SHOOT


Meaning of SHOOT in English

I. verb

1.

to cause (a weapon) to drive a projectile forward

shoot an arrow at a target

Synonyms: discharge, fire, loose

Related Word: trigger; launch, project; expel; blast; poop

Idioms: let fly

2.

Synonyms: destroy 1, annihilate, decimate, demolish, destruct, raze, ruin, shatter, wrack, wreck

3.

Synonyms: discredit 2, blow up, disprove, explode, puncture

|| 4.

Synonyms: discard , cashier, chuck, ditch, jettison, junk, reject, scrap, throw away, throw out

5.

Synonyms: vomit , barf, ||cack, ||cascade, ||cast, disgorge, ||heave, spew, throw up, upchuck

|| 6.

Synonyms: pass 9, buck, hand, reach

7.

Synonyms: shoot up 2, ||mainline

8.

Synonyms: fly 1, dart, float, sail, scud, skim, skirr

9.

Synonyms: rush 1, boil, bolt, charge, chase, dash, fling, lash, race, tear

Related Word: gallop, highball, hotfoot; spurt

10.

Synonyms: photograph , photo

II. noun

Synonyms: ray 1, beam, shaft

Merriam Webster. Collegiate thesaurus English vocabulary.      Английский энциклопедический словарь тезаурус.