Spring vs. Shoot

Springverb

To jump or leap.

‘He sprang up from his seat.’;

Shootverb

To launch a projectile.

Springverb

To pass over by leaping.

Shootverb

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

‘to shoot a gun’;

Springverb

To produce or disclose unexpectedly, especially of surprises, traps, etc.

Shootverb

(transitive) To fire (a projectile).

Springverb

(slang) To release or set free, especially from prison.

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.’;

Springverb

To suddenly catch someone doing something illegal or against the rules.

Shootverb

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

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

Springverb

To come into being, often quickly or sharply.

‘Trees are already springing up in the plantation.’;

Shootverb

To ejaculate.

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

Springverb

To start or rise suddenly, as from a covert.

Shootverb

To begin to speak.

‘"Can I ask you a question?"’;

Springverb

To cause to spring up; to start or rouse, as game; to cause to rise from the earth, or from a covert.

‘to spring a pheasant’;

Shootverb

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

‘The gun shoots well.’;

Springverb

(nautical) To crack or split; to bend or strain so as to weaken.

‘to spring a mast or a yard’;

Shootverb

To dismiss or do away with.

‘His idea was shot on sight.’;

Springverb

To bend by force, as something stiff or strong; to force or put by bending, as a beam into its sockets, and allowing it to straighten when in place; often with in, out, etc.

‘to spring in a slat or a bar’;

Shootverb

To photograph.

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

Springverb

To issue with speed and violence; to move with activity; to dart; to shoot.

Shootverb

To film.

‘The film was mostly shot in France.’;

Springverb

To move suddenly when pressure is released.

‘A bow, when bent, springs back by its elastic power.’;

Shootverb

To move or act quickly or suddenly.

Springverb

(intransitive) To bend from a straight direction or plane surface; to become warped.

‘A piece of timber, or a plank, sometimes springs in seasoning.’;

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.’;

Springverb

To shoot up, out, or forth; to come to the light; to begin to appear; to emerge, like a plant from its seed, a stream from its source, etc.; often followed by up, forth, or out.

Shootverb

To go over or pass quickly through.

‘shoot the rapids’;

Springverb

To issue or proceed, as from a parent or ancestor; to result, as from a cause, motive, reason, or principle.

Shootverb

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

Springverb

(obsolete) To grow; to prosper.

Shootverb

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

‘a shooting pain in my leg’;

Springverb

To build (an arch).

‘They sprung an arch over the lintel.’;

Shootverb

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

Springverb

To sound (a rattle, such as a watchman's rattle).

Shootverb

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

Springnoun

A leap; a bound; a jump.

Shootverb

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

Springnoun

(countable) Traditionally the first of the four seasons of the year in temperate regions, in which plants spring from the ground and trees come into blossom, following winter and preceding summer.

‘Spring is the time of the year most species reproduce.’; ‘I spent my spring holidays in Morocco.’; ‘You can visit me in the spring, when the weather is bearable.’;

Shootverb

To send to someone.

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

Springnoun

(countable) Meteorologically, the months of March, April and May in the northern hemisphere or September, October and November in the southern.

Shootverb

(sport) To act or achieve.

Springnoun

(countable) The astronomically delineated period from the moment of vernal equinox, approximately March 21 in the northern hemisphere to the moment of the summer solstice, approximately June 21. (See Spring (season) for other variations.)

Shootverb

(wrestling) To lunge.

Springnoun

(countable) Spring tide; a tide of greater-than-average range, that is, around the first or third quarter of a lunar month, or around the times of the new or full moon.

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).

Springnoun

(countable) A place where water or oil emerges from the ground.

‘This water is bottled from the spring of the river.’;

Shootverb

To make the stated score.

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

Springnoun

(uncountable) The property of a body of springing to its original form after being compressed, stretched, etc.

‘the spring of a bow’;

Shootverb

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

Springnoun

Elastic power or force.

Shootverb

To inject a drug (such as heroin) intravenously.

Springnoun

(countable) A mechanical device made of flexible or coiled material that exerts force when it is bent, compressed or stretched.

‘We jumped so hard the bed springs broke.’;

Shootverb

To develop, move forward.

Springnoun

An erection of the penis.

Shootverb

To germinate; to bud; to sprout.

Springnoun

(countable) The source of an action or of a supply.

Shootverb

To grow; to advance.

‘to shoot up rapidly’;

Springnoun

Any active power; that by which action, or motion, is produced or propagated; cause; origin; motive.

Shootverb

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

Springnoun

That which springs, or is originated, from a source.

Shootverb

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

‘A plant shoots out a bud.’;

Springnoun

A race; lineage.

Shootverb

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

‘The land shoots into a promontory.’;

Springnoun

A youth; a springald.

Shootverb

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

Springnoun

A shoot; a plant; a young tree; also, a grove of trees; woodland.

Shootverb

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

Springnoun

(obsolete) That which causes one to spring; specifically, a lively tune.

Shootnoun

The emerging stem and embryonic leaves of a new plant.

Springnoun

The time of growth and progress; early portion; first stage.

Shootnoun

A photography session.

Springnoun

A rope attaching the bow of a vessel to the stern-side of the jetty, or vice versa, to stop the vessel from surging.

‘You should put a couple of springs onto the jetty to stop the boat moving so much.’;

Shootnoun

A hunt or shooting competition.

Springnoun

(nautical) A line led from a vessel's quarter to her cable so that by tightening or slacking it she can be made to lie in any desired position; a line led diagonally from the bow or stern of a vessel to some point upon the wharf to which she is moored.

Shootnoun

An event that is unscripted or legitimate.

Springnoun

(nautical) A crack or fissure in a mast or yard, running obliquely or transversely.

Shootnoun

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

Springverb

To leap; to bound; to jump.

‘The mountain stag that springsFrom height to height, and bounds along the plains.’;

Shootnoun

A rush of water; a rapid.

Springverb

To issue with speed and violence; to move with activity; to dart; to shoot.

‘And sudden lightSprung through the vaulted roof.’;

Shootnoun

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

Springverb

To start or rise suddenly, as from a covert.

‘Watchful as fowlers when their game will spring.’;

Shootnoun

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

Springverb

To fly back; as, a bow, when bent, springs back by its elastic power.

Shootnoun

A shoat; a young pig.

Springverb

To bend from a straight direction or plane surface; to become warped; as, a piece of timber, or a plank, sometimes springs in seasoning.

Shootnoun

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

Springverb

To shoot up, out, or forth; to come to the light; to begin to appear; to emerge; as a plant from its seed, as streams from their source, and the like; - often followed by up, forth, or out.

‘Till well nigh the day began to spring.’; ‘To satisfy the desolate and waste ground, and to cause the bud of the tender herb to spring forth.’; ‘Do not blast my springing hopes.’; ‘O, spring to light; auspicious Babe, be born.’;

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...’;

Springverb

To issue or proceed, as from a parent or ancestor; to result, as from a cause, motive, reason, or principle.

‘[They found] new hope to springOut of despair, joy, but with fear yet linked.’;

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.

Springverb

To grow; to thrive; to prosper.

‘What makes all this, but Jupiter the king,At whose command we perish, and we spring?’;

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.’;

Springverb

To cause to spring up; to start or rouse, as game; to cause to rise from the earth, or from a covert; as, to spring a pheasant.

Shootnoun

A young branch or growth.

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

Springverb

To produce or disclose suddenly or unexpectedly; as, to spring a surprise on someone; to spring a joke.

‘She starts, and leaves her bed, and springs a light.’; ‘The friends to the cause sprang a new project.’;

Shootnoun

A rush of water; a rapid.

Springverb

To cause to explode; as, to spring a mine.

Shootnoun

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

Springverb

To crack or split; to bend or strain so as to weaken; as, to spring a mast or a yard.

Shootnoun

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

Springverb

To cause to close suddenly, as the parts of a trap operated by a spring; as, to spring a trap.

Shootnoun

A shoat; a young hog.

Springverb

To bend by force, as something stiff or strong; to force or put by bending, as a beam into its sockets, and allowing it to straighten when in place; - often with in, out, etc.; as, to spring in a slat or a bar.

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.’;

Springverb

To pass over by leaping; as, to spring a fence.

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.’;

Springverb

To release (a person) from confinement, especially from a prison.

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.’;

Springnoun

A leap; a bound; a jump.

‘The prisoner, with a spring, from prison broke.’;

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.’;

Springnoun

A flying back; the resilience of a body recovering its former state by its elasticity; as, the spring of a bow.

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.’;

Springnoun

Elastic power or force.

‘Heavens! what a spring was in his arm!’;

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.’;

Springnoun

An elastic body of any kind, as steel, India rubber, tough wood, or compressed air, used for various mechanical purposes, as receiving and imparting power, diminishing concussion, regulating motion, measuring weight or other force.

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.’;

Springnoun

Any source of supply; especially, the source from which a stream proceeds; an issue of water from the earth; a natural fountain.

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.’;

Springnoun

Any active power; that by which action, or motion, is produced or propagated; cause; origin; motive.

‘Our author shuns by vulgar springs to moveThe hero's glory, or the virgin's love.’;

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.’;

Springnoun

That which springs, or is originated, from a source;

Shootverb

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

Springnoun

That which causes one to spring; specifically, a lively tune.

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.’;

Springnoun

The season of the year when plants begin to vegetate and grow; the vernal season, usually comprehending the months of March, April, and May, in the middle latitudes north of the equator.

Shootverb

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

‘Thy words shoot through my heart.’;

Springnoun

The time of growth and progress; early portion; first stage; as, the spring of life.

‘O how this spring of love resemblethThe uncertain glory of an April day.’;

Shootverb

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

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

Springnoun

A crack or fissure in a mast or yard, running obliquely or transversely.

Shootverb

To germinate; to bud; to sprout.

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

Springnoun

the season of growth;

‘the emerging buds were a sure sign of spring’; ‘he will hold office until the spring of next year’;

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.’;

Springnoun

a natural flow of ground water

Shootverb

To change form suddenly; especially, to solidify.

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

Springnoun

a metal elastic device that returns to its shape or position when pushed or pulled or pressed;

‘the spring was broken’;

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.’;

Springnoun

a light springing movement upwards or forwards

Shootverb

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

Springnoun

the elasticity of something that can be stretched and returns to its original length

Shootnoun

a new branch

Springnoun

a point at which water issues forth

Shootnoun

the act of shooting at targets;

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

Springverb

move forward by leaps and bounds;

‘The horse bounded across the meadow’; ‘The child leapt across the puddle’; ‘Can you jump over the fence?’;

Shootverb

hit with a missile from a weapon

Springverb

develop into a distinctive entity;

‘our plans began to take shape’;

Shootverb

kill by firing a missile

Springverb

spring back; spring away from an impact;

‘The rubber ball bounced’; ‘These particles do not resile but they unite after they collide’;

Shootverb

fire a shot

Springverb

produce or disclose suddenly or unexpectedly;

‘He sprang a new haircut on his wife’;

Shootverb

make a film or photograph of something;

‘take a scene’; ‘shoot a movie’;

Springverb

develop suddenly;

‘The tire sprang a leak’;

Shootverb

send forth suddenly, intensely, swiftly;

‘shoot a glance’;

Springverb

produce or disclose suddenly or unexpectedly;

‘He sprang these news on me just as I was leaving’;

Shootverb

run or move very quickly or hastily;

‘She dashed into the yard’;

Shootverb

move quickly and violently;

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

Shootverb

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

‘shoot craps’; ‘shoot a golf ball’;

Shootverb

record on photographic film;

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

Shootverb

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

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

Shootverb

cause a sharp and sudden pain in;

‘The pain shot up her leg’;

Shootverb

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

‘inject hydrogen into the balloon’;

Shootverb

variegate by interweaving weft threads of different colors;

‘shoot cloth’;

Shootverb

throw dice, as in a crap game

Shootverb

spend frivolously and unwisely;

‘Fritter away one's inheritance’;

Shootverb

score;

‘shoot a basket’; ‘shoot a goal’;

Shootverb

utter fast and forcefully;

‘She shot back an answer’;

Shootverb

measure the altitude of by using a sextant;

‘shoot a star’;

Shootverb

produce buds, branches, or germinate;

‘the potatoes sprouted’;

Shootverb

give an injection to;

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

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’;

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’;

Shootverb

use a firearm with a specified degree of skill

‘we shot well against Spain’;

Shootverb

cause (a gun) to fire

‘I learned to shoot a 9 mm pistol’;

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’;

Shootverb

hunt game with a gun

‘we go to Scotland to shoot every autumn’;

Shootverb

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

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

Shootverb

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

‘Tom and her brothers were out shooting Ardfeochan’;

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’;

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’;

Shootverb

used to invite a comment or question

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

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’;

Shootverb

extend sharply in a particular direction

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

Shootverb

move (a bolt) to fasten or unfasten a door

‘she shot the bolt on the bathroom door’;

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’;

Shootverb

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

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

Shootverb

(of a ball) dart along the ground after pitching

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

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’;

Shootverb

make (a specified score) for a round of golf

‘in the second round he shot a 65’;

Shootverb

play a game of (pool or dice)

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

Shootverb

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

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

Shootverb

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

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

Shootverb

(of a bud or shoot) appear; sprout

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

Shootverb

inject oneself or another person with (a narcotic drug)

‘he shot dope into his arm’;

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.