Short vs. Shoot

Shortadjective

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

Shootverb

To launch a projectile.

Shortadjective

(of a person) Of comparatively little height.

Shootverb

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

‘to shoot a gun’;

Shortadjective

Having little duration; opposite of long.

‘Our meeting was a short six minutes today. Every day for the past month it's been at least twenty minutes long.’;

Shootverb

(transitive) To fire (a projectile).

Shortadjective

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

‘“Phone” is short for “telephone” and "asap" short for "as soon as possible".’;

Shootverb

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

‘The man, in a desperate bid for freedom, grabbed his gun and started shooting anyone he could.’; ‘The hunter shot the deer to harvest its meat.’;

Shortadjective

that is relatively close to the batsman.

Shootverb

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

‘They shot at a target.’; ‘He shoots better than he rides.’;

Shortadjective

that bounced relatively far from the batsman.

Shootverb

To ejaculate.

‘After a very short time, he shot his load over the carpet.’;

Shortadjective

that falls short of the green or the hole.

Shootverb

To begin to speak.

‘"Can I ask you a question?"’;

Shortadjective

(of pastries and metals) Brittle, crumbly, especially due to the use of too much shortening. See shortbread, shortcake, shortcrust.

Shootverb

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

‘The gun shoots well.’;

Shortadjective

Abrupt; brief; pointed; petulant.

‘He gave a short answer to the question.’;

Shootverb

To dismiss or do away with.

‘His idea was shot on sight.’;

Shortadjective

Limited in quantity; inadequate; insufficient; scanty.

‘a short supply of provisions’;

Shootverb

To photograph.

‘He shot the couple in a variety of poses.’; ‘He shot seventeen stills.’;

Shortadjective

Insufficiently provided; inadequately supplied; scantily furnished; lacking.

‘to be short of money’; ‘The cashier came up short ten dollars on his morning shift.’;

Shootverb

To film.

‘The film was mostly shot in France.’;

Shortadjective

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

‘an account which is short of the truth’;

Shootverb

To move or act quickly or suddenly.

Shortadjective

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

Shootverb

(intransitive) To move very quickly and suddenly.

‘After an initial lag, the experimental group's scores shot past the control group's scores in the fourth week.’;

Shortadjective

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

‘I'm short General Motors because I think their sales are plunging.’;

Shootverb

To go over or pass quickly through.

‘shoot the rapids’;

Shortadverb

Abruptly, curtly, briefly.

‘They had to stop short to avoid hitting the dog in the street.’; ‘He cut me short repeatedly in the meeting.’; ‘The boss got a message and cut the meeting short.’;

Shootverb

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

Shortadverb

Unawares.

‘The recent developments at work caught them short.’;

Shootverb

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

‘a shooting pain in my leg’;

Shortadverb

Without achieving a goal or requirement.

‘His speech fell short of what was expected.’;

Shootverb

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

Shortadverb

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

Shootverb

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

Shortadverb

(finance) With a negative ownership position.

‘We went short most finance companies in July.’;

Shootverb

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

Shortnoun

A short circuit.

Shootverb

To send to someone.

‘I'll shoot you an email with all the details’;

Shortnoun

A short film.

Shootverb

(sport) To act or achieve.

Shortnoun

Used to indicate a short-length version of a size

‘38 short suits fit me right off the rack.’; ‘Do you have that size in a short.’;

Shootverb

(wrestling) To lunge.

Shortnoun

(baseball) A shortstop.

‘Jones smashes a grounder between third and short.’;

Shootverb

(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).

Shortnoun

(finance) A short seller.

‘The market decline was terrible, but the shorts were buying champagne.’;

Shootverb

To make the stated score.

‘In my round of golf yesterday I shot a 76.’;

Shortnoun

(finance) A short sale.

‘He closed out his short at a modest loss after three months.’;

Shootverb

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

Shortnoun

A summary account.

Shootverb

To inject a drug (such as heroin) intravenously.

Shortnoun

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

Shootverb

To develop, move forward.

Shortnoun

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

Shootverb

To germinate; to bud; to sprout.

Shortverb

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

Shootverb

To grow; to advance.

‘to shoot up rapidly’;

Shortverb

(intransitive) Of an electrical circuit, to short circuit.

Shootverb

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

Shortverb

(transitive) To shortchange.

Shootverb

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

‘A plant shoots out a bud.’;

Shortverb

(transitive) To provide with a smaller than agreed or labeled amount.

‘This is the third time I've caught them shorting us.’;

Shootverb

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

‘The land shoots into a promontory.’;

Shortverb

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.

Shootverb

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

Shortverb

(obsolete) To shorten.

Shootverb

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

Shortpreposition

Deficient in.

‘We are short a few men on the second shift.’; ‘He's short common sense.’;

Shootnoun

The emerging stem and embryonic leaves of a new plant.

Shortpreposition

(finance) Having a negative position in.

‘I don't want to be short the market going into the weekend.’;

Shootnoun

A photography session.

Shortadjective

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

‘The bed is shorter than that a man can stretch himself on it.’;

Shootnoun

A hunt or shooting competition.

Shortadjective

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

‘The life so short, the craft so long to learn.’; ‘To short absense I could yield.’;

Shootnoun

An event that is unscripted or legitimate.

Shortadjective

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

Shootnoun

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

Shortadjective

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.

‘We shall be short in our provision.’;

Shootnoun

A rush of water; a rapid.

Shortadjective

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

Shootnoun

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

Shortadjective

Not distant in time; near at hand.

‘Marinell was sore offendedThat his departure thence should be so short.’; ‘He commanded those who were appointed to attend him to be ready by a short day.’;

Shootnoun

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

Shortadjective

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

‘Their own short understandings reachNo farther than the present.’;

Shootnoun

A shoat; a young pig.

Shortadjective

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

‘Hardly anything short of an invasion could rouse them again to war.’;

Shootnoun

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

Shortadjective

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

Shootinterjection

A mild expletive, expressing disbelief or disdain

‘Didn't you have a concert tonight?’; ‘Shoot! I forgot! I have to go and get ready...’;

Shortadjective

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

Shootnoun

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.

Shortadjective

Brittle.

Shootnoun

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

‘The Turkish bow giveth a very forcible shoot.’; ‘One underneath his horse to get a shoot doth stalk.’;

Shortadjective

Engaging or engaged to deliver what is not possessed; as, short contracts; to be short of stock. See The shorts, under Short, n., and To sell short, under Short, adv.

Shootnoun

A young branch or growth.

‘Superfluous branches and shoots of this second spring.’;

Shortadjective

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.

Shootnoun

A rush of water; a rapid.

Shortnoun

A summary account.

‘The short and the long is, our play is preferred.’;

Shootnoun

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

Shortnoun

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

‘The first remove above bran is shorts.’;

Shootnoun

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

Shortnoun

Short, inferior hemp.

Shootnoun

A shoat; a young hog.

Shortnoun

Breeches; shortclothes.

Shootverb

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.

‘If you pleaseTo shoot an arrow that self way.’;

Shortnoun

A short sound, syllable, or vowel.

‘If we compare the nearest conventional shorts and longs in English, as in "bit" and "beat," "not" and "naught," we find that the short vowels are generally wide, the long narrow, besides being generally diphthongic as well. Hence, originally short vowels can be lengthened and yet kept quite distinct from the original longs.’;

Shootverb

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.

‘The two ends od a bow, shot off, fly from one another.’;

Shortadverb

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

‘He was taken up very short, and adjudged corrigible for such presumptuous language.’;

Shootverb

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.

‘When Roger shot the hawk hovering over his master's dove house.’;

Shortverb

To shorten.

Shootverb

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

‘An honest weaver as ever shot shuttle.’; ‘A pit into which the dead carts had nightly shot corpses by scores.’;

Shortverb

To fail; to decrease.

Shootverb

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

‘They shoot out the lip, they shake the head.’; ‘Beware the secret snake that shoots a sting.’;

Shortnoun

the location on a baseball field where the shortstop is stationed

Shootverb

To plane straight; to fit by planing.

‘Two pieces of wood that are shot, that is, planed or else pared with a paring chisel.’;

Shortnoun

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

Shootverb

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

‘She . . . shoots the Stygian sound.’;

Shortnoun

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

Shootverb

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

‘The tangled water courses slept,Shot over with purple, and green, and yellow.’;

Shortverb

cheat someone by not returning him enough money

Shootverb

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.

‘The archers have . . . shot at him.’;

Shortverb

create a short-circuit in

Shootverb

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

Shortadjective

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

‘a short life’; ‘a short flight’; ‘a short holiday’; ‘a short story’; ‘only a few short months’;

Shootverb

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.

‘There shot a streaming lamp along the sky.’;

Shortadjective

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

‘short skirts’; ‘short hair’; ‘the board was a foot short’; ‘a short toss’;

Shootverb

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

‘Thy words shoot through my heart.’;

Shortadjective

low in stature; not tall;

‘his was short and stocky’; ‘short in stature’; ‘a short smokestack’;

Shootverb

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

‘These preachers makeHis head to shoot and ache.’;

Shortadjective

not sufficient to meet a need;

‘an inadequate income’; ‘a poor salary’; ‘money is short’; ‘on short rations’; ‘food is in short supply’; ‘short on experience’;

Shootverb

To germinate; to bud; to sprout.

‘Onions, as they hang, will shoot forth.’; ‘But the wild olive shoots, and shades the ungrateful plain.’;

Shortadjective

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

‘a short sale’; ‘short in cotton’;

Shootverb

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

‘Well shot in years he seemed.’; ‘Delightful task! to rear the tender thought,To teach the young idea how to shoot.’;

Shortadjective

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

Shootverb

To change form suddenly; especially, to solidify.

‘If the menstruum be overcharged, metals will shoot into crystals.’;

Shortadjective

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

‘shortbread is a short crumbly cookie’; ‘a short flaky pie crust’;

Shootverb

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

‘There shot up against the dark sky, tall, gaunt, straggling houses.’;

Shortadjective

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

‘a light pound’; ‘a scant cup of sugar’; ‘regularly gives short weight’;

Shootverb

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

Shortadjective

used of syllables that are unaccented or of relatively brief duration

Shootnoun

a new branch

Shortadjective

(of memory) deficient in retentiveness or range;

‘a short memory’;

Shootnoun

the act of shooting at targets;

‘they hold a shoot every weekend during the summer’;

Shortadjective

lacking foresight or scope;

‘a short view of the problem’; ‘shortsighted policies’; ‘shortsighted critics derided the plan’; ‘myopic thinking’;

Shootverb

hit with a missile from a weapon

Shortadjective

unwilling to endure;

‘she was short with the slower students’;

Shootverb

kill by firing a missile

Shortadjective

quickly aroused to anger;

‘a hotheaded commander’;

Shootverb

fire a shot

Shortadjective

most direct;

‘took the shortest and most direct route to town’;

Shootverb

make a film or photograph of something;

‘take a scene’; ‘shoot a movie’;

Shortadjective

marked by rude or peremptory shortness;

‘try to cultivate a less brusque manner’; ‘a curt reply’; ‘the salesgirl was very short with him’;

Shootverb

send forth suddenly, intensely, swiftly;

‘shoot a glance’;

Shortadverb

quickly and without warning;

‘he stopped suddenly’;

Shootverb

run or move very quickly or hastily;

‘She dashed into the yard’;

Shortadverb

without possessing something at the time it is contractually sold;

‘he made his fortune by selling short just before the crash’;

Shootverb

move quickly and violently;

‘The car tore down the street’; ‘He came charging into my office’;

Shortadverb

clean across;

‘the car's axle snapped short’;

Shootverb

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

‘shoot craps’; ‘shoot a golf ball’;

Shortadverb

at some point or distance before a goal is reached;

‘he fell short of our expectations’;

Shootverb

record on photographic film;

‘I photographed the scene of the accident’; ‘She snapped a picture of the President’;

Shortadverb

so as to interrupt;

‘She took him up short before he could continue’;

Shootverb

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

‘The dragon shot fumes and flames out of its mouth’;

Shortadverb

at a disadvantage;

‘I was caught short’;

Shootverb

cause a sharp and sudden pain in;

‘The pain shot up her leg’;

Shortadverb

tightly;

‘she caught him up short on his lapel’;

Shootverb

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

‘inject hydrogen into the balloon’;

Shortadverb

in a curt, abrupt and discourteous manner;

‘he told me curtly to get on with it’; ‘he talked short with everyone’; ‘he said shortly that he didn't like it’;

Shootverb

variegate by interweaving weft threads of different colors;

‘shoot cloth’;

Shortadjective

measuring a small distance from end to end

‘short dark hair’; ‘a short flight of steps’; ‘the bed was too short for him’;

Shootverb

throw dice, as in a crap game

Shortadjective

(of a journey) covering a small distance

‘the hotel is a short walk from the sea’;

Shootverb

spend frivolously and unwisely;

‘Fritter away one's inheritance’;

Shortadjective

(of a garment or sleeves on a garment) only covering the top part of a person's arms or legs

‘a short skirt’;

Shootverb

score;

‘shoot a basket’; ‘shoot a goal’;

Shortadjective

(of a person) small in height

‘he is short and tubby’;

Shootverb

utter fast and forcefully;

‘She shot back an answer’;

Shortadjective

(of a ball in cricket, a shot in tennis, etc.) travelling only a small distance before bouncing

‘he uses his opportunities to attack every short ball’;

Shootverb

measure the altitude of by using a sextant;

‘shoot a star’;

Shortadjective

denoting fielding positions relatively close to the batsman

‘short midwicket’;

Shootverb

produce buds, branches, or germinate;

‘the potatoes sprouted’;

Shortadjective

lasting or taking a small amount of time

‘visiting London for a short break’; ‘a short conversation’;

Shootverb

give an injection to;

‘We injected the glucose into the patient's vein’;

Shortadjective

seeming to last less time than is the case; passing quickly

‘in 10 short years all this changed’;

Shootverb

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

‘he was shot in the leg during an armed robbery’; ‘troops shot dead 29 people’;

Shortadjective

(of a person's memory) retaining things for only a small amount of time

‘he has a short memory for past misdeeds’;

Shootverb

fire a bullet from a gun or discharge an arrow from a bow

‘the troops were ordered to shoot to kill’; ‘he shot at me twice’; ‘they shot a volley of arrows into the village’;

Shortadjective

(of stocks or other securities or commodities) sold in advance of being acquired, with reliance on the price falling so that a profit can be made.

Shootverb

use a firearm with a specified degree of skill

‘we shot well against Spain’;

Shortadjective

(of a broker, position in the market, etc.) buying or based on short stocks or other securities or commodities.

Shootverb

cause (a gun) to fire

‘I learned to shoot a 9 mm pistol’;

Shortadjective

denoting or having a relatively early date for the maturing of a bill of exchange.

Shootverb

damage or remove (something) with a bullet or missile

‘Guy, shoot their hats off’; ‘they just missed my radiator and shot away my controls’;

Shortadjective

relatively small in extent

‘he wrote a short book’; ‘a short speech’;

Shootverb

hunt game with a gun

‘we go to Scotland to shoot every autumn’;

Shortadjective

not having enough of (something); lacking or deficient in

‘I know you're short on cash’; ‘they were very short of provisions’;

Shootverb

shoot game over (an estate or other area of countryside)

‘at least 90 per cent of our hunting country is shot over’;

Shortadjective

in insufficient supply

‘food is short’;

Shootverb

shoot game in or on (an estate, cover, etc.)

‘Tom and her brothers were out shooting Ardfeochan’;

Shortadjective

(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).

Shootverb

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

‘the car shot forward’; ‘Ward's hand shot out, grabbing his arm’; ‘he would have fallen if Marc hadn't shot out a hand to stop him’;

Shortadjective

(of a vowel or syllable) having the lesser of the two recognized durations.

Shootverb

direct (a glance, question, or remark) at someone

‘Luke shot her a quick glance’; ‘‘I can't believe what I'm hearing,’ she shot back’;

Shortadjective

(of a person) terse; uncivil

‘he was often sharp and rather short with her’;

Shootverb

used to invite a comment or question

‘‘May I just ask you one more question?’ ‘Shoot.’’;

Shortadjective

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

‘they have been backed at short odds to win thousands of pounds’;

Shootverb

(of a pain) move with a sharp stabbing sensation

‘a pang of regret shot through her’; ‘Claudia felt a pain shoot through her chest’;

Shortadjective

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

Shootverb

extend sharply in a particular direction

‘a road that seemed to just shoot upwards at a terrifying angle’;

Shortadjective

(of clay) having poor plasticity.

Shootverb

move (a bolt) to fasten or unfasten a door

‘she shot the bolt on the bathroom door’;

Shortadverb

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

‘you go deep and you go short’;

Shootverb

(of a boat) sweep swiftly down or under (rapids, a waterfall, or a bridge)

‘those of you looking for adventure can shoot the rapids’;

Shortadverb

not as far as the point aimed at; not far enough

‘all too often you pitch the ball short’;

Shootverb

(of a motor vehicle) pass (a traffic light at red)

‘drivers could lose their licences for shooting too many red lights’;

Shortnoun

a drink of spirits served in a small measure.

Shootverb

(of a ball) dart along the ground after pitching

‘a ball pitching on that spot would sometimes shoot’;

Shortnoun

a short film as opposed to a feature film.

Shootverb

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

‘Williams twice shot wide’; ‘he shot the ball straight at the goalkeeper’;

Shortnoun

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

‘her call was two longs and a short’;

Shootverb

make (a specified score) for a round of golf

‘in the second round he shot a 65’;

Shortnoun

a short circuit.

Shootverb

play a game of (pool or dice)

‘although we never shot dice, my friends and I played every variation of poker’;

Shortnoun

a person who sells short.

Shootverb

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

‘she has just been commissioned to shoot a video’;

Shortnoun

short-dated stocks.

Shootverb

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

‘some years one or other plant fails to shoot’;

Shortnoun

a mixture of bran and coarse flour.

Shootverb

(of a bud or shoot) appear; sprout

‘they move up into the stem where they induce buds to shoot’;

Shortverb

short-circuit or cause to short-circuit

‘the electrical circuit had shorted out’; ‘if the contact terminals are shorted, the battery quickly overheats’;

Shootverb

inject oneself or another person with (a narcotic drug)

‘he shot dope into his arm’;

Shortverb

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

‘the rule prevents sellers from shorting a stock unless the last trade resulted in a price increase’;

Shootverb

plane (the edge of a board) accurately

‘I shot the longer edge down on the planer’;

Shootnoun

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

‘he nipped off the new shoots that grew where the leaves joined the stems’;

Shootnoun

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

‘a grouse shoot’;

Shootnoun

an area of land used for shooting game

‘we rented a rough shoot of about a thousand acres’;

Shootnoun

a shooting match

‘activities include a weekly rifle shoot’;

Shootnoun

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

‘a photo shoot’; ‘a fashion shoot’;

Shootnoun

variant spelling of chute

Shootnoun

a rapid in a stream

‘follow the portages that skirt all nine shoots of whitewater’;

Shootinterjection

used as a euphemism for ‘shit’

‘shoot, it was a great day to be alive’;

Shoot

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.