Short vs. Shoot — What's the Difference?

Measuring a small distance from end to end

In botany, a plant shoot consists of any plant stem together with its appendages, leaves and lateral buds, flowering stems, and flower buds. The new growth from seed germination that grows upward is a shoot where leaves will develop.

Lasting or taking a small amount of time

Kill or wound (a person or animal) with a bullet or arrow

Relatively small in extent

Move or cause to move suddenly and rapidly in a particular direction

(of a vowel) categorized as short with regard to quality and length (e.g. in standard British English the vowel /ʊ/ in good is short as distinct from the long vowel /uː/ in food).

(in soccer, hockey, basketball, etc.) kick, hit, or throw the ball or puck in an attempt to score a goal

(of a person) terse; uncivil

Film or photograph (a scene, film, etc.)

(of odds or a chance) reflecting or representing a high level of probability

(of a plant or seed) send out buds or shoots; germinate

(of pastry) containing a high proportion of fat to flour and therefore crumbly.

Inject oneself or another person with (a narcotic drug)

(chiefly in sport) at, to, or over a relatively small distance

Plane (the edge of a board) accurately

A drink of spirits served in a small measure.

A young branch or sucker springing from the main stock of a tree or other plant

A short film as opposed to a feature film.

An occasion when a group of people hunt and shoot game for sport

A short sound such as a short signal in Morse code or a short vowel or syllable

An occasion when a professional photographer takes photographs or when a film or video is being made

A short circuit.

Variant spelling of chute

A person who sells short.

A rapid in a stream

A mixture of bran and coarse flour.

Used as a euphemism for ‘shit’

Short-circuit or cause to short-circuit

To hit, wound, or kill with a missile fired from a weapon.

Sell (stocks or other securities or commodities) in advance of acquiring them, with the aim of making a profit when the price falls

To remove or destroy by firing or projecting a missile

Having little length; not long.

To make (a hole, for example) by firing a weapon.

Having little height; not tall.

To fire or let fly (a missile) from a weapon.

Extending or traveling not far or not far enough

To discharge (a weapon).

Lasting a brief time

To detonate or cause to explode

Appearing to pass quickly

To inject (a drug, for example) with a hypodermic syringe.

Not lengthy; succinct

To throw out or release (a fishing line, for example).

Rudely brief; abrupt

To send forth suddenly, intensely, or swiftly

Easily provoked; irascible

To emit (a ray or rays of light or another form of energy).

Inadequate; insufficient

To utter (sounds or words) forcefully, rapidly, or suddenly

Lacking in length or amount

(Slang) To give, send, or hand quickly

Lacking in breadth or scope

(Informal) To spend, use up, or waste

Deficient in retentiveness

To pass over or through swiftly

Holding a trading position that is inversely related to the price of a security or index

To cover (country) in hunting for game.

Of or relating to a short sale

To record on film or video using a movie camera

Containing a large amount of shortening; flaky

To cause to project or protrude; extend

Not ductile; brittle

To begin to grow or produce; put forth.

(Linguistics) Of, relating to, or being a speech sound of relatively brief duration, as the first vowel sound in the Latin word mălus, "evil," as compared with the same or a similar sound of relatively long duration, as the first vowel sound in the Latin word mālus, "apple tree."

To pour, empty out, or discharge down or as if down a chute

(Grammar) Of, relating to, or being a vowel sound in English, such as the vowel sound (ă) in pat or () in put, that is descended from a vowel of brief duration.

To throw or propel (a ball, marble, or other projectile in a game) in a specific direction or toward the objective.

Being of relatively brief duration. Used of a syllable in quantitative prosody.

To accomplish (the objective) of a game involving a projectile; score (a point, basket, or goal).

(Slang) Close to the end of a tour of military duty.

To play (a game involving projectiles, such as golf or pool).

Abruptly; quickly

To attain (a given score) in golf.

In a rude or curt manner.

To play (a game involving dice, especially craps).

At a point before a given boundary, limit, or goal

To throw (the dice or a given score) in craps.

At a disadvantage

To slide (the bolt of a lock) into or out of its fastening.

By means of a short sale

To plane (the edge of a board) straight.

(Linguistics) A short syllable, vowel, or consonant.

To variegate (colored cloth) by interweaving weft threads of a different color.

A brief film; a short subject.

To measure the altitude of with a sextant or other instrument

A size of clothing less long than the average for that size.

To discharge a missile from a weapon.

Shorts Short pants extending to the knee or above.

To discharge or fire; go off.

Shorts Undershorts.

To gush or spurt

A short sale.

To appear suddenly

One that sells short.

To move swiftly; dart.

Shorts A byproduct of wheat processing that consists of germ, bran, and coarse meal or flour.

To be felt moving or as if moving in the body

Shorts Clippings or trimmings that remain as byproducts in various manufacturing processes, often used to make an inferior variety of the product.

To protrude; project

A short circuit.

To engage in hunting or the firing of weapons, especially for sport

A malfunction caused by a short circuit.

To put forth new growth; germinate.

(Baseball) A shortstop.

To take pictures.

To cause a short circuit in.

To film a scene in a movie.

(Informal) To give (one) less than one is entitled to; shortchange.

Sports & Games To propel a ball or other object toward the goal or in a specific direction or manner.

To short-sell (a security or index).

(Games) To throw dice.

To short-circuit.

(Slang) To begin talking. Often used in the imperative

Having a small distance from one end or edge to another, either horizontally or vertically.

To slide into or out of a fastening. Used of the bolt of a lock.

(of a person) Of comparatively small height.

The motion or movement of something that is propelled, driven, or discharged.

Having little duration.

The young growth arising from a germinating seed; a sprout.

(followed by for) Of a word or phrase, constituting an abbreviation (for another) or shortened form (of another).

A young leaf, flower, or other new growth on a plant.

That is relatively close to the batsman.

The aboveground part of a vascular plant.

Bowled so that it bounces relatively far from the batsman.

A narrow, swift, or turbulent section of a stream.

That falls short of the green or the hole.

The act of discharging a weapon or letting fly a missile.

(gambling) Of betting odds, offering a small return for the money wagered.

(Informal) The launching of a rocket or similar missile.

Brittle, crumbly. See shortbread, shortcake, shortcrust, shortening, hot short, cold-short.

An organized shooting activity, such as a skeet tournament or hunt.

Abrupt; brief; pointed; petulant.

A round of shots in a contest with firearms.

Limited in quantity; inadequate; insufficient; scanty.

A session in which something is photographed, filmed, or videotaped.

Insufficiently provided; inadequately supplied, especially with money; scantily furnished; lacking.

The distance a shot travels; the range.

Deficient; less; not coming up to a measure or standard.

A sharp twinge or spasm of pain.

(colloquial) Undiluted; neat.

An inclined channel for moving something; a chute.

(obsolete) Not distant in time; near at hand.

A body of ore in a vein.

(finance) Being in a financial investment position that is structured to be profitable if the price of the underlying security declines in the future.

Used to express surprise, mild annoyance, or disappointment.

(by extension) Doubtful of, skeptical of.

To launch a projectile.

Of money: given in the fewest possible notes, i.e. those of the largest denomination.

(transitive) To fire (a weapon that releases a projectile).

Abruptly, curtly, briefly.

(transitive) To fire (a projectile).

Unawares.

(transitive) To fire a projectile at (a person or target).

Without achieving a goal or requirement.

(intransitive) To cause a weapon to discharge a projectile.

Relatively far from the batsman and hence bouncing higher than normal; opposite of full.

(intransitive) To hunt birds, etc. with a gun.

(finance) With a negative ownership position.

(transitive) To hunt on (a piece of land); to kill game in or on.

A short circuit.

(gambling) To throw dice.

A short film.

To ejaculate.

A short version of a garment in a particular size.

To begin to speak.

(baseball) A shortstop.

(intransitive) To discharge a missile; said of a weapon.

(finance) A short seller.

To dismiss or do away with.

(finance) A short sale or short position.

To photograph.

A summary account.

To film.

(phonetics) A short sound, syllable, or vowel.

(transitive) To push or thrust a bolt quickly; hence, to open a lock.

(programming) An integer variable having a smaller range than normal integers; usually two bytes long.

To move or act quickly or suddenly.

An automobile; especially in crack shorts, to break into automobiles.

(intransitive) To move very quickly and suddenly.

(transitive) To cause a short circuit in (something).

To go over or pass quickly through.

To short circuit.

(transitive) To tip (something, especially coal) down a chute.

(transitive) To shortchange.

(transitive) To penetrate, like a missile; to dart with a piercing sensation.

To provide with a smaller than agreed or labeled amount.

To feel a quick, darting pain; to throb in pain.

To sell something, especially securities, that one does not own at the moment for delivery at a later date in hopes of profiting from a decline in the price; to sell short.

(obsolete) To change form suddenly; especially, to solidify.

(obsolete) To shorten.

To send out or forth, especially with a rapid or sudden motion; to cast with the hand; to hurl; to discharge; to emit.

Deficient in.

To send to someone.

(finance) Having a negative position in.

(sport) To act or achieve.

Not long; having brief length or linear extension; as, a short distance; a short piece of timber; a short flight.

(wrestling) To lunge.

Not extended in time; having very limited duration; not protracted; as, short breath.

(professional wrestling) To deviate from kayfabe, either intentionally or accidentally; to actually connect with unchoreographed fighting blows and maneuvers, or speak one's mind (instead of an agreed script).

Limited in quantity; inadequate; insufficient; scanty; as, a short supply of provisions, or of water.

To make the stated score.

Insufficiently provided; inadequately supplied; scantily furnished; lacking; not coming up to a resonable, or the ordinary, standard; - usually with of; as, to be short of money.

(surveying) To measure the distance and direction to (a point).

Deficient; defective; imperfect; not coming up, as to a measure or standard; as, an account which is short of the trith.

To inject a drug (such as heroin) intravenously.

Not distant in time; near at hand.

To develop, move forward.

Limited in intellectual power or grasp; not comprehensive; narrow; not tenacious, as memory.

To germinate; to bud; to sprout.

Less important, efficaceous, or powerful; not equal or equivalent; less (than); - with of.

To grow; to advance.

Abrupt; brief; pointed; petulant; as, he gave a short answer to the question.

(nautical) To move ahead by force of momentum, as a sailing vessel when the helm is put hard alee.

Breaking or crumbling readily in the mouth; crisp; as, short pastry.

(transitive) To travel or ride on (breaking waves) rowards the shore.

Brittle.

To push or thrust forward; to project; to protrude; often with out.

Not prolonged, or relatively less prolonged, in utterance; - opposed to long, and applied to vowels or to syllables. In English, the long and short of the same letter are not, in most cases, the long and short of the same sound; thus, the i in ill is the short sound, not of i in isle, but of ee in eel, and the e in pet is the short sound of a in pate, etc. See Quantity, and Guide to Pronunciation, 22, 30.

To protrude; to jut; to project; to extend.

A summary account.

(carpentry) To plane straight; to fit by planing.

The part of milled grain sifted out which is next finer than the bran.

To variegate as if by sprinkling or intermingling; to color in spots or patches.^W

Short, inferior hemp.

(card games) To shoot the moon.

Breeches; shortclothes.

(aviation) To carry out, or attempt to carry out (an approach to an airport runway).

A short sound, syllable, or vowel.

To carry out a seismic survey with geophones in an attempt to detect oil.

In a short manner; briefly; limitedly; abruptly; quickly; as, to stop short in one's course; to turn short.

The emerging stem and embryonic leaves of a new plant.

To shorten.

A photography session.

To fail; to decrease.

A hunt or shooting competition.

The location on a baseball field where the shortstop is stationed

An event that is unscripted or legitimate.

Accidental contact between two points in an electric circuit that have a potential difference

The act of shooting; the discharge of a missile; a shot.

The fielding position of the player on a baseball team who is stationed between 2nd and 3rd base

A rush of water; a rapid.

Cheat someone by not returning him enough money

(weaving) A weft thread shot through the shed by the shuttle; a pick.

Create a short-circuit in

A shoat; a young pig.

Primarily temporal sense; indicating or being or seeming to be limited in duration;

(mining) A vein of ore running in the same general direction as the lode.

Primarily spatial sense; having little length or lacking in length;

An inclined plane, either artificial or natural, down which timber, coal, ore, etc., are caused to slide; a chute.

Low in stature; not tall;

(card games) The act of taking all point cards in one hand.

Not sufficient to meet a need;

A seismic survey carried out with geophones in an attempt to detect oil.

Not holding securities or commodities that one sells in expectation of a fall in prices;

A mild expletive, expressing disbelief or disdain

Of speech sounds (especially vowels) of relatively short duration (as e.g. the English vowel sounds in `pat', `pet', `pit', `pot', putt')

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.

Containing a large amount of shortening; therefore tender and easy to crumble or break into flakes;

The act of shooting; the discharge of a missile; a shot; as, the shoot of a shuttle.

Less than the correct or legal or full amount often deliberately so;

A young branch or growth.

Used of syllables that are unaccented or of relatively brief duration

A rush of water; a rapid.

(of memory) deficient in retentiveness or range;

A vein of ore running in the same general direction as the lode.

Lacking foresight or scope;

A weft thread shot through the shed by the shuttle; a pick.

Unwilling to endure;

A shoat; a young hog.

Quickly aroused to anger;

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.

Most direct;

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.

Marked by rude or peremptory shortness;

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.

Quickly and without warning;

To send out or forth, especially with a rapid or sudden motion; to cast with the hand; to hurl; to discharge; to emit.

Without possessing something at the time it is contractually sold;

To push or thrust forward; to project; to protrude; - often with out; as, a plant shoots out a bud.

Clean across;

To plane straight; to fit by planing.

At some point or distance before a goal is reached;

To pass rapidly through, over, or under; as, to shoot a rapid or a bridge; to shoot a sand bar.

So as to interrupt;

To variegate as if by sprinkling or intermingling; to color in spots or patches.

At a disadvantage;

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.

Tightly;

To discharge a missile; - said of an engine or instrument; as, the gun shoots well.

In a curt, abrupt and discourteous manner;

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.

To penetrate, as a missile; to dart with a piercing sensation; as, shooting pains.

To feel a quick, darting pain; to throb in pain.

To germinate; to bud; to sprout.

To grow; to advance; as, to shoot up rapidly.

To change form suddenly; especially, to solidify.

To protrude; to jut; to project; to extend; as, the land shoots into a promontory.

To move ahead by force of momentum, as a sailing vessel when the helm is put hard alee.

A new branch

The act of shooting at targets;

Hit with a missile from a weapon

Kill by firing a missile

Fire a shot

Make a film or photograph of something;

Send forth suddenly, intensely, swiftly;

Run or move very quickly or hastily;

Move quickly and violently;

Throw or propel in a specific direction or towards a specific objective;

Record on photographic film;

Emit (as light, flame, or fumes) suddenly and forcefully;

Cause a sharp and sudden pain in;

Force or drive (a fluid or gas) into by piercing;

Variegate by interweaving weft threads of different colors;

Throw dice, as in a crap game

Spend frivolously and unwisely;

Score;

Utter fast and forcefully;

Measure the altitude of by using a sextant;

Produce buds, branches, or germinate;

Give an injection to;