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