shoot

  • 71shoot — [OE] Like sheet, shout, shut, and perhaps skit [15], shoot goes back ultimately to the prehistoric Germanic base *skeut , *skaut , *skut ‘project’. This formed the basis of a verb *skeutan, which evolved into German schiessen, Dutch schieten,… …

    The Hutchinson dictionary of word origins

  • 72shoot up — I. inject an illegal drug, get a hit, do drugs    One of the addicts was in the bathroom shooting up. II. shoot guns to celebrate and scare people    The cowboys used to get drunk and shoot up the town …

    English idioms

  • 73shoot —    1. to kill or wound by a firearm    Literally, to discharge a projectile. This standard use implies an accurate aim by the person who does the shooting:     He was condemned to death and shot within two hours. (Goebbels, 1945, in translation)… …

    How not to say what you mean: A dictionary of euphemisms

  • 74shoot up — 1) grow quickly His son really shot up quickly when he went away for the summer. 2) arise suddenly The flames shot up over the top of the building when the wind started blowing. 3) shoot at recklessly In many western movies the outlaws come into… …

    Idioms and examples

  • 75shoot — 1. verb 1) they shot him in the street Syn: gun down, mow down, hit, wound, injure; put a bullet in, pick off, bag, fell, kill; informal pot, blast, pump full of lead, plug 2) they shot at the enemy …

    Thesaurus of popular words

  • 76shoot — 1. verb 1) they shot him in the street Syn: gun down, mow down, hit, wound, injure, shoot someone dead, kill 2) they shot at the police Syn: fire, open fire, snipe, let fly …

    Synonyms and antonyms dictionary

  • 77shoot up — phrasal verb Word forms shoot up : present tense I/you/we/they shoot up he/she/it shoots up present participle shooting up past tense shot up past participle shot up 1) [intransitive] to increase quickly by a large amount Petrol prices have shot… …

    English dictionary

  • 78Shoot! — exclam. Darn! (An exclamation or a very mild curse.) □ Oh, shoot! I left my shades in the car. □ Shoot! I’m late! …

    Dictionary of American slang and colloquial expressions

  • 79shoot — [OE] Like sheet, shout, shut, and perhaps skit [15], shoot goes back ultimately to the prehistoric Germanic base *skeut , *skaut , *skut ‘project’. This formed the basis of a verb *skeutan, which evolved into German schiessen, Dutch schieten,… …

    Word origins

  • 80shoot at — or shoot for phrasal to aim at ; strive for …

    New Collegiate Dictionary

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