shoot
     n 1: a new branch
     2: the act of shooting at targets; "they hold a shoot every
        weekend during the summer"
     v 1: hit with a missile from a weapon [syn: {hit}, {pip}]
     2: kill by firing a missile [syn: {pip}]
     3: fire a shot
     4: make a film or photograph of something; "take a scene";
        "shoot a movie" [syn: {film}, {take}]
     5: send forth suddenly, intensely, swiftly; "shoot a glance"
     6: run or move very quickly or hastily; "She dashed into the
        yard" [syn: {dart}, {dash}, {scoot}, {scud}, {flash}]
     7: move quickly and violently; "The car tore down the street";
        "He came charging into my office" [syn: {tear}, {shoot
        down}, {charge}, {buck}]
     8: throw or propel in a specific direction or towards a
        specific objective; "shoot craps"; "shoot a golf ball"
     9: record on photographic film; "I photographed the scene of
        the accident"; "She snapped a picture of the President"
        [syn: {photograph}, {snap}]
     10: emit (as light, flame, or fumes) suddenly and forcefully;
         "The dragon shot fumes and flames out of its mouth"
     11: cause a sharp and sudden pain in; "The pain shot up her leg"
     12: force or drive (a fluid or gas) into by piercing; "inject
         hydrogen into the balloon" [syn: {inject}]
     13: variegate by interweaving weft threads of different colors;
         "shoot cloth"
     14: throw dice, as in a crap game
     15: spend frivolously and unwisely; "Fritter away one's
         inheritance" [syn: {fritter}, {frivol away}, {dissipate},
          {fritter away}, {fool}, {fool away}]
     16: score; "shoot a basket"; "shoot a goal"
     17: utter fast and forcefully; "She shot back an answer"
     18: measure the altitude of by using a sextant; "shoot a star"
     19: produce buds, branches, or germinate; "the potatoes
         sprouted" [syn: {spud}, {germinate}, {pullulate}, {bourgeon},
          {burgeon forth}, {sprout}]
     20: give an injection to; "We injected the glucose into the
         patient's vein" [syn: {inject}]
     [also: {shot}]
Source: WordNet® 2.0

shot
     adj : varying in color when seen in different lights or from
           different angles; "changeable taffeta"; "chatoyant (or
           shot) silk"; "a dragonfly hovered, vibrating and
           iridescent" [syn: {changeable}, {chatoyant}, {iridescent}]
     n 1: an attempt to score in a game
     2: (sports) the act of swinging or striking at a ball with a
        club or racket or bat or cue or hand; "it took two strokes
        to get out of the bunker"; "a good shot require good
        balance and tempo"; "he left me an almost impossible shot"
        [syn: {stroke}]
     3: the act of firing a projectile; "his shooting was slow but
        accurate" [syn: {shooting}]
     4: a chance to do something; "he wanted a shot at the champion"
        [syn: {crack}]
     5: the act of putting a liquid into the body by means of a
        syringe; "the nurse gave him a flu shot" [syn: {injection}]
     6: a solid missile discharged from a firearm; "the shot buzzed
        past his ear" [syn: {pellet}]
     7: an informal photograph; usually made with a small hand-held
        camera; "my snapshots haven't been developed yet"; "he
        tried to get unposed shots of his friends" [syn: {snapshot},
         {snap}]
     8: a consecutive series of pictures that constitutes a unit of
        action in a film [syn: {scene}]
     9: informal words for any attempt or effort; "he gave it his
        best shot"; "he took a stab at forecasting" [syn: {stab}]
     10: an aggressive remark directed at a person like a missile and
         intended to have a telling effect; "his parting shot was
         `drop dead'"; "she threw shafts of sarcasm"; "she takes a
         dig at me every chance she gets" [syn: {shaft}, {slam}, {dig},
          {barb}, {jibe}, {gibe}]
     11: a blow hard enough to cause injury; "he is still recovering
         from a shot to his leg"; "I caught him with a solid shot
         to the chin"
     12: a small drink of liquor; "he poured a shot of whiskey" [syn:
          {nip}]
     13: sports equipment consisting of a heavy metal ball used in
         the shot put; "he trained at putting the shot"
     14: a person who shoots (usually with respect to their ability
         to shoot); "he is a crack shot"; "a poor shooter" [syn: {shooter}]
     15: the launching of a missile or spacecraft to a specified
         destination [syn: {blastoff}]
     16: an explosive charge used in blasting
     17: an estimate based on little or no information [syn: {guess},
          {guesswork}, {guessing}, {dead reckoning}]
     [also: {shotting}, {shotted}]
Source: WordNet® 2.0

shot
     See {shoot}
     [also: {shotting}, {shotted}]
Source: WordNet® 2.0