burden, photograph, charge up, blast, dash, send, go against, spud, rupture, pip, vote out, displume, tearshoot(verb)
throw or propel in a specific direction or towards a specific objective
"shoot craps"; "shoot a golf ball"
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buck, inject, bourgeon, dissipate, scoot, frivol away, pip, spud, blast, flash, fool away, pullulate, photograph, fool, shoot down, burgeon forth, snap, germinate, scud, charge, sprout, hit, take, film, fritter away, fritter, tear, dart, dashphotograph, snap, shoot(verb)
record on photographic film
"I photographed the scene of the accident"; "She snapped a picture of the President"
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flash, flick, scud, sprout, hit, film, snap, snatch, take, pullulate, bourgeon, buck, shoot down, fool away, fritter, break down, dissipate, dart, frivol away, bust, burgeon forth, crack, snarl, scoot, fritter away, charge, inject, germinate, snatch up, fool, photograph, click, blast, dash, lose it, spud, rupture, pip, tearshoot(verb)
emit (as light, flame, or fumes) suddenly and forcefully
"The dragon shot fumes and flames out of its mouth"
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buck, inject, bourgeon, dissipate, scoot, frivol away, pip, spud, blast, flash, fool away, pullulate, photograph, fool, shoot down, burgeon forth, snap, germinate, scud, charge, sprout, hit, take, film, fritter away, fritter, tear, dart, dashshoot(verb)
cause a sharp and sudden pain in
"The pain shot up her leg"
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buck, inject, bourgeon, dissipate, scoot, frivol away, pip, spud, blast, flash, fool away, pullulate, photograph, fool, shoot down, burgeon forth, snap, germinate, scud, charge, sprout, hit, take, film, fritter away, fritter, tear, dart, dashinject, shoot(verb)
force or drive (a fluid or gas) into by piercing
"inject hydrogen into the balloon"
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scud, sprout, hit, put in, film, snap, take, throw in, bourgeon, come in, buck, shoot down, fool away, fritter, dissipate, dart, frivol away, burgeon forth, fritter away, scoot, pullulate, charge, inject, germinate, fool, photograph, tear, dash, interpose, spud, flash, pip, interject, blastshoot(verb)
variegate by interweaving weft threads of different colors
"shoot cloth"
Synonyms:
buck, inject, bourgeon, dissipate, scoot, frivol away, pip, spud, blast, flash, fool away, pullulate, photograph, fool, shoot down, burgeon forth, snap, germinate, scud, charge, sprout, hit, take, film, fritter away, fritter, tear, dart, dashshoot(verb)
throw dice, as in a crap game
Synonyms:
buck, inject, bourgeon, dissipate, scoot, frivol away, pip, spud, blast, flash, fool away, pullulate, photograph, fool, shoot down, burgeon forth, snap, germinate, scud, charge, sprout, hit, take, film, fritter away, fritter, tear, dart, dashfritter, frivol away, dissipate, shoot, fritter away, fool, fool away(verb)
spend frivolously and unwisely
"Fritter away one's inheritance"
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dupe, scud, befool, sprout, hit, gull, slang, film, put on, snap, take in, put one across, take, break up, bourgeon, arse around, put one over, fool around, buck, shoot down, disperse, fritter, spread out, dart, frivol away, dash, burgeon forth, horse around, scoot, fritter away, charge, inject, germinate, cod, dissipate, scatter, fool, photograph, blast, dispel, spud, flash, pip, pullulate, tear, fool awayshoot(verb)
score
"shoot a basket"; "shoot a goal"
Synonyms:
buck, inject, bourgeon, dissipate, scoot, frivol away, pip, spud, blast, flash, fool away, pullulate, photograph, fool, shoot down, burgeon forth, snap, germinate, scud, charge, sprout, hit, take, film, fritter away, fritter, tear, dart, dashshoot(verb)
utter fast and forcefully
"She shot back an answer"
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buck, inject, bourgeon, dissipate, scoot, frivol away, pip, spud, blast, flash, fool away, pullulate, photograph, fool, shoot down, burgeon forth, snap, germinate, scud, charge, sprout, hit, take, film, fritter away, fritter, tear, dart, dashshoot(verb)
measure the altitude of by using a sextant
"shoot a star"
Synonyms:
buck, inject, bourgeon, dissipate, scoot, frivol away, pip, spud, blast, flash, fool away, pullulate, photograph, fool, shoot down, burgeon forth, snap, germinate, scud, charge, sprout, hit, take, film, fritter away, fritter, tear, dart, dashshoot, spud, germinate, pullulate, bourgeon, burgeon forth, sprout(verb)
produce buds, branches, or germinate
"the potatoes sprouted"
Synonyms:
teem, scud, blast, sprout, hit, film, snap, take, pullulate, bourgeon, swarm, buck, shoot down, fool away, fritter, dissipate, dart, frivol away, burgeon forth, develop, stock, scoot, fritter away, charge, inject, germinate, pour, stream, fool, photograph, tear, dash, spud, flash, pip, evolveinject, shoot(verb)
give an injection to
"We injected the glucose into the patient's vein"
Synonyms:
scud, sprout, hit, put in, film, snap, take, throw in, bourgeon, come in, buck, shoot down, fool away, fritter, dissipate, dart, frivol away, burgeon forth, fritter away, scoot, pullulate, charge, inject, germinate, fool, photograph, tear, dash, interpose, spud, flash, pip, interject, blast
Dictionary of English Synonymes
shoot(v. a.)
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emit, project, propel, send forth, put forth, thrust forthshoot(v. a.)
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hit or kill by a missileshoot(v. n.)
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fire, discharge a gunshoot(v. n.)
shoot(v. n.)
shoot(v. n.)
shoot(n.)
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How to use shoot in a sentence?
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Acting Navy Secretary Thomas Modly:
This is exactly what we want our commanding officers and medical professionals to do, were not looking to shoot the messenger.
Georgia is the place to be, its on fire here in terms of the amount of work going on, you wouldn’t naturally think to shoot a scene for the Lower East side in Savannah Georgia, but that what’s great about Georgia. Savannah has neighborhoods that look like Brooklyn and the Lower East Side. It has beaches that look like the Caribbean and can pass for the Hamptons, and Atlanta is a phenomenal city that can pass for most big cities in the world.
We're going to have to start looking at people very closely because we can't allow this to happen to our country, i'm not ruling out anything. I don't rule out anything. If people come in and blow up people and shoot people and kill people, I don't rule out anything.
Ever since we were younger, Jakob Wagner was one of the kids you kind of watched out for, if someone was going to shoot Antigo High School, we thought Antigo High School was going to be Jakob Wagner.
Translations for shoot
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- skietAfrikaans
- صوب, أطلق النارArabic
- vurmaq, atmaqAzerbaijani
- атыу, үҫентеBashkir
- страля́ць, стрэ́ліцьBelarusian
- стреля́мBulgarian
- গুলি চালানোBengali
- dispararCatalan, Valencian
- střelit, střílet, zastřelit, výhonekCzech
- skydeDanish
- schießen, anschießen, erschießen, AblegerGerman
- πυροβολώ, ρίχνωGreek
- pafiEsperanto
- tirar, disparar, retoño, vástago, pimpollo, sesión fotográficaSpanish
- tulistamaEstonian
- تیراندازی کردن, زدن, شلیک کردنPersian
- ampua, laukaista, kuvaus, versoFinnish
- tirer, prise de photos, séance photo, pousseFrench
- sjitteWestern Frisian
- scaoilIrish
- ògan, bachlagScottish Gaelic
- ירהHebrew
- गोली चलानाHindi
- lőHungarian
- կրակելArmenian
- tembakIndonesian
- skjótaIcelandic
- sparare, tirare, getto, virgulto, pollone, germoglioItalian
- 撃つJapanese
- სროლა, ყლორტიGeorgian
- атуKazakh
- បាញ់Khmer
- 쏘다, 사격Korean
- атууKyrgyz
- pampinusLatin
- ຍິງLao
- šauti, šaudytiLithuanian
- šautLatvian
- pupuhiMāori
- пу́ка, стре́лаMacedonian
- гөлөг, соёолохMongolian
- tembak, panahMalay
- ပစ်Burmese
- schieten, scheutDutch
- skyteNorwegian
- wystrzelić, strzelać, postrzelić, sesja, pędPolish
- atirarPortuguese
- trageRomanian
- вы́стрелить, стреля́ть, расстреля́ть, застрели́ть, побег, съёмкаRussian
- пуцати, streljati, стрељати, pucatiSerbo-Croatian
- strieľať, streliť, vystreliťSlovak
- streljatiSlovene
- gjuaj, qëllojAlbanian
- skjutaSwedish
- kupiga risasiSwahili
- కాల్చుTelugu
- тир андохтан, тир заданTajik
- ยิงThai
- atmak, tüpe–lemekTurkmen
- ateş etmek, çekmek, etmek, vurmakTurkish
- атаргаTatar
- стріля́ти, ви́стрелитиUkrainian
- otmoq, chiqmoqUzbek
- bắnVietnamese
- שיסןYiddish
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