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  • 51shoot — I n. young plant 1) a bamboo shoot hunting trip (esp. BE) 2) (to go on) a tiger shoot II v. 1) (D; tr.) ( to execute by shooting ) to shoot as (he was shot as a deserter) 2) (D; intr.) ( to fire ) to shoot at (to shoot at smb.) 3) (colloq.) (esp …

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  • 52shoot — v., n., & int. v. (past and past part. shot) 1 tr. a cause (a gun, bow, etc.) to fire. b discharge (a bullet, arrow, etc.) from a gun, bow, etc. c kill or wound (a person, animal, etc.) with a bullet, arrow, etc. from a gun, bow, etc. 2 intr.… …

    Useful english dictionary

  • 53shoot — verb (past and past participle shot) 1》 kill or wound (a person or animal) with a bullet or arrow.     ↘cause (a gun) to fire.     ↘hunt game with a gun.     ↘(shoot someone/thing down) bring down an aircraft or person by shooting. 2》 move… …

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  • 54shoot — [[t]ʃut[/t]] v. shot, shoot•ing, n. 1) to hit, wound, damage, kill, or destroy with a missile discharged from a weapon 2) to send forth or discharge (a missile) from a weapon 3) to discharge (a weapon) 4) to send forth (questions, ideas, etc.)… …

    From formal English to slang

  • 55shoot — {{11}}shoot (n.) young branch of a tree or plant, mid 15c., from SHOOT (Cf. shoot) (v.). Meaning conduit for coal, etc. is from 1844. Shoot out is from 1953. {{12}}shoot (v.) O.E. sceotan to shoot (class II strong verb; past tense sceat, pp.… …

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  • 56shoot*/*/*/ — [ʃuːt] (past tense and past participle shot [ʃɒt] ) verb I 1) [I/T] to fire a gun We were ordered not to shoot until he gave the signal.[/ex] They were shooting at bottles on a wall.[/ex] Armed officers had instructions to shoot the kidnapper on… …

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  • 57shoot — 1. AND shoot up tv. & in. to inject drugs, especially heroin. (Drugs.) □ He actually had to leave the meeting to shoot. □ The two of them were shooting up skag. 2. n. an injection of heroin. (Drugs. Usually shoot up.) □ The way Ernie was yawning …

    Dictionary of American slang and colloquial expressions

  • 58shoot —   1. Discharge. Pana, kī.    ♦ Shoot with bow and arrow, pana pua, pāpua, kakaka, kīko o, umoki; pana i a (fish); pana iole (rats).    ♦ Shoot arrows of sugar cane tassels, ke a pua.    ♦ Shoot a coconut leaf midrib, panapana nī au.    ♦ Shoot a… …

    English-Hawaiian dictionary

  • 59Shoot — Cette page d’homonymie répertorie les différents sujets et articles partageant un même nom. Shoot est un personnage de Hunter × Hunter. Shoot Un logiciel gratuit non libre, de commande vocale (spécialisé dans les jeux vidéo) pour Windows. Shoot… …

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  • 60shoot\ up — v 1. To grow quickly. Billy had always been a small boy, but when he was thirteen years old he began to shoot up. 2. To arise suddenly. As we watched, flames shot up from the roof of the barn. 3. informal To shoot or shoot at recklessly; shoot… …

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