shootv.

Brit.

/ʃuːt/, U.S.

/ʃut/

Forms: Past tense and participle shot /ʃɒt/. Forms: present stem. α. Old English scéote, Middle English sceote, Middle English sceate, Middle English scheote, Middle English schete, shete, Middle English ssete, Middle English sscete, Middle English scheete, Middle English sheete. β. Middle English–1500s schote, shote, Middle English schut(e, Middle English–1500s schut, Middle English schwt (Scottish), shutte, 1500s shutt, 1500s–1600s shut, 1500s–1700s shute, Middle English schout, 1500s–1600s shoute, 1500s Scottish schuit(e, shuit, schoit, 1500s–1600s shoote. γ. [Old English–Middle English scotie, Middle English scote,] Middle English–1500s schott, Middle English schot, 1500s shot. 3rd person singular present Old English scíet, scíat, scýt(t, Middle English scheot, Middle English schut, schit, Middle English schet. past tense. α. singular Old English scéat, scǽt, scét, Middle English sceat, scæt, scheat, sset, set, Middle English schet, Middle English scheet, Middle English ssat, Middle English shate; plural Old English–Middle English scuton, Old English sceoton, Middle English scuten, soten, Middle English schoten, Middle English shoten, Middle English shotten, Middle English schotten, Middle English shotyn, shottyn, shotton. β. Middle English–1500s shotte, Middle English schott, Middle English schoote, shote, 1500s–1600s shott, 1600s shotted, 1500s (1800s rare) shooted, Middle English–1500s schot, Middle English– shot. past participle Old English ( ge)scoten, Middle English ( i-)scote(n, ( hi-sote, i-scote, i-ssote), Middle English i-schote, y-schote, Middle English ( y-)schoten, Middle English ( y-)shoten, -in, -on, Middle English schottyn, 1500s–1800s shotten, 1600s shoote, Middle English y-schott(e, y-schot, Middle English– shot. β. Middle English rare schett.

Origin: A word inherited from Germanic.

Etymology: A Common Germanic strong verb: Old English scéotan (scéat , scuton , scoten ) corresponds to Old Frisian skiata (West Frisian sjitte , East Frisian sjôt , schjôte , North Frisian sjit , skjit , etc.), Old Saxon (Gallée), Old Low Frankish skietan (Low German, Dutch schieten ), Old High German scioȥȥan (Middle High German schieȥen , modern German schiessen ), Old Norse skjóta (Swedish skjuta , Danish skyde ), < Germanic *skeut- : skaut- : skut- , for other derivatives of which see sheet n.¹, sheet n.², shot n.¹, shut v. The affinities outside Germanic are doubtful.The form-history in English is to some extent parallel with that of choose v., the only other surviving verb which has the series éo , ǽ (éa ), u , o preceded by a palatal consonant. In the present-stem, the forms shete , sheete , etc., directly representing the Old English scéot- , became obsolete in the 15th cent. (compare chese , which survived into the 16th cent.). The spelling s(c)hote , which, like the corresponding chose , occurs first in the 14th cent., is phonetically ambiguous, and possibly represents two distinct formations: (1) Middle English shōte with close o , the antecedent of the modern shoot , and probably descending from an Old English pronunciation with altered diphthongal stress, sceōt- , sc^eōt- ; and (2) Middle English shǭte with open o (the modern English form of which, if it had survived, would have been *shote or *shoat ), descending from Old English scotian to shoot (chiefly, with arrows), a weak verb < the ablaut-form scot- of the root (compare scot shot n.¹, scota shooter, archer). The form s(c)hute, probably representing a pronunciation /ʃjuːt/ or /ʃiwt/, earlier perhaps /ʃuːt/, is in chronology parallel with chuse; the vowel was probably in some dialects the regular phonetic descendant of Old English ēo or eō when preceded by /ʃ/. It is noteworthy that Ben Jonson ( Gram. xviii) says that to pronounce chewse, shewt, ‘is Scottish-like’. The Old English past tense scéat is normally represented by the 15th cent. form scheet; the contemporary forms schet, shate (14th cent. ssat) perhaps had the vowel-shortening which is common before a final dental. The modern form shot is of uncertain and probably mixed origin. It may partly represent the 14th cent. weak form schotte, which itself admits of a twofold explanation, as it may have been evolved from the originally strong plural schotten (representing Old English scuton), or it may descend from Old English scotode, past tense of scotian. The Middle English schōt (spelt schote in the 15th cent.), with which compare chose, past tense of choose, may descend from Old English sceāt, and by vowel-shortening may be one of the sources of the modern form. Further, the influence of the past participle may, as in many other verbs, have affected the form of the past tense. The past participle shotten normally represents Old English scoten (for the short vowel compare gotten); shot is probably a shortening of this, though it may also be partly a weak form as in the past tense. Rare weak forms are schett (15th cent.) from present stem schete, and shooted (16th cent.).

I. To go swiftly and suddenly.

a. intransitive. Of an inanimate thing (or of a living being moving involuntarily): To go or pass with a sudden swift movement through space; to rush, be precipitated; to fly as an arrow from a bow. Also with adverb expressing direction of movement, as up, down, forward, etc.

ΘΚΠ

the world > movement > impelling or driving > projecting through space or throwing > throw [verb (intransitive)] > project through space

shoota1000

loose1926

the world > movement > progressive motion > moving with current of air or water > motion in the air > move in the air [verb (intransitive)] > swiftly

shoota1000

flyOE

slinga1400

warp1565

a1000 Ælfred's Blooms in Shrine (1864) 201 Þonne þa wolcnan sceotað betweon hyre [the sun] & þe.

c1000 Ælfric Deut. ix. 21 On ða burnan ðe of ðam munt scytt [L. qui de monte descendit].

a1225 Juliana 71 [The boiling pitch] smat up aȝein þeo þe iȝarket hit hefden & for schaldede of ham as hit up scheat.

c1290 St. Michael 529 in S. Eng. Leg. 314 Liȝtingue..scheot þoruȝ þe cloude.

c1305 Pilate 255 in Early Eng. Poems & Lives Saints (1862) 118 And as an arewe schet of a bwe þat bodie [i.e. of Pilate] schet þerinne. Þe roche schet to-gadere anon þo þat bodie was wiþ-inne.

c1330 Arth. & Merl. 9159 Also þicke þe arwe schoten, In sonne bem so doþ þe moten.

1338 R. Mannyng Chron. (1725) 170 Þe galeie þer þorght [i.e. through the enemy's ship] schete, &..Þe schip þat was so grete, it dronkled in þe flode.

1569 T. Preston Lamentable Trag. Cambises 1166 As I on horse back up did leap, my sword from scabard shot.

?c1600 (c1515) Sc. Field (Lyme) 177 in I. F. Baird Poems Stanley Family (D.Phil. thesis, Univ. of Birm.) (1990) 237 The sonne shott up full sone, and shone over the hilles.

1602 J. Marston Hist. Antonio & Mellida i. sig. C2 Keene lightning shot Through the black bowels of the quaking ayre.

1632 G. Fletcher Christs Victorie (ed. 2) i. i And how the rising Morne, That shot from heav'n, did backe to heaven retourne.

1727 J. Thomson Summer 81 The lambent Lightnings shoot A-cross the Sky.

1829 Chapters Physical Sci. xvii. 201 The water will shoot forwards within it.

1848 W. E. Aytoun Lays Sc. Cavaliers (1849) 77 Thicker, thicker grew the swarm, And sharper shot the rain.

1860 J. Tyndall Glaciers of Alps i. ii. 12 The heavier masses..shoot forward like descending rockets.

1863 S. Baring-Gould Iceland 113 The Buthera shoots over a rock in a pretty cascade.

1864 Ld. Tennyson Dedication 4 As the rapid of life Shoots to the fall.

1889 A. Conan Doyle Micah Clarke x. 82 The weary creature stumbled, and the rider came perilously near to shooting over its head.

1899 T. C. Allbutt et al. Syst. Med. VI. 244 The blood at once shoots in from the arteries with great rapidity and distends the vessels.

b. Of a ‘star’ or meteor: To dart across the sky. Cf. shooting star n.

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the world > movement > impelling or driving > projecting through space or throwing > throw [verb (transitive)] > project through space

to let flyOE

shootc1290

bolta1420

dischargec1500

speeda1569

outshoota1586

emit1711

wing1718

wise1721

arrow1796

wing1970

bomb-

the world > the universe > constellation > comet or meteor > meteor > [verb (intransitive)] > move

shootc1290

c1290 St. Michael 517 in S. Eng. Leg. 314 Ase ȝe mowe..I-seo a wonder siȝte, Scheote as þei it a steorre were bi þe lofte an heiȝ.

1600 W. Shakespeare Midsummer Night's Dream ii. i. 153 Cettaine starres shot madly from their Spheares, To heare the Sea-maids musicke.

1609 B. Jonson Masque of Queenes (BL Royal MS 18.A.xlv) 1.263 Neuer a starre yett shot?

1630 T. Dekker Second Pt. Honest Whore ii. i. 251 A Starre may shoote, not fall.

1736 A. Pope Rape of Lock ii. 82, in Wks. I. 151 The stars that shoot athwart the night.

1810 R. Southey Curse of Kehama xii. 129 Gone like..A star that shoots and falls, and then is seen no more.

c. Of light, etc.: To be emitted in rays, to dart. Also with adverbs, as out, up. Of a glance: To dart.

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the world > matter > light > shine [verb (intransitive)] > emit rays > be emitted in the form of rays

standOE

ray1598

shoot1693

radiatea1704

pencila1774

the world > physical sensation > sight and vision > seeing or looking > see [verb (intransitive)] > glance or look quickly > of glance: to dart

shoot1810

1693 J. Dryden Disc. conc. Satire in J. Dryden et al. tr. Juvenal Satires p. ii I was as soon Sensible as any Man of that Light, when it was but just shooting out, and beginning to Travel upwards to the Meridian.

1810 W. Scott Lady of Lake iv. 168 There shot no glance from Ellen's eye To give her stedfast speech the lye.

1825 W. Scott Talisman ix, in Tales Crusaders IV. 183 When the very first level ray shot glimmering in dew along the surface of the desert.

1825 W. Scott Betrothed xvi, in Tales Crusaders I. 325 A gleam of anger shot along his features.

1845 P. H. Gosse Ocean (1849) iv. 175 Not a cloud tempers the fierce burning rays of the sun, which shoot directly on our heads.

1853 E. K. Kane U.S. Grinnell Exped. (1856) xv. 111 From these, acicular rays shoot out in every direction.

1860 J. Tyndall Glaciers of Alps i. xx. 137 [The sun's] rays,..shot more and more deeply into the valley.

1908 R. Bagot Anthony Cuthbert iii. 27 From the north-eastern horizon broad streams of light were shooting up into the centre of the heavens.

d. figurative. Of thoughts, etc.: To pass suddenly into, across, etc. a person's mind.

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the mind > mental capacity > perception or cognition > faculty of ideation > idea, notion, or concept > come to mind, occur [verb (intransitive)] > suddenly

smitec1450

shoot1542

rejounce1556

to break in1713

to cross one's mind, etc. (rarely to cross one)1768

surge up1853

strobe1977

1542 N. Udall tr. Erasmus Apophthegmes f. 307 He could none other but folowe every soodain guerie or pangue that shotte in his braine.

1791 A. Radcliffe Romance of Forest I. v. 190 A thousand apprehensions shot athwart her busy thought.

1826 W. Scott Woodstock II. v. 135 It shot..across my mind, that [etc.].

1832 L. Hunt Sir Ralph Esher III. iv. 133 It shot across me..that I was doing the very thing I described him as wishing not to be done.

1842 S. Lover Handy Andy xxxvii ‘Am I to see nothing but the evidences of death's doing this night?’ was the mental question which shot through Edward's over~wrought brain.

1870 E. Peacock Ralf Skirlaugh II. 236 A ray of light had shot into his mind.

†e. Of fluids, tears, blood, etc.: To issue suddenly, stream out. Obsolete.

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the world > matter > liquid > liquid which has been emitted > action or process of emitting copiously > be emitted [verb (intransitive)] > suddenly or forcibly

outspinc1330

gush?a1400

spinc1400

shoot1488

spurge1488

outgush1558

belch1581

sprouta1595

1488 (c1478) Hary Actis & Deidis Schir William Wallace (Adv.) (1968–9) iii. l. 156 The Scottis..With suerdis schar throuch habergeons full gude. Upon the flouris schot [1570 schot out] the schonkan blude Fra hors and men throw harnes burnyst beyne.

1508 Golagros & Gawane (Chepman & Myllar) sig. bv^v Schire teris schot fra schalkis.

1508 Golagros & Gawane (Chepman & Myllar) sig. bvi^v Fra schalkis schot schire blude our scheildis so schene.

f. Of a person's feet: To slip suddenly. Now only with phrase or adverb.

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the world > movement > progressive motion > walking > walk, tread, or step [verb (intransitive)] > miss one's footing > slip > of the foot

slipa1340

slittera1340

slide1340

to-slent14..

shoota1500

roll1878

a1500 (?c1400) Sir Triamour (Cambr.) (1937) l. 1547 Hys fote schett and he felle downe.

1889 F. E. Gretton Memory's Harkback 153 At a specially slippery place all my mare's feet shot from under her.

g. Of a wall, cliff, etc.: To fall precipitately.

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the world > the earth > structure of the earth > structural features > sedimentary formation > [verb (intransitive)] > slope

pitch?1440

shoot1589

1589 P. Ive Pract. Fortification 21 in tr. R. Beccarie de Pavie Instr. Warres But the discommoditie a wall receiueth of that so greate scarpe, is, that oft times through the great waight of the top, it looseth it foote and shooteth.

1754 T. Gardner Hist. Acct. Dunwich 93 The Serges playing against the Foot, easily undermines the Cliff, which shoots in abundance.

h. Nautical. Of ballast: = shift v. 21c.

ΘΚΠ

society > travel > travel by water > shipwreck > suffer shipwreck [verb (intransitive)] > shift (of cargo or ballast)

shoot1678

shift1797

1678 E. Phillips New World of Words (new ed.) (at cited word) The ballast is said to shoot, when it runs from one side of the Ship to the other.

1711 Mil. & Sea Dict. (ed. 4) The Ballast shoots: That is, runs over from one Side to the other; for which Reason all kind of Grain is dangerous Lading, as being apt to shoot.

1867 W. H. Smyth & E. Belcher Sailor's Word-bk. (at cited word) The ballast shoots on one side.

i. Of a ball: To move with accelerated speed after its first impingement; esp. in Cricket. Of a bowled ball: To move rapidly close to the ground after pitching.

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society > leisure > sport > types of sport or game > ball game > cricket > bowling > bowl [verb (intransitive)] > motion of ball

to make haste?a1475

twist?1801

cut1816

shoot1816

curl1833

hang1838

work1838

break1847

spin1851

turn1851

bump1856

bite1867

pop1871

swerve1894

to kick up1895

nip1899

swing1900

google1907

move1938

seam1960

to play (hit, etc.) across the line1961

1816 W. Lambert Instr. & Rules Cricket 29 When a ball is pitched short of its usual and proper length..it may cut or shoot on the ground.

1833 J. Nyren Young Cricketer's Tutor 29 When you see the ball shoot, play the bat back as near to the wicket as possible.

1844 Lillywhite's Illustr. Hand-bk. Cricket 17 Try every manœuvre to make the ball twist and shoot after it touches the ground.

1873 J. Bennett & ‘Cavendish’ Billiards 371 The effect of which [‘side’] is to make it shoot..as soon as it touches the cushion.

1888 A. G. Steel in A. G. Steel & R. H. Lyttelton Cricket (Badminton Libr. of Sports & Pastimes) iii. 184 The ball which, after the pitch, never rises, but shoots along the surface of the ground, and is commonly called a ‘shooter’.

1901 R. H. Lyttelton Cricket & Golf 31 A ball pitching on that spot would sometimes shoot, sometimes hang.

j. to shoot on: in immaterial sense, to make rapid progress.

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the world > action or operation > continuing > progress, advance, or further continuance > progress or advance in an action [verb (intransitive)] > make good progress > make rapid progress

hie1398

to shoot on1871

1871 J. R. Green Lett. (1901) 281 My physical strength has shot on wonderfully.

a. Of a person or living thing: To pass swiftly and suddenly from one place to another; to precipitate oneself, rush, dart. Also with adverbs, esp. off, out.

ΘΚΠ

the world > movement > rate of motion > swiftness > swift movement in specific manner > move swiftly in specific manner [verb (intransitive)] > move swiftly and suddenly

windc897

shootc1000

smite?c1225

flatc1300

lash13..

girda1400

shock?a1400

spara1400

spritc1400

whipc1440

skrim1487

glance1489

spang1513

whip1540

squirt1570

flirt1582

fly1590

sprunt1601

flame1633

darta1640

strike1639

jump1720

skite1721

scoot1758

jink1789

arrow1827

twitch1836

skive1854

sprint1899

skyhoot1901

catapult1928

slingshot1969

book1977

c1000 West Saxon Gospels: John (Corpus Cambr.) xxi. 7 Petrus..scet [L. misit se] innan sæ.

1297 R. Gloucester's Chron. (Rolls) 7455 His folc quicliche to þe bataile sscet [v.rr. schet, schette].

c1380 Sir Ferumbras (1879) l. 3962 Wyþ is riȝt hond þan blessede he hym, And þoȝ þe ryuere were styf & grym, Wyþ boþe hors in a schet.

a1400 Coer de L. 7025 Kyng Richard..gan to crye: ‘Turne arere Every man with his banere!’ And many thousand before hym schete, With swerdes and with launses grete.

a1400 Sir Beues (Sutherl.) 2388 Iosian into þe caue gan shete.

14.. Sir Beues (Cambr.) 1811 Beues smot is hors, þat he can shete In to þe se.

c1430 Syr Gener. (Roxb.) 4598 Into the thikkest anoon he shet Ful redilie with his swerd draw To make wey for his felow.

1487 (a1380) J. Barbour Bruce (St. John's Cambr.) xi. 596 For sum vald schut out of thar rout.

1487 (a1380) J. Barbour Bruce (St. John's Cambr.) ix. 387 Arayit weill in all his geir, [he] Schot in the dik.

1488 (c1478) Hary Actis & Deidis Schir William Wallace (Adv.) (1968–9) iv. l. 552 Rycht stark he was and in-to souir ger. Bauldly he schott amang thai men of wer.

c1540 (?a1400) Destr. Troy 5933 He..Shot thurgh the sheltrons, shent of þe pepull.

1615 G. Markham Pleasures Princes (1635) ii. 11 This Corke..will float till the hooke be fastned, and that the Fish beginneth to shut away with the bayte.

1667 J. Dryden Annus Mirabilis 1666 cviii. 28 She [the eagle] stops, and listens, and shoots forth again.

1712 R. Steele Spectator No. 498. ⁋3 A lively young fellow in a fustian jacket shot by me.

1748 S. Richardson Clarissa VI. lxxii. 258 She shot to the stairs-head to receive him.

1823 W. Scott Quentin Durward II. x. 242 The Scot shot back to the castle with the speed of the wind.

1828 W. Carr Dial. Craven (ed. 2) To shoot off, to go off precipitately.

1841 C. Dickens Old Curiosity Shop ii. xlv. 48 Animated with a ray of hope, the child shot on before her grandfather.

1853 G. J. Whyte-Melville Digby Grand xvi Captain Black judiciously lets him out for a few strides, and shoots forward some five or six lengths in front of his companions.

1871 L. Stephen Playground of Europe (1894) v. 114 We shot out of the long tunnel..and descended into the valley.

1876 M. M. Grant Sun-maid I. ii. 78 Finally they shot round a sharp corner.

1930 J. Devanny Bushman Burke xii. 72 Whatja shoot off for? Had great time after you left.

1946 ‘M. Innes’ From London Far iii. vi. 214 I leave for the Coast six tomorrow morning... A message from Johannesburg sends a man shooting off to the shores of the Pacific.

†b. To rush on or upon (with intent to attack or devour). Obsolete.

ΘΚΠ

society > armed hostility > attack > charge > [verb (transitive)]

onreseeOE

reseOE

shoota1300

tachea1400

charge1582

shock1614

a1300 Havelok 1838 Þey drowen ut swerdes, ful god won, And shoten on him, so don on bere Dogges, þat wolden him to-tere.

a1300 Havelok 2431 The Kinges men hwan he þat sawe, Scuten on hem, heye and lowe, And euerilk fot of hem slowe.

c1330 Arth. & Merl. 3868 Þer miȝt men se þe baners roten, Þe stedes forþ wel ȝern schoten.

?a1400 (a1338) R. Mannyng Chron. (Petyt) (1996) ii. l. 2275 Opon þe rode he schete & ete it als it stode.

1487 (a1380) J. Barbour Bruce (St. John's Cambr.) vii. 390 He suld schute on hym sodanly.

c. To slide down a slope at full speed.

ΘΚΠ

the world > movement > motion in a certain direction > downward motion > move downwards [verb (intransitive)] > slide down > at speed

shoota1771

toboggan1886

a1771 T. Gray tr. T. Tasso in Wks. (1814) II. 91 Swift shoots the village-maid in rustick play..adown the shining way.

1860 J. Tyndall Glaciers of Alps i. xxvii. 216 Once, while shooting down a slope, he incautiously allowed a foot to get entangled.

d. colloquial. To depart, go away. Frequently int.

ΘΚΠ

the world > movement > motion in a certain direction > going away > go away [verb (intransitive)]

wendeOE

i-wite971

ashakec975

shakeOE

to go awayOE

witea1000

afareOE

agoOE

atwendOE

awayOE

to wend awayOE

awendOE

gangOE

rimeOE

flitc1175

to fare forthc1200

depart?c1225

part?c1225

partc1230

to-partc1275

biwitec1300

atwitea1325

withdrawa1325

to draw awayc1330

passc1330

to turn one's (also the) backc1330

lenda1350

begonec1370

remuea1375

voidc1374

removec1380

to long awaya1382

twinc1386

to pass one's wayc1390

trussc1390

waive1390

to pass out ofa1398

avoida1400

to pass awaya1400

to turn awaya1400

slakec1400

wagc1400

returnc1405

to be gonea1425

muck1429

packc1450

recede1450

roomc1450

to show (a person) the feetc1450

to come offc1475

to take one's licence1475

issue1484

devoidc1485

rebatea1500

walka1500

to go adieua1522

pikea1529

to go one's ways1530

retire?1543

avaunt1549

to make out1558

trudge1562

vade?1570

fly1581

leave1593

wag1594

to get off1595

to go off1600

to put off1600

shog1600

troop1600

to forsake patch1602

exit1607

hence1614

to give offa1616

to take off1657

to move off1692

to cut (also slip) the painter1699

sheera1704

to go about one's business1749

mizzle1772

to move out1792

transit1797–1803

stump it1803

to run away1809

quit1811

to clear off1816

to clear out1816

nash1819

fuff1822

to make (take) tracks (for)1824

mosey1829

slope1830

to tail out1830

to walk one's chalks1835

to take away1838

shove1844

trot1847

fade1848

evacuate1849

shag1851

to get up and get1854

to pull out1855

to cut (the) cable(s)1859

to light out1859

to pick up1872

to sling one's Daniel or hook1873

to sling (also take) one's hook1874

smoke1893

screw1896

shoot1897

voetsak1897

to tootle off1902

to ship out1908

to take a (run-out, walk-out, etc.) powder1909

to push off1918

to bugger off1922

biff1923

to fuck off1929

to hit, split or take the breeze1931

to jack off1931

to piss offa1935

to do a mick1937

to take a walk1937

to head off1941

to take a hike1944

moulder1945

to chuff off1947

to get lost1947

to shoot through1947

skidoo1949

to sod off1950

peel1951

bug1952

split1954

poop1961

mugger1962

frig1965

the world > movement > motion in a certain direction > going away > causing to go away > command to go away [verb (intransitive)]

scud1602

go scrape!1611

to push off (also along)1740

to go it1797

to walk one's chalks1835

morris1838

scat1838

go 'long1859

to take a walk1881

shoot1897

skidoo1905

to beat it1906

to go to the dickens1910

to jump (or go (and) jump) in the lake1912

scram1928

to piss offa1935

to bugger off1937

to fuck off1940

go and have a roll1941

eff1945

to feck off?1945

to get lost1947

to sod off1950

bug1956

to hit, split or take the breeze1959

naff1959

frig1965

muck1974

to rack off1975

1897 Leeds Mercury Weekly Suppl. 19 June Nah, then, shooit, or ah'll mak yo!

1970 G. F. Newman Sir, You Bastard viii. 230 I'll shoot then, if it's all right. Nothing else?

1974 H. L. Foster Ribbin', Jivin', & Playin' Dozens v. 203 Two of them said, ‘Shoot.’ They all turned and walked away.

e. to shoot through: to escape, abscond; to depart, leave. Australian and New Zealand slang. Cf. to go through 4 at go v. Phrasal verbs 1.

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the world > movement > motion in a certain direction > going away > go away [verb (intransitive)]

wendeOE

i-wite971

ashakec975

shakeOE

to go awayOE

witea1000

afareOE

agoOE

atwendOE

awayOE

to wend awayOE

awendOE

gangOE

rimeOE

flitc1175

to fare forthc1200

depart?c1225

part?c1225

partc1230

to-partc1275

biwitec1300

atwitea1325

withdrawa1325

to draw awayc1330

passc1330

to turn one's (also the) backc1330

lenda1350

begonec1370

remuea1375

voidc1374

removec1380

to long awaya1382

twinc1386

to pass one's wayc1390

trussc1390

waive1390

to pass out ofa1398

avoida1400

to pass awaya1400

to turn awaya1400

slakec1400

wagc1400

returnc1405

to be gonea1425

muck1429

packc1450

recede1450

roomc1450

to show (a person) the feetc1450

to come offc1475

to take one's licence1475

issue1484

devoidc1485

rebatea1500

walka1500

to go adieua1522

pikea1529

to go one's ways1530

retire?1543

avaunt1549

to make out1558

trudge1562

vade?1570

fly1581

leave1593

wag1594

to get off1595

to go off1600

to put off1600

shog1600

troop1600

to forsake patch1602

exit1607

hence1614

to give offa1616

to take off1657

to move off1692

to cut (also slip) the painter1699

sheera1704

to go about one's business1749

mizzle1772

to move out1792

transit1797–1803

stump it1803

to run away1809

quit1811

to clear off1816

to clear out1816

nash1819

fuff1822

to make (take) tracks (for)1824

mosey1829

slope1830

to tail out1830

to walk one's chalks1835

to take away1838

shove1844

trot1847

fade1848

evacuate1849

shag1851

to get up and get1854

to pull out1855

to cut (the) cable(s)1859

to light out1859

to pick up1872

to sling one's Daniel or hook1873

to sling (also take) one's hook1874

smoke1893

screw1896

shoot1897

voetsak1897

to tootle off1902

to ship out1908

to take a (run-out, walk-out, etc.) powder1909

to push off1918

to bugger off1922

biff1923

to fuck off1929

to hit, split or take the breeze1931

to jack off1931

to piss offa1935

to do a mick1937

to take a walk1937

to head off1941

to take a hike1944

moulder1945

to chuff off1947

to get lost1947

to shoot through1947

skidoo1949

to sod off1950

peel1951

bug1952

split1954

poop1961

mugger1962

frig1965

1947 Pix 20 Sept. 15 Shoot through, escape, abscond.

1951 S. Mackenzie Dead Men Rising 37 I'm shooting through—my woman's sick and I've waited longer than I should have.

1965 M. Shadbolt Among Cinders xviii. 168 ‘Well,’ I said... ‘I guess I'd better be shooting through. Thanks for the sausage.’

1978 Telegraph (Brisbane) 11 Jan. 28/1 I've been advised to shoot through and forget about the debts.

a. Of a vessel (hence of its commander or crew): To move swiftly in a certain direction. to shoot to: to ‘shoot’ into the desired position. (Cf. sense 12b.)

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society > travel > travel by water > [verb (intransitive)] > swiftly

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runOE

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winga1616

gale1692

ramp1856

society > travel > travel by water > directing or managing a ship > direct or manage ship [verb (transitive)] > in specific manner

shoota1450

run1533

to shoot toc1540

push1657

to crowd (a ship) off1743

sweat1890

surf1965

society > travel > travel by water > action or motion of vessel > [verb (intransitive)] > make progress > move swiftly > to desired position

to shoot toc1540

c1540 (?a1400) Destr. Troy 6033 Thaire shippis in sheltrons shotton to lond.

1579 T. Stevens Let. 10 Nov. in R. Hakluyt Princ. Navigations (1589) i. 161 Our Pilot..thinking himselfe to haue wind at will, shot so nigh the land, that [etc.].

1694 Narbrough's Acct. Several Late Voy. 23 I concluded we had shot past Port Desier Harbour in the Fog.

1716 J. Gay Trivia ii. 167 She downward glides, Lights in Fleet-ditch, and shoots beneath the tides.

1815 W. Scott Guy Mannering I. v. 72 She fired three guns as a salute..and then shot away rapidly before the wind.

1849 M. Arnold Mod. Sappho 34 'Tis..the boat, shooting round by the trees!

1850 H. T. Cheever Whale & his Captors xii. 197 We shot past him like a meteor.

1856 S. Warner Hills of Shatemuc viii Again clearing the rocks the little boat..shot off down the stream.

1887 G. B. Goode Rev. Fishery Industries U.S. iv. 132 When speaking another vessel it is customary to pass by her stern and shoot to alongside of her.

b. to shoot ahead: of a vessel, to increase speed suddenly, so as to pass accompanying or competing vessels; hence figurative. Also, to be carried forward by momentum.

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society > travel > travel by water > action or motion of vessel > [verb (intransitive)] > make progress > move swiftly > increase speed

to shoot ahead1669

head-reach1832

1669 S. Sturmy Mariners Mag. i. ii. 20 Brace too the Fore~top-sail, that we may not shoot ahead.

1840 C. Dickens Sketches Young Couples 29 We were suffered to shoot a-head, while the second boat followed ingloriously in our wake.

1867 W. H. Smyth & E. Belcher Sailor's Word-bk. (at cited word) A ship shoots ahead in stays.

a. transitive. With object denoting what is passed through, over, or under by ‘shooting’: (a) To pass quickly under (a bridge) in a boat; (b) to descend (a rapid or cataract) swiftly in a boat or other vessel; so to shoot a river; (c) to ‘coast’ down (a hill) in cycling; (d) nonce-use to pass swiftly over (a distance).

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society > travel > travel by water > [verb (transitive)] > pass under a bridge

shoot1563

society > travel > travel by water > [verb (transitive)] > sail down swiftly

shoot1563

society > travel > transport > cycling > cycle [verb (intransitive)] > coast or freewheel > down a hill

shoot1563

society > travel > travel by water > directing or managing a ship > direct or manage ship [verb (transitive)] > set a ship's course > pass quickly under (a bridge)

shoot1563

(a)

1563 J. Foxe Actes & Monuments 1713/1 They coulde not shoote the bridge.

1617 F. Moryson Itinerary i. 74 Having shot two or three small bridges..we came to the Village Lizzafusina.

1678 V. Alsop Melius Inquirendum ii. i. 149 To withdraw from Apparent Duty, for fear of uncertain danger, is but like his, that would not shoot the Bridge, because it might fall on's Head.

1730 H. Fielding Pleasures of Town iii, in Author's Farce 55 When one Day among other Frolicks our Ship's Crew shooting the Bridge, the Boat over-set.

1834 F. Marryat Jacob Faithful I. vi. 105 In half an hour I had shot Putney Bridge.

1877 H. Foley Rec. Eng. Prov. S.J. I. 496 (note) This was the old London Bridge... It was always a dangerous thing to ‘shoot’ the arches when it was running.

in extended use.1705 E. Ward Hudibras Redivivus I. iv. 5 I shot the Porch that bears the Name Of good King Lud.(b)1613 R. Harcourt Relation Voy. Guiana 49 Wee turned downe the riuer, shooting the ouerfalles with more celerity then when wee came vp.1686 J. Goad Astro-meteorologica ii. i. 141 The Boat..sometimes shoots the Cataract.1703 tr. L. de Lahontan New Voy. N.-Amer. I. 143 Another River..has six or seven Water-falls that we commonly shoot.1776 C. Carroll in Kate Rowland Life (1898) I. 393 All our batteaux which shoot the rapids and go down the Sorel to Chamblay.1829 R. Southey Sir Thomas More II. 18 It must have been a grand sight to have seen them shoot the falls!1861 T. Hughes Tom Brown at Oxf. I. ii. 28 There were probably not three men..who would have dared to shoot the lasher in a skiff in its then state.1872 M. S. De Vere Americanisms 104 The..voyageurs..prefer..shooting a river, that is to say, dashing over the rapids in the swift current.1877 W. Black Green Pastures & Piccadilly II. xvii. 263 You would have fancied that Bell had..spent her life in shooting rapids.figurative.1842 T. De Quincey Cicero in Blackwood's Edinb. Mag. July 19/2 A man might shoot a whole series of divorces, still refunding the last dowery, but still replacing it with a better.(c)1878 Athletic World 3 May 57/2 Mr. Godlee..having..taken a header while shooting a hill with legs over the handles [of his cycle].(d)1898 G. Meredith Odes French Hist. 26 Who..Spurred a blood-mare immeasurably fleet To shoot the transient leagues in a passing wink.

b. Nautical. To succeed in sailing through (a dangerous strait, passage, gulf, etc.). Hence to shoot the gulf (fig.): proverbially for any daring enterprise. (See gulf n. 2c.)The figurative phrase appears to have originally had reference to sense 1 of gulf n., but probably was often associated rather with sense 2 or 4.

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society > travel > travel by water > [verb (transitive)] > sail through dangerous water

shoot1622

run1781

the world > action or operation > prosperity > success > succeed or be a success [verb (intransitive)] > achieve success (of persons) > succeed in a daring enterprise

to shoot the gulf1622

1622 R. Hawkins Observ. Voiage South Sea xli. 95 Sir Francis Drake told me, that having shott the Straites, a storme tooke him first at North-west.

1629 J. Gaule Practique Theories Christs Predict. 319 So neither will I feare to shoot that great Gulfe.

1647 J. Howell New Vol. of Lett. 81 Your last you sent me was from Genoa, where you write that..Husbands get their wives with child a hundred miles off... In Venice,..also such things are done by proxy, while the husband is abroad upon the Gallies, there be others that shoot his gulf at home.

1682 G. Wheler Journey into Greece i. 28 We stood out to Sea, that we might shoot the Gulph of Londrin.

1687 A. Lovell tr. J. de Thévenot Trav. into Levant ii. 173 Ships sometimes shoot that passage.

1751 R. Paltock Life Peter Wilkins I. xi. 99 I never had one Hour's Rest together, since I shot the Gulph, till this.

1773 J. Hawkesworth Acct. Voy. Southern Hemisphere III. iii. vii. 606 While we were shooting this gulph, our soundings were from thirty to seven fathom.

†c. to shoot the pit: of a fighting cock, to rush out of the cockpit from cowardice. Often figurative. Obsolete.

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the mind > emotion > fear > cowardice or pusillanimity > be cowardly or show signs of cowardice [verb (intransitive)] > (of fighting cock) rush out of the cockpit

to shoot the pit1675

1675 A. Marvell Let. Jan. in Poems & Lett. (1971) II. He hath a month ago shot the pit. For being a vaine fellow and expensive beyond his incomes, he hath thought convenient to passe over into Holland.

1681 Heraclitus Ridens 30 Aug. 2/2 Two or three more such stroaks will make them shoot the Pit.

a1734 R. North Examen (1740) ii. v. ⁋19 327 Which made the whole Party shoot the Pit and retire, as not caring to be pointed at with ill-favoured Reflections.

d. to shoot the moon: to remove household goods by night in order to avoid seizure for rent. (Cf. the older phrase in shove v.¹ 10c.)

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society > inhabiting and dwelling > inhabiting a type of place > inhabit type of place [verb (intransitive)] > inhabit house > move house > by night to avoid paying rent

to shove the moon1809

to shoot (also bolt, shove) the moon1812

to shoot the moon1836

moonlight1903

1836 Comic Almanack 21 And, lack-a-day! here's Quarter Day; It always comes too soon; So we by night must take our flight, For we must shoot the moon!

1844 A. Smith Adventures Mr. Ledbury I. iii. 36 Gradually moving all his things away, and shooting the moon to a friend's lodging.

1882 W. Besant All Sorts of Men I. iv. 106 I let his houses..; I warned him when shooting of moons seemed likely.

e. Horse Racing. To dash past (a competitor). to be shot on the post: see quot. 1897. Also, to urge (one's mount) swiftly forward.

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society > leisure > sport > types of sport or game > racing or race > race [verb (intransitive)] > finish in specific manner

to be shot on the post1868

romp1869

dead-heat1887

society > leisure > sport > types of sport or game > racing or race > horse racing > ride horse in race [verb (transitive)] > keep pace with or overtake

to show the waya1382

buttock1607

to run head and girth1796

shoot1868

to peg back1928

1868 Field 11 July 29/2 Cannon..just managed, after a fine specimen of riding between the two, to shoot Fordham by a head.

1897 Earl of Suffolk et al. Encycl. Sport I. 62/1 [article Athletics] A man is said to be ‘shot on the post’ when a competitor just dashes by him as he eases for the finish, or falls from exhaustion.

1928 Morning Post 20 Oct. 14/1 The latter was travelling like a winner as far as the Dip, where Richards shot his mount into the lead.

f. U.S. to shoot the chute(s: = to chute the chute(s at chute v. 1b. Also shoot-the-chute used as n.

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society > leisure > sport > types of sport or game > water sports except racing > other water sports > engage in other water sports [verb (intransitive)] > slide down chute

shoot-the-chute1895

society > leisure > sport > types of sport or game > water sports except racing > other water sports > [noun] > vehicle for sliding down chute

shoot-the-chute1920

1895 N.Y. Dramatic News 30 Nov. 17/4 Shooting the Chutes, the latest craze that has struck the town, is..drawing large crowds.

1920 R. Frost Let. 23 July (1964) 116 This man's island..will be full of divers and entertainment dives such as movies, con games, and shoot-the-chutes.

1946 E. O'Neill Iceman Cometh iii. 165 We're goin' to beat it down to Coney Island and shoot the chutes.

1977 Time 4 July 26/2 They are the not-so-spiritual descendants..of the Parisians who in 1817 rode the original shoot-the-chute.

a. intransitive. Of a pain: To pass in a sudden paroxysm along the nerves; to dart. Hence of a part of the body, a wound, etc.: To have darting pains.

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the world > health and disease > ill health > pain > types of pain > suffer or cause type of pain [verb (intransitive)] > shoot or stab

shootc1000

lance1758

stang1788

c1000 [implied in: Sax. Leechd. II. 324 Wiþ sceotendum wenne. (at shooting adj. 3)].

1602 J. Marston Antonios Reuenge iv. i. sig. G2^v I should want sense to feele The stings of anguish shoot through euery vaine.

1633 G. Herbert Miserie in Temple viii These preachers make His head to shoot and ake.

1670 J. Dryden & W. Davenant Shakespeare's Tempest v. 77 Alas! I feel the cold air come to me, My wound shoots worse than ever.

1718 A. Pope tr. Homer Iliad IV. xvi. 638 Pierc'd with Pain, That thrills my Arm and shoots thro' ev'ry Vein.

1818–20 E. Thompson Cullen's Nosologia (ed. 3) 198 Pain in the region of the kidnies, often shooting along the course of the ureter.

1875 W. S. Gilbert Tom Cobb ii O'Fi. Ye wouldn't have a major-gineral with corns that couldn't shoot?

1895 R. W. Chambers King in Yellow (1909) 148 Then again something struck my ankle, and a sharp pain shot through me.

1899 T. C. Allbutt et al. Syst. Med. VI. 742 The pain may dart and shoot.

b. figurative.

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1611 Second Maiden's Trag. (1909) ii. ii. 28 His very name shootes like a feaver throughe me.

1786 R. Burns Poems & Songs (1968) I. 112 When youthful Love, warm-blushing, strong, Keen-shivering shot thy nerves along.

1848 C. Dickens Dombey & Son l. 501 A pang of hopeless love visibly shooting through him, and flashing out in his face.

1869 W. E. H. Lecky Hist. European Morals I. iii. 492 One brief spasm [of persecution] indeed..shot through the long afflicted Church of Asia Minor.

1895 R. W. Chambers King in Yellow (1909) 238 A pang of homesickness shot through him.

a. Of a plant, bud, etc.: To emerge from the soil (also with up) or from the stem, etc.; to sprout, grow.

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the world > plants > by growth or development > grow or vegetate [verb (intransitive)] > sprout forth or spring up

growc725

springOE

upspringc1000

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springa1225

risea1382

burgeon1382

burgea1387

to run upa1393

lance1393

bursta1400

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reke?1440

alighta1450

shoot1483

to come up?1523

start1587

to grow up1611

to come away1669

to break forth1675

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outgrow1861

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break1882

sprount1890

1483 Cath. Angl. 338/2 To Schute as corne dose [v.r. Schott os corne dose], spicare.

?1523 J. Fitzherbert Bk. Husbandry f. xiii^v Let hym beware that he trede nat to moch vpon the corne and specially after it be shoyt.

1583 B. Melbancke Philotimus (new ed.) sig. Fij ^v The greene blade that shooteth too earely is soone bitt with a black frost.

1678 J. Moxon Mech. Exercises I. vi. Explan. Terms 108 The Bough or Branch that shoots out of the Trunk of a Tree.

1695 J. Edwards Disc. conc. Old & New-Test. III. ii. 60 Others imagin'd they shooted out of Trees.

1733 A. Pope Ess. Man: Pt. I 1 A..Wild, where weeds and flow'rs promiscuous shoot.

1779 Mirror No. 61 There they [plants] have room to shoot out at will.

?1830 P. Sellar Kyle in Ayrshire 39, in Farm-rep. Rib grass..puts out its foliage very early.., and as it is always shot before they can be admitted to pasture, it is rather injurious.

1834 W. Youatt Cattle 566 Fungus shooted up.

1847 W. C. L. Martin Ox 40/2 When the spring grass is beginning to shoot luxuriantly.

1866 W. E. Shuckard Brit. Bees 223 A thick and prodigious quantity of the common mustard plant shot up.

b. figurative.

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1596 E. Spenser Second Pt. Faerie Queene iv. xi. sig. L2 That faire City, wherein make abode So many learned impes, that shoote abrode, And with their braunches spred all Britany.

1665 S. Patrick Parable of Pilgrim xii. 74 All these grow upon this single root, or rather are but Love shooting forth in divers shapes.

1728 J. Thomson Spring 57 Delightful Task! to rear the tender Thought, To teach the young Idea how to shoot.

1751 S. Johnson Rambler No. 166. ⁋12 When we find worth faintly shooting in the shades of obscurity, we may let in light and sunshine upon it.

1768 A. Tucker Light of Nature (1834) II. 281 Charity, though shooting most vigorously from rational self-love, yet, when perfectly formed, has no tincture remaining of the parent root.

1825 C. Lamb in London Mag. May 73 They tell me, a certain cum dignitate air, that has been buried so long with my other good parts, has begun to shoot forth in my person.

c. Of parts of animal bodies, teeth, hair, morbid growths.

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the world > life > biology > biological processes > development, growth, or degeneration > [verb (intransitive)] > grow > part > of animal bodies

shoot1607

1607 E. Topsell Hist. Foure-footed Beastes 403 The rift being closed in the top, draw him [sc. the horse] betwixt the haire and the hooue with a hot yron ouerthwart that place, to the intent that the hooue may shoote al whole downeward.

1739 S. Sharp Treat. Operations Surg. Introd. 31 When the Surface of the Ulcer begins to yield thick Matter, and little Granulations of red Flesh shoot up.

1753 J. Bartlet Gentleman's Farriery xxv. 226 This last, applied early, will prevent a fungus, or proud flesh, from shooting out.

1784 M. Underwood Treat. Dis. Children 101 From almost the very first shooting of the teeth within the jaw.

1796 J. Morse Amer. Universal Geogr. (new ed.) I. 206 Sea Cow tusks, which shoot from the upper jaw.

1807 S. Cooper First Lines Pract. Surg. I. ii. xi. 247 The hairs..fall off, and when they grow again, they shoot in a wrong direction.

a. To put forth buds or shoots, as a plant; to germinate. †Formerly often with adverbs, forth, out (const. with, into); also transferred of an animal, to put out limbs.

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the world > plants > by growth or development > grow or vegetate [verb (intransitive)] > sprout or put forth new growth

spriteOE

wrideOE

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chicka1400

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germin?1440

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spurgea1500

to put forth1530

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stool1770

sucker1802

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push1855

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fibre1869

flush1877

the world > life > biology > biological processes > development, growth, or degeneration > [verb (intransitive)] > grow > part

waxa1000

shootc1560

c1560 A. Scott Poems (S.T.S.) xxxv. 11 He sall haiff brute, as tre on rute Endlang the rever plantit; To burge and schute, and sall gif frutt In tyme, as God hes grantit.

1607 T. Walkington Optick Glasse 10 They neither shotte out right, nor hardly have any blowne blossoms.

1611 Bible (King James) Luke xxi. 30 Behold the figge tree, and all the trees, Whan they now shoot foorth, [etc.].

1627 G. Hakewill Apologie iv. i. 277 When it sprang vp Proserpina, Nodotus when it shut into a blade.

1697 J. Dryden tr. Virgil Georgics iv, in tr. Virgil Wks. 135 Shooting out with Legs, and imp'd with Wings, The Grubs proceed to Bees with pointed Stings.

1710 W. King Heathen Gods & Heroes (1722) xiii. 53 The Cypress Tree..when cut down, never shoots again.

1713 J. Addison in Guardian 9 Sept. 1/2 The Corn, that is laid up by Ants, would shoot under Ground, if those Insects did not take care to prevent it.

1757 tr. J. G. Keyssler Trav. IV. 257 It is the property both of the walnut and olive-tree, that after a severe frost they shoot out with fresh vigour.

1774 Philos. Trans. (Royal Soc.) 63 398 As I could not directly contrive a total section of this large species [of Sea-Anemone], I tried it upon the young ones; and these shooted out again after the operation.

1786 J. Abercrombie Gardeners Daily Assistant 212 Always cut close, not leaving any stump to shoot again.

c1792 Encycl. Brit. IX. 744/1 Plants stript of any of their leaves, cannot shoot vigorously.

1877 R. Jefferies Gamekeeper at Home (1890) vi. 145 For although furze and fern soon shoot again, yet animal life is not so quickly repaired.

1908 E. Fowler Between Trent & Ancholme 362 They shoot, and bud, and their tendrils and branches reach far around.

b. transferred.

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1711 J. Addison Spectator No. 16. ¶2 The young People of both Sexes are so wonderfully apt to shoot out into long Swords, sweeping Trains, bushy Head-dresses.

1791 H. Walpole Let. to Miss M. Berry 8 June Bath shoots out into new crescents, circuses, squares every year.

a. To increase rapidly in growth (sometimes, with inclusion of sense 6, to sprout and grow rapidly); to advance to maturity. Now only with up or equivalent adverb or phrase: To grow quickly tall, ‘spring up’ to a height (said of plants, young persons, buildings, etc.; also of immaterial things). Also of prices, sales, etc.: to rise sharply.

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the world > life > biology > biological processes > development, growth, or degeneration > [verb (intransitive)] > grow

waxc1000

thrivec1175

breeda1350

grow1382

springc1384

upgrowc1430

shoot1538

bud1566

eche1567

to start up1570

vegetate1605

excresce1691

society > trade and finance > monetary value > price > fluctuation in price > [verb (intransitive)] > rise (of prices) > suddenly or rapidly

starta1661

zoom1928

soar1929

rocket1931

to take off1935

to go through the roof1958

shoot1968

1538 T. Audley in T. Wright Three Chapters Lett. Suppression Monasteries (1843) 246 He [the infant prince] shotyth owt in length.

1577 J. Grange Golden Aphroditis sig. Liij Intermingled with all kinde of sweete and fragrant floures, the growth whereof shotte vp in heigth aboue the lower grasse..two foote.

1607 G. Chapman Bussy D'Ambois iii. 30 Great D'Ambois (Fortunes proud mushrome shot vp in a night).

a1625 J. Fletcher Wild-goose Chase (1652) i. iii. 9 I am none of those that when they shoot to ripeness, Do what they can to break the boughs they grew on.

1626 F. Bacon Sylua Syluarum §653 Such Trees..are (commonly) Trees that shoot vp much.

1654 J. Sheffield Rising Sun 259 As there is in all dying or departed persons a great shooting in their stature observed; so is there in the soul much more. The least Infant shoots in the instant of Dissolution to that perfect knowledge of God.

1711 J. Addison Spectator No. 98. ¶1 About ten Years ago it [sc. Lady's Head-dress] shot up to a very great Height.

1721 N. Amhurst Terræ-filius No. 11 (1754) 51 The sumptuous edifices which of late years have shot up in Oxford.

1750 S. Johnson Rambler No. 55. ⁋11 Having, she said, never seen any body shoot up so much at my age.

1812 Ann. Reg., Gen. Hist. 109/2 They ought not to tax Ireland as this country—she was shooting, and, if not oppressed, would come to maturity.

1818 S. E. Ferrier Marriage ii. xiv. 185 A perfect dwarf..till she took a shooting... But she'll shoot no more.

1828 W. Scott Fair Maid of Perth x, in Chron. Canongate 2nd Ser. III. 271 I have often..seen a raw young fellow, shoot up after his first fight, from a dwarf into a giant-queller.

1861 M. Pattison in Westm. Rev. Apr. 409 Our commercial relations with the Baltic cities..soon shot up into one of our leading national objects.

1862 M. E. Braddon Lady Audley's Secret I. xv. 225 Four or five bare and overgrown poplars, that had shot up too rapidly for their strength.

1880 C. E. L. Riddell Myst. Palace Gardens ix She had shot up into a woman all in a minute.

1905 L. Whibley Compan. to Greek Stud. ii. §2. 70 Tragedy had not yet passed its prime when the old comedy shot up to maturity.

1968 Listener 27 June 826/3 The sales of vodka in Moscow shot up by 25 per cent.

1977 Evening Gaz. (Middlesbrough) 11 Jan. 1/6 The pound shot up two cents against the dollar.

b. conjugated with to be. Also in past participle, (well) shot in years (rare), advanced in life.

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the world > life > source or principle of life > age > old age > [adjective] > old (of beings, etc.)

oldeOE

winteredeOE

oldlyOE

over-oldOE

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stricken on, in age, in eldec1380

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Nestorian1605

overripe1605

elderly1611

eld1619

antiquated1631

enaged1631

thorough-old1639

emerita1643

grandevous1647

magnaevous1727

badgerly1753

(as) old as the hills1819

olden days1823

crusted1833

long in the tooth1841

oldened1854

mature1867

over the hill1950

1530 J. Palsgrave Lesclarcissement 705/1 Se howe this corne is shotte up within this senyght.

1549 M. Coverdale et al. tr. Erasmus Paraphr. Newe Test. II. Heb. xi. f. xxi After he was shotte vp towardes mannes state.

1596 E. Spenser Second Pt. Faerie Queene v. vi. sig. R3 Well shot in yeares he seem'd.

c1610–15 Life St. Frideswide in C. Horstmann Lives Women Saints (1886) 80 This happie branch of that vertuous stemme being shott vp beyond infancie, began to attempt workes of maturitie.

1797 H. Lee Canterbury Tales I. 48 Little Henry was now shot up beyond his years.

1885 R. F. Burton tr. Arabian Nights' Entertainm. I. xx. 199 The Wazir of Bassorah, a man shot in years.

†c. to shoot up (with complement): To become by sudden growth. Obsolete.

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1692 J. Dryden Cleomenes i. i. 4 Let me but live to shadow this young Plant, From Blites and Storms; He'll soon shoot up a Heroe.

a. Of a solution: To produce crystals. Also said of the crystals. Of a salt: To crystallize from solution or evaporation. [So German schiessen.]

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the world > matter > chemistry > crystallography (general) > other reactions or processes > [verb (intransitive)] > crystallize from solution

shoota1626

a1626 Dr. Meverel in Baconiana (1679) 126 If the Menstruum be overcharged,..the Metals will shoot into certain Crystals.

1666 R. Boyle Origine Formes & Qualities 221 The exact and curious Figures, in which Vitriol and other Salts are wont to shoot.

1670 W. Clarke Nat. Hist. Nitre 7 Nitre shoots long in Needles, but Salt shoots in tesseras, or squares.

a1697 J. Aubrey Nat. Hist. Surrey (1718) IV. 57 There is also here a Boyling-House, where the Salt-Petre is made, and shoots.

1732 A. Bower Historia Litteraria 4 35 This Solution, when rich, shoots into a Vitriol by standing.

1789 A. Crawford in Med. Communications 2 355 A solution of the..salt shoots by evaporation into thin octagonal plates.

1807 T. Thomson Syst. Chem. (ed. 3) II. 272 Crystals again shoot as the solution cools.

b. transitive. To form (crystals); of a solution, to deposit in the form of crystals. Also reflexive and in passive: to crystallize; in wider sense, of a substance, to assume some definite form by internal movement.

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the world > space > shape > assume definite shape or outline [verb (reflexive)]

shoot1719

define1859

1662 C. Merrett tr. A. Neri Art of Glass i. 5 Till you see it thicken, and shoot its salt.

1693 J. Clayton in Philos. Trans. (Royal Soc.) 17 795 Parts of natural Rock shot in those Figures.

1695 J. Woodward Ess. Nat. Hist. Earth 172 'Tis usual to meet with the very same Metall or Mineral, naturally shot into quite different Figures.

1719 F. Hauksbee Physico-mech. Exper. (ed. 2) Suppl. 258 The various Forms the new made Ice had shot it self into.

1732 A. Bower Historia Litteraria 4 23 It shoots a Tartar by standing. It has a vinous Taste.

10.

a. intransitive. To project, jut out; to extend in a particular direction. Often with adverbs, esp. out. †Of a road (Old English): To go in a particular direction.

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the world > space > extension in space > extend in space [verb (intransitive)] > extend in a certain direction

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tend1604

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to make out1743

to put out1755

trench1768

make1787

the world > space > shape > unevenness > projection or prominence > project or be prominent [verb (intransitive)]

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to come outOE

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to stand outc1330

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strutc1405

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to stick outc1540

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to run out1565

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prosiliate1601

relish1611

shoulder1611

to stand offa1616

protrude1704

push1710

projecta1712

protend1726

outstand1755

shove1850

outjut1851

extrude1852

bracket1855

to corbel out1861

to set out1892

pier1951

c1000 Ælfric Genesis xxiv. 62 Eode Isaac on þam wege, þe scytt to þam pytte.

a1387 J. Trevisa tr. R. Higden Polychron. (St. John's Cambr.) (1865) I. 305 Þe ilond Corsica is cornered wiþ many forlondes schetynge [Caxton stretchyng] in to the see.

1584 B. R. tr. Herodotus Famous Hyst. i. f. 56^v The partition of the walles made by the intercourse of y^e riuer, shootes vppon the bankes on eyther syde.

1607 B.N.C. Documents (MS.) Bundle A 3. f. 19 3 half acres of Errable land..shouting South and North.

1610 P. Holland tr. W. Camden Brit. i. 183 That Region [Cornwall]..shooteth out farthest into the West.

1610 P. Holland tr. W. Camden Brit. i. 542 The shore shutteth forth with a mighty swelling bent into the German Sea.

1679 in J. C. Blomfield Heyford (1892) 85 A land by Oxford way side shooting north and south.

1684 T. Burnet Theory of Earth i. ix. 110 The Promontories and Capes shoot into the Sea.

1688 J. Bunyan Heavenly Foot-man (1886) 155 Though the way to heaven be but one, yet there are many crooked lanes and by-paths shoot down upon it, as I may say.

1700 J. Brome Trav. iii. 245 From hence the Shore, after several crooked flexures, shooteth forth into the Sea.

1705 J. Addison Remarks Italy 532 This long Valley of the Tirol lyes enclos'd on all Sides by the Alps, tho' its Dominions shoot out into several Branches that lye among the Breaks and Hollows of the Mountains.

1726 in W. Wing Ann. Steeple Aston (1875) 54 And one other land shooting into Oxford way.

1759 in Q. Jrnl. Econ. (1907) Nov. 79 Where the furlong shoots up the brook to be mownded by the two outside hides.

1815 M. Elphinstone Acct. Kingdom Caubul i. ii. 103 The next branch..shoots out from the south-eastern side of Suffaid Coh.

1831 W. Scott Count Robert iv, in Tales of my Landlord 4th Ser. III. 79 Where the private gardens..shot down upon and were bounded by the glassy waters.

1847 W. C. L. Martin Ox 58/1 The horns..first sweeping outwards and downwards, shot forward at the points.

b. With up or equivalent phrase: To extend vertically upwards; to tower, ‘rise’ into the air.

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the world > space > extension in space > measurable spatial extent > vertical extent > become high(er) [verb (intransitive)]

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stem1577

upclimb1582

taper1589

clamber?1611

shoot1648

relevate1661

ascend1667

spring1673

spear1822

1648 H. Hexham Groot Woorden-boeck In de locht Schieten, to Shoote up into the Aire or Sky.

1726 J. Swift Gulliver II. iii. iii. 36 One even regular Plate of Adamant, shooting up to the Height of about two Hundred Yards.

1757 W. Wilkie Epigoniad vii. 213 A promontory..Whose rocky brow..Shoots high into the air.

1810 W. Scott Lady of Lake i. 14 Many a rocky pyramid, Shooting abruptly from the dell.

1851 M. Reid Scalp Hunters II. xii. 202 Mountains, whose tops shot heavenward in fantastic forms and groupings.

1871 L. Stephen Playground of Europe ii. 78 We could see..the sharp pyramid of the Finsteraarhorn shooting upwards.

1878 S. Smiles Robert Dick i. 3 It shoots up into a tall rocky point.

II. To send forth, esp. swiftly or by sudden impulse.Some of the senses under this head are in modern use often coloured by the specific sense 21.

11.

a. transitive. To throw suddenly or with violence. Also with adverbs, out, down, etc. Obsolete except as transferred from sense 21.

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the world > movement > impelling or driving > impel or drive [verb (transitive)] > at speed

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the world > movement > impelling or driving > projecting through space or throwing > throw [verb (transitive)] > suddenly

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c1075 Anglo-Saxon Chron. (Cott. MS.) ann. 1040 He let dragan up þæne deadan Harald & hine on fen sceotan.

c1275 (?a1200) Laȝamon Brut (Calig.) (1963) l. 2534 He scæt [c1300 Otho caste] his riche sceld feor ut in þene feld.

a1340 R. Rolle Psalter cxxxv. 15 And he shot out pharao and his vertu in the reed see.

a1400 (a1325) Cursor Mundi (Vesp.) l. 21043 Þat Imperur wend [John] to mat In a tun was welland hat; Fild of oyle he did him schott, But noþer him harmd, hefd ne fott.

J. Metham Amoryus & Cleopes (1916) l. 1000 The sperehed lefft in hys brayn, And so schet hym ouer his hors on the pleynne Dede.

c1480 (a1400) St. Machor 981 in W. M. Metcalfe Legends Saints Sc. Dial. (1896) II. 28 Suddanly þai ware all deide, & schot in till gong stinkand.

1533 J. Bellenden tr. Livy Hist. Rome (1903) II. v. xxiii. 225 The gaule be his pride & Insolence schot in his swerde in þe leif of þe ballance.

c1540 (?a1400) Destr. Troy 1408 Þe Grekes..Shottyn into shippes all þe shene godis.

1600 Reg. Privy Counc. Scot. VI. 129 [They] maist dispitfullie expellit and schoit him oute of the said kirkyaird be the schoulderis.

1600 Gowrie's Conspiracy C 1 b He tooke the said Maister Alexander by the shoulders, and shotte him down the staire; who was no sooner shotte out at the doore, but [etc.].

1693 J. Dryden tr. Ovid Metamorphoses i, in Examen Poeticum 59 The liquid Air, his moving Pinions wound, And, in a moment, shoot him on the ground.

1836 C. Dickens Sketches by Boz 2nd Ser. 45 [They] found themselves shot with astonishing swiftness into the road [out of the theatre].

1858 R. S. Surtees Ask Mamma xxvi. 107 A more fractious horse..had finally shot him over his head.

b. To empty out (gold, grain, earth, etc.) by overturning or tilting the receptacle; to dump (rubbish); to send (goods, debris, etc.) down an inclined plane or ‘shoot’. Also, to discharge the contents of, empty (a sack) by overturning. Often with adverb, as down, out.

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the world > space > place > absence > fact of being unoccupied > leave unoccupied [verb (transitive)] > empty > by overturning

shoota1400

a1400 Sir Perc. 2114 Percevelle..schott owte alle the golde.

c1412 T. Hoccleve De Regimine Principum 4248 What doth þan þis fel man & right prudent, But out þis golde on a tippet hath shotte, That in þe bagges lefte þere no grotte.

1591 R. Greene Notable Discouery of Coosenage f. 13^v There at the backe gate [he] causeth him to vnload and as they say shoot the Coales downe.

1604 N. F. Fruiterers Secrets 13 Also haue a care, that they be poured or shot downe very gently, laying euery sort by themselues.

1604 N. F. Fruiterers Secrets 18 Haue a great care also in shooting or pouring them out.

1712 J. Addison Spectator No. 511. ¶3 Upon opening the Sack, a little old Woman popped her Head out of it, at which the Adventurer was in so great a Rage, that he was going to shoot her out into the River.

1765 Museum Rusticum 4 210 If the farmer has sold, so as to deliver soon, he shoots not the sacks.

1821 Acct. Peculations Coal Trade 11 He found the men shooting his coals in their master's warehouse.

1864 C. Dickens Our Mutual Friend (1865) I. i. iv. 25 A tract of suburban Sahara, where..carpets were beat, rubbish was shot,..and dust was heaped by contractors.

1876 J. Fergusson Hist. Indian Archit. iv. ii. 338 To chip away 50,000 yards of rock, and shoot it to spoil (to borrow a railway term) down a hill-side.

1885 Law Times 16 May 46/2 Bales were shot from the top to the bottom floors by means of zigzag inclined planes.

1892 Labour Commission Gloss. (at cited word) The flour is emptied down the shoot through the floor [of the flour loft]..into the troughs in which the dough is made. This operation is universally termed shooting flour.

transf. (jocular.)1860 W. H. Russell My Diary in India 1858–9 I. 135 After a..tedious journey..the train shot us out amid a heap of cinders, and a wooden station at its terminus.

†c. To throw or pull down, overthrow. Obsolete.

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the world > movement > motion in a certain direction > downward motion > causing to come or go down > cause to come or go down [verb (transitive)] > bring to the ground/lay low > cast down

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c1480 (a1400) St. Clement 254 in W. M. Metcalfe Legends Saints Sc. Dial. (1896) I. 380 Quhene he wend scho wod had bene, he schot hyre to þe erde in tene.

1488 (c1478) Hary Actis & Deidis Schir William Wallace (Adv.) (1968–9) ii. l. 126 A-tour the dike thai ȝeid on athir side, Schott doun the wall.

1513 G. Douglas tr. Virgil Æneid xii. v. 154 Sum schot doun wyth thar hand The altaris markyt for the sacryfys.

d. reflexive. To throw or precipitate oneself; to rush. Also †figurative. Now rare.

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the world > movement > rate of motion > swiftness > swift movement in specific manner > move swiftly in specific manner [verb (reflexive)] > move impetuously

throwc1330

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1577 R. Holinshed Chron. II. 1870/1 A monstrous fish or Whale of the Sea did shoote himselfe on shore.

1641 J. Milton Of Reformation 75 Hee that flying from degenerate and traditionall corruption, feares to shoot himselfe too far into the meeting imbraces of a Divinely-warranted Reformation, had better not have run at all.

1679 A. Lovell tr. F. Pomey Indiculus Universalis 28 A Serpent that casts and shoots himself on passengers.

1697 J. Dryden Ded. Georgics in tr. Virgil Wks. sig. ¶2 I have laugh'd sometimes..when I have reflected on those Men, who from time to time have shot themselves into the World.

1700 S. L. tr. C. Schweitzer Relation Voy. in tr. C. Frick & C. Schweitzer Relation Two Voy. E.-Indies 316 The Man shoots himself up to fetch breath.

1705 R. Beverley Hist. Virginia ii. v. 35 The poor Fish is no sooner loosed from the Hawk's Talons, but the Eagle shoots himself, with wonderful Swiftness, after it, and catches it in the Air.

1705 J. Addison Remarks Italy 158 This is the Gulf thro' which Virgil's Alecto shoots her self into Hell.

1889 R. S. S. Baden-Powell Pigsticking 114 When the pig ‘shoots’ himself (as only a pig can do) over a mud wall, she follows.

e. To throw (rain, or running water) from, off (the surface); also with off, †down adverbs.

ΘΚΠ

the world > movement > impelling or driving > projecting through space or throwing > throw [verb (transitive)] > project through space > (as) a liquid

shoot1573

sluice1610

1573 T. Tusser Fiue Hundreth Points Good Husbandry (new ed.) f. 47^v Where houses be reeded..The iuster ye driue it, the smoother & plaine: more handsome ye make it, to shut of the raine.

1650 T. Fuller Pisgah-sight of Palestine iv. iv. 68 The latter [sc. Badgers-skins] no doubt had the fur upon them, the lubricity of the haire thereof being excellent gutters and spouts to shoot down the rain thereby.

1764 Museum Rusticum (1765) 3 334 As it [straw used in thatching] is not bruised by the flail, it shoots off the wet better.

1814 T. Haynes Treat. Strawberry (ed. 2) 100 Then reduce the embankment..by throwing away the earth, the more readily to shoot off all wet.

1855 C. Kingsley Westward Ho! xxv ‘The Lord has stood by me’ panted he, as he shot the water from his ears.

1882 W. J. Christy Pract. Treat. Joints 76 It is..important that the pitch should not be so steep as to shoot off heavy rain with too much velocity for the gutters to properly discharge.

†f. to shoot forth, out, away: to drive out or away, to banish, expel. (Chiefly Scottish and northern)

ΘΚΠ

the world > movement > motion in a certain direction > going or coming out > letting or sending out > let or send out [verb (transitive)] > expel

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outdriveOE

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to cast out1297

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out-chasec1395

flecchea1400

to shoot forth, out, awaya1400

propel?1440

expulse?a1475

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to catch forthc1540

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to turn out of ——1562

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detrude?1567

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unroost1598

to put by1600

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to manage (a person) out of1907

a1400 K. Alis. 5968 Thou shalt there fynde kynges felouns,..That in Babiloyne made the toure,..That fele mylen in heightte stood, And thorough Goddes wreche shoten away, Into that vile countreye.

a1400 (a1325) Cursor Mundi (Vesp.) l. 13658 Wit þis þai scott him als a dog Right vte o þair synagog.

c1400 Mandeville's Trav. (Roxb.) vi. 19 He tuke þe citee of Acoun and schotte oute of it all þe Cristen men þat ware þerin.

c1400 Privity of the Passion in Hampole's Wks. (Horstm.) I. 214 And here was it þat þey schot hym forthe so felly & so cruelly and spytte in his face, and garte hym hye so fast.

a1500 Battle of Otterburn xxxii, in F. J. Child Eng. & Sc. Pop. Ballads (1889) III. vi. 297/1 He lyghted dowyn vpon his foote, And schoote hys horsse clene awaye.

1533 J. Bellenden tr. Livy Hist. Rome (1901) I. ii. vi. 148 He commandit ane large nowmer of bestial to be schot furth on þe nixt day at porte aquillye.

1533 J. Bellenden tr. Livy Hist. Rome (1903) II. iv. xx. 125 Ȝit he wan þe castell at þe first assalt, and schot furth all þame þat war fundin þareintill.

1535 Bible (Coverdale) Psalms xlii[i]. 2 Why hast thou shot me from the?

1562 N. Winȝet Certain Tractates (1888) I. 8 Or of the schuiting of honeste men fra thair native roumes.

1581 R. Sempill Complaint vpon Fortoun (single sheet) Siclyke was Sipio saiklesly schot furth.

1596 J. Dalrymple tr. J. Leslie Hist. Scotl. (1888) I. 144 He repudiat, forsuke, and frome him, as vnworthie, schott [L. repudiavit] her [sc. his wife] away.

1607 B. Jonson Volpone i. v. sig. D Now, is he gone; we had no other meanes, To shoote him hence, but this.

g. To separate (the worst animals) from a drove or flock. Cf. shot n.³

ΘΚΠ

the world > food and drink > farming > animal husbandry > animal keeping practices general > herding, pasturing, or confining > [verb (transitive)] > cut out

ride1790

shed1791

shoot1824

to run off1861

to cut out1862

cut1903

1824 J. Mactaggart Sc. Gallovidian Encycl.

1828 W. Carr Dial. Craven (ed. 2) Shoot v. 2 To draw the worst cattle out of a drove. ‘I'll gee ye ten apiece for thur hundreds yows, and you'l let me shoot ten’.

h. To put hurriedly and carelessly. Also, to dispatch (a thing) rapidly.

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the world > space > place > placing or fact of being placed in (a) position > place or put in a position [verb (transitive)] > forcibly, firmly, or quickly

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to throw on1560

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the world > action or operation > manner of action > carelessness > be careless or heedless of [verb (transitive)] > put or move carelessly

shoot1833

slosh1875

the world > action or operation > manner of action > rapidity or speed of action or operation > do, deal with, acquire, etc., quickly [verb (transitive)] > do hurriedly and carelessly > put

shoot1833

the world > movement > transference > sending > send [verb (transitive)] > send off or dispatch > rapidly

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1833 H. Martineau Loom & Lugger i. iii. 27 He rose from his knee and shot his instrument into its case.

1844 A. Smith Adventures Mr. Ledbury I. vii. 84 The dirty cups and plates were shot away into the drawers, and the table turned outside the door.

1926 S.P.E. Tract (Soc. for Pure Eng.) No. XXIV. 126 If the article is ready, shoot it in.

1942 Tee Emm (Air Ministry) 2 129 You have grumbled at the amount of bumph the Group has shot at you.

1971 Black Scholar June 54/2 I don't have a picture at this time, but when I get one I will shoot it to you.

†i. to shoot (something) on fire: to cause to burst into flame. Obsolete.

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the world > matter > properties of materials > temperature > heat > burning > burn or consume by fire [verb (transitive)] > kindle or set alight

annealeOE

ontendeOE

atend1006

alightOE

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firea1393

to set (a) fire in, on, upon, of, now only toc1400

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enlumine1477

to light upa1500

to shoot (something) on firec1540

to give fire1562

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entine1612

betine1659

emblaze1743

to touch off1759

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c1540 (?a1400) Destr. Troy 9509 The shippes on a shene fyre shot þai belyue, That the low vp lightly launchit aboute.

j. To discard, get rid of; originally in shoot that hat, etc., as a mild imprecation. Also to shoot trouble = trouble-shoot vb. at trouble-shooter n. Derivatives slang (originally U.S.).

ΘΚΠ

the mind > possession > relinquishing > casting or laying aside > [verb (transitive)] > do without or get rid of

to set awayc1430

to throw off1551

to dispense with1576

to down with1581

to fling off1587

to fob offa1616

shoot1877

the world > action or operation > amending > provide a remedy [verb (intransitive)] > put problems right

trouble-shoot1938

to shoot trouble1965

1877 in J. R. Bartlett Dict. Americanisms (ed. 4) 586 One lady..with derisive scorn..observed in the language of the day, ‘Oh, shoot that hat!’.. The slang the gang is using now, You'll hear from every lip; It's shoot the hat! and get it boiled; And don't you lose your grip.

1884 J. Hay Bread-winners xvi. 249 If I had all the cash he takes in to-night, I'd buy an island and shoot the machine business.

1902 J. S. Farmer & W. E. Henley Slang VI. i. 188/1 Shoot that (hat, man—anything)!..a mild imprecation, ‘Bother!’

1928 Sunday Express 18 Mar. 9/2 ‘Tell him to shoot that song-and-dance outfit’.., and jump into some plain overalls.

1965 ‘W. Haggard’ Hard Sell xiv. 154 When there was trouble..then Murco Monti shot it. Political trouble especially.

1980 P. Harcourt Tomorrow's Treason i. v. 72 I want you to shoot trouble for me till the conference is over.

k. Cricket. To bowl (a side or part of one) out quickly and cheaply.

ΘΚΠ

society > leisure > sport > types of sport or game > ball game > cricket > dismissal of batsman > put out [verb (transitive)] > manner of dismissal

bowl1719

to run out1750

catch1789

stump1789

st.1797

to throw out1832

rattle1841

to pitch out1858

clean-bowl1862

skittle1880

shoot1900

skittle1906

trap1919

1900 P. F. Warner Cricket in Many Climes iv. ii. 159 Next day Ainsworth and ‘Bos’ shot the opposing side out for 30.

1976 J. Snow Cricket Rebel 112 Half the Warwickshire side had been shot out for 46.

l. Slang phrase to shoot a card: to leave a visiting card. ? Obsolete.

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1901 Captain V. 7/2 The second-year man is always careful to ‘shoot’ his card when the fresher is abroad.

1924 ‘Sapper’ Third Round vi. 139 He may have heard that Mrs. Goodman is here, and has come to shoot a card.

12.

a. To launch (a vessel); to cast forth or let down (an anchor); to lower and place in position (a fishing net). Now also spec. in Angling, to allow a quantity of (line) to run out through the hand at the forward motion of the rod in casting. Also absol.

ΘΚΠ

society > travel > travel by water > launching a vessel > launch or set afloat [verb (transitive)]

launch?a1400

puta1450

shoot1487

lance?1518

to set on the sea, water, afloat1559

to set afloat1785

float1885

society > travel > travel by water > berthing, mooring, or anchoring > berth, moor, or anchor (a ship) [verb (transitive)] > anchor (a ship) > cast (anchor)

castc1300

shoot1487

weta1600

the world > food and drink > hunting > fishing > type or method of fishing > [verb (transitive)] > catch fish with net > shoot net

shoot1487

cast1526

throw1838

the world > food and drink > hunting > fishing > type or method of fishing > [verb (transitive)] > cast

throw?a1425

whip1832

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cast1892

shoot1931

roll cast1972

1487 (a1380) J. Barbour Bruce (St. John's Cambr.) iv. 629 Than in schort tym men mycht thaim se Schute all thair galais to the se.

a1529 J. Skelton Colyn Cloute (?1545) sig. D.vi Shote anker and lye at rode And sayle not farre a brode Tyll the cost be clere.

1552 in R. G. Marsden Sel. Pleas Court Admiralty (1897) II. 21 That no person nor persons from hensfurthe doo shote any wyddenett within x fathom of his next felowe by estimacon in the day tyme... Thesterly man to begynne first and so every man to shote in order.

1583 Reg. Mag. Sig. Scot. 225/2 To haill, schutt, peill and draw nettis on all pairtis usit and wont within the said boundis.

1600 P. Holland tr. Livy Rom. Hist. xxviii. xlv. 706 The ships were finished, rigged, armed, and furnished with all things, and shot into the water.

1630 Order in R. Griffiths Ess. Jurisdict. Thames (1746) 65 No Fisherman..shall shute any Draw-Net, Cord-Net, or other Net or Engine..after Holyrood Day is past.

1776 Act 16 Geo. III c. 36 §3 Unless the Boat..do in the mean Time shoot or cast out into the Water her..Seyne Net.

1870 Kendall God's Hand 9 Has to return without shooting his lines.

1873 Act 36 & 37 Victoria c. 71 §14 Any person who shall shoot or work any seine or draft net for salmon in a river across the whole width.

1894 H. Caine Manxman v. iii. 286 The nets were shot over the starboard quarter.

1931 Hardy's Anglers' Guide 13 In Figs. 1 and 2 the left hand gathers slack line, while in Fig. 3 this line is released during the forward stroke. This is termed ‘shooting’ line.

1977 Chicago Tribune 2 Oct. iii. 10/2 The current will pull on the line, making casting and ‘shooting’ of fly line on the next cast extremely difficult.

b. To cause (a vessel) to move forward suddenly or swiftly. to shoot (a vessel) to: to bring it by ‘shooting’ to a required position. †to be shot: of a vessel, to have advanced (a certain distance or to a certain point). Cf. sense 3.

ΘΚΠ

the world > space > shape > have (specific) shape [verb (intransitive)] > assume definite shape

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society > travel > travel by water > directing or managing a ship > direct or manage ship [verb (transitive)] > in specific manner

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to shoot toc1540

push1657

to crowd (a ship) off1743

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surf1965

the world > space > extension in space > measurable spatial extent > vertical extent > lack of height > be low [verb (intransitive)] > appear as if thrust down

to be shota1450

society > travel > travel by water > action or motion of vessel > [verb (intransitive)] > make progress > have advanced a certain distance

to be shot1555

a1450 ( tr. Vegetius De Re Militari (Douce) (1988) 187 Þei schetteþ [c1450 Digby scheten] here schippes togidre & casteþ out plankes or brugges..& fighteþ hand at hande.

1555 R. Eden Two Viages into Guinea in tr. Peter Martyr of Angleria Decades of Newe Worlde f. 353 When yow reken yowre selfe as farre shotte as cape de las Palmas.

1574 W. Bourne Regim. for Sea (1577) xxii. 60 You..shall be well shotte towardes the banke of Silley.

1588 Fenner in State Papers Defeat Spanish Armada (1894) I. 242 Being shot some ten leagues off South and by West of Ushant.

1793 J. Smeaton Narr. Edystone Lighthouse (ed. 2) §137 A north-west wind would shoot the sloop clear of the house reef.

1794 D. Steel Elements & Pract. Rigging & Seamanship II. 316 Her sails tend to shoot her a-head.

1849 W. S. Mayo Kaloolah (1850) vi. 50 With a sweep of his paddle he turned the bow of his boat from us, and with a few vigorous strokes shot it ahead.

1887 G. B. Goode Rev. Fishery Industries U.S. iv. 132 Shooting to. This evolution is peculiar to fore and aft rigged vessels... To shoot a schooner to, it is only necessary, when sailing by the wind, to put the wheel part way down, and as she comes head to wind to keep her in that position by the management of the helm until her headway is stopped.

13.

a. To push or slide (a bar or bolt of a door or the like) into or out of its fastenings. Also to force (a lock).

ΘΚΠ

the world > space > relative position > closed or shut condition > close or shut [verb (transitive)] > close (a door, window, etc.) > bolt, bar, or lock > slide bar or bolt into fastening

shootc1000

shutc1000

to shut to?c1225

the world > space > relative position > condition of being open or not closed > open [verb (transitive)] > a door, gate, etc. > unlock, unbolt, etc. > pick or force (a lock)

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the world > space > relative position > condition of being open or not closed > open [verb (transitive)] > a door, gate, etc. > unlock, unbolt, etc. > draw (a bolt)

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c1000 Gosp. Nicodemus xxvii. 15 in Thwaites Heptat. (1698) Belucaþ ða..ærenan gatu & toforan on sceotaþ þa ysenan scyttelsas.

1573 in J. Cranstoun Satirical Poems Reformation (1891) I. xxxix. 209 Thay schot na keyis to brek the coffiris than, Ane day of blythnes for the men of weir.

a1617 P. Baynes Comm. Ephes. (1658) 104 I have Power to shoot the bolt and lock it.

1637 S. Rutherford Lett. (1664) 343 I know now..how to shut the lock & unbolt my welbeloved's door.

1696 C. Cibber Love's Last Shift iii. 50 If you have lost it [sc. the key] we must shoot the Lock I think.

1797 A. Radcliffe Italian II. i. 28 I fear we are betrayed; the second lock is shot!

1834 F. Marryat Peter Simple I. ix. 115 One of the midshipmen shot the bolt of the door.

1886 J. Paton in Encycl. Brit. XXI. 144/2 Safe bolts are shot not by the key, as in an ordinary lock, but by the door handle.

1894 A. Robertson Nuggets 92 Annie ran to the stable, shot the wooden bolt, and went in.

b. intransitive. Of a bolt: To slide into its fastenings; to admit of being shot.

ΘΚΠ

the world > space > place > placing or fact of being placed in (a) position > insertion or putting in > insert [verb (intransitive)] > admit of being slid in (of a bolt)

shoot1886

society > occupation and work > equipment > building and constructing equipment > fastenings > be fastened [verb (intransitive)] > of bolt: slide into fastenings

shoot1886

1886 J. Paton in Encycl. Brit. XXI. 144/2 The frame..into which the bolts shoot is made of great strength.

1886 J. Paton in Encycl. Brit. XXI. 144/2 In all Chubb's safes bolts shoot both to front and back.

14. transitive.

a. Weaving. To pass (the shuttle, the weft) between the threads of the warp. Also in figurative context.

ΘΚΠ

the world > textiles and clothing > textiles > textile manufacture > manufacture textile fabric or that which consists of > manufacture of textile fabric > [verb (transitive)] > weave > throw shuttle across loom

shoot1603

pick1848

1603 P. Holland tr. Plutarch Morals 337 I suppose that a weaver will say that his worke is to make a web,..and not to..lay his warpe, shoot oufe, or [etc.].

a1625 F. Beaumont & J. Fletcher Coxcombe v. i, in Comedies & Trag. (1647) sig. Pp/1 An honest Weaver, and as good a work-man as ere shot shuttle.

1839 H. Hallam Introd. Lit. Europe IV. v. 438 Lines of consummate excellence are frequently shot, like threads of gold, through the web.

1849 F. W. Robertson Serm. (1866) 1st Ser. xxi. 351 The woof of life is dark..but..shot through a web of brightness.

1888 J. Paton in Encycl. Brit. XXIV. 464/1 A clear way is thus provided for picking or shooting the shuttle.

1895 R. W. Frazer Silent Gods (1896) 58 The weaver still sang as he quickly shot the shuttle with the weft through the warp.

b. To variegate by admixture of different coloured threads in the woof. Hence, in wider sense, to variegate (an expanse of colour) by interspersing streaks or flecks of some other colour.

ΘΚΠ

the world > matter > colour > variegation > variegate [verb (transitive)]

chequer?a1400

fleckc1430

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begary1538

intermingle1553

enchase1590

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motley1602

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the world > matter > colour > variegation > variegate [verb (transitive)] > specifically of textiles

shoot1532

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the world > textiles and clothing > textiles > textile manufacture > manufacture textile fabric or that which consists of > manufacture of textile fabric > treating or processing textile fabric > treat or process textile fabric [verb (transitive)] > other processes

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crisp1892

block1905

Schreiner1905

mercerize1911

1532–3 Act 24 Hen. VIII c. 2 The same wollen clothes [shall]..be perfectly boyled grayned or maddered vppon the wodde and shotte, with good and sufficient corke or orchall.

1566 Churchwardens' Accts. St. Dunstan's, Canterb. in Archaeologia Cantiana 17 120 One couerlyt shot wyth blew and red.

1684 London Gaz. No. 1944/4 A Petticoat of Musk coloured Silk, shot with Silver on the right side.

1751 S. Johnson Rambler No. 116. ⁋8 Carnation shot with white.

1856 ‘The Druid’ Post & Paddock i. 17 Mundig's stock are nearly all chesnuts, many of them shot with white hairs.

1860 G. A. Sala Baddington Peerage I. i. 26 His stiff, black hair a little shot with gray.

1863 B. Taylor Hannah Thurston xv. 192 The canes of maize shot the brown fields with points of shining green.

1882 Garden 7 Oct. 312/2 Of older flowers we have..Burgundy, rich dark puce, shot and suffused with light purple [etc.].

1895 Jrnl. Royal Inst. Brit. Architects 14 Mar. 347 The Saviour was dressed in a purple tunic shot with gold.

figurative.1850 Fraser's Mag. Sept. 244/2 Vague theory shot with technicalities.1876 L. Stephen Hours in Libr. 2nd Ser. viii. 349 The texture of Disraeli's writings is..ingeniously shot with irony.

15. Formerly, to send out, dispatch (persons) (now dialect: see Eng. Dial. Dict.). Now colloquial, to convey or transfer (a person) with speed. Also to shoot (a person) about: to hurry (him) from place to place.

ΘΚΠ

the world > movement > transference > sending > send [verb (transitive)] > send off or dispatch

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despeche1531

shoot1542

to send away1600

dispeed1603

expedite1606

despeed1611

to send off1667

society > travel > [verb (transitive)] > hurry a person from place to place

shoot1895

the world > movement > rate of motion > swiftness > swift movement in specific manner > move or cause to move swiftly in specific manner [verb (transitive)] > direct (one's way or steps) with haste > cause to move with haste

i-fuseOE

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hastec1330

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press1611

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shoot1895

society > travel > transport > [verb (transitive)] > rapidly

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1542 T. Becon Newe Pathway vnto Praier xxix. sig. M.vij Therfore sayth Christ, praye vnto the Lorde of y^e Heruest, that he may shote forth workemen into his Heruest.

1895 B. M. Croker Village Tales 71 You, as an officer's wife..are shot about from Colombo to Peshawar.

1919 F. Hurst Humoresque 200 Come; I'll shoot you to the club.

1921 E. B. White Let. 15 Sept. (1976) 24 I go to one person and he says hello and shoots me on to another.

1972 T. Stoppard Jumpers i. 50 I'll shoot him in here... You can try your charms on him.

16.

a. To emit swiftly and forcibly (rays, flames, etc.).

ΘΚΠ

the world > movement > motion in a certain direction > going or coming out > letting or sending out > let or send out [verb (transitive)] > emit > suddenly or swiftly

shootc1480

dart1593

dartle1855

the world > matter > light > naturally occurring light > emit beams (of a luminary) [verb (transitive)]

reflecta1456

streekc1480

shoot1596

stream1880

c1480 (a1400) St. Matthew 157 in W. M. Metcalfe Legends Saints Sc. Dial. (1896) I. 194 Twa dragonyse, þat awful ware one to luke,..& blessis of fyre with brynt-stane at nese & mowthe þai schote owte.

1596 J. Dalrymple tr. J. Leslie Hist. Scotl. (1895) II. 90 A maruellous gret Comet, quhilk toward the South schot fyrie stremes terrabillie.

1690 T. Burnet Theory of Earth iii. xii. 105 At the first opening of the Heavens, the brightness of his Person will scatter the dark Clouds, and shoot streams of light throughout all the Air.

1717 A. Pope Rape of Lock (new ed.) i, in Wks. 122 Sol thro' white curtains shot a tim'rous ray.

1744 J. Thomson Summer in Seasons (new ed.) 111 The Sun has lost his Rage: his downward Orb Shoots nothing now but animating Warmth, And vital Luster.

1792 S. Rogers Pleasures Mem. ii. 49 A cool, sequester'd grot, From its rich roof a sparry lustre shot.

1812 H. F. Cary tr. Dante Paradiso iii. 22 My sweet guide, who, smiling shot forth beams From her celestial eyes.

1823 W. Scott Quentin Durward I. iv. 78 His keen eyes..shot forth occasionally a quick and vivid ray.

1833 N. Arnott Elements Physics (ed. 5) II. 187 A ray..shot from a to the point c, in the surface of a piece of glass g h, would reach directly across to o and b.

1839 J. Sterling Sexton's Dau. i. xxxii As if it were the cloven sky..Shot out its glory suddenly.

b. To put forth, utter (words, sounds); chiefly with adverb, out, forth. Now only as transferred from sense 21.

ΚΠ

a1225 Leg. Kath. 812 Scheoteð forð sum word, & let us onswerien.

a1250 Owl & Night. (Jesus Oxf.) 23 Bet þuhte þe drem þat he were Of harpe & pipe þan he nere, Bet þuhte þat heo were i-shote Of harpe & pipe þan of þrote.

a1500 R. Henryson tr. Æsop Fables: Trial of Fox l. 847 in Poems (1981) 36 He..Schot out his voce full schyll, and gaif ane schout.

1546 J. Heywood Dialogue Prouerbes Eng. Tongue ii. iii. sig. G^v But shoote out some wordes, yf she be to whot.

1602 J. Marston Hist. Antonio & Mellida ii. sig. D2^v I would shoot some speach forth, to strike the time With pleasing touch of amorous complement.

1656 J. Smith Myst. Rhetorique Unvail'd 143 Acclamo to cry out or shoot forth the voice.

1846 C. Dickens Dombey & Son (1848) iii. 19 Shooting out whatever she had to say in one sentence, and in one breath, if possible.

1848 W. M. Thackeray Vanity Fair lx. 541 Even Dobbin would shoot out a sudden peal [of laughter] at the boy's mimicry.

1886 R. L. Stevenson Kidnapped iii. 22 From time to time..he shot out one of his questions.

c. To cause (a pain, an emotion, etc.) to pass rapidly through.

ΘΚΠ

the mind > emotion > intense emotion > affect intensely [verb (transitive)]

thirlc1315

piercec1390

thrilla1400

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throb1600

penetratea1616

heart-strikea1637

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sink1771

shoot1842

the mind > emotion > aspects of emotion > quality of affecting the emotions > affect with emotion [verb (transitive)] > cause an emotion to pass rapidly through

shoot1842

1842 Ld. Tennyson Godiva in Poems (new ed.) II. 114 Her palfrey's footfall shot Light horrors thro' her pulses.

1852 H. B. Stowe Uncle Tom's Cabin II. xxxiii. 197 This question shot a gleam of joy and triumph through Tom's soul.

17.

a. To thrust (one's hand, a limb, a weapon, etc.) into something. Also to thrust out, forth, up, etc.

ΘΚΠ

the world > space > place > placing or fact of being placed in (a) position > insertion or putting in > insert or put in [verb (transitive)] > forcibly > specifically the hand or a limb

shootc1275

divea1592

poach1856

c1275 (?a1200) Laȝamon Brut (Calig.) (1963) l. 940 Heo scuten [c1300 Otho soten] heora sconken [in wrestling].

1489 (a1380) J. Barbour Bruce (Adv.) iii. 117 With that ane othir gan him ta Be the lege, and his hand gan schute Betuix the sterap and his fute.

1533 J. Bellenden tr. Livy Hist. Rome (1901) I. ii. vi. 151 He schot his hand in þe fire.

1567 R. Sempill in J. Cranstoun Satirical Poems Reformation (1891) I. 34 Unles ȝe now sharplie shuit out ȝour handis.

1596 J. Dalrymple tr. J. Leslie Hist. Scotl. (1895) II. 186 Ilk schuteng his rapper in vtheris bellie.

1648 T. Winyard Midsummer-moone 1 His head is shot up, as if it would only converse with the Prince oth'aire.

c1730 A. Ramsay Boy & Pig 4 A greedy Callan..Shot his wee nive into the pot.

1774 O. Goldsmith Hist. Earth VIII. 174 They will be found to shoot forth their arms in every direction.

1870 Croodin Doo in R. Chambers Pop. Rhymes Scotl. (new ed.) 53 O it shot out its feet and died.

b. to shoot out: To protrude (the tongue, the lips), usually as an expression of mockery.

ΘΚΠ

the mind > attention and judgement > contempt > derision, ridicule, or mockery > deride, ridicule, or mock [verb (intransitive)] > make derisive gesture

bleara1340

blabber1530

to shoot out1535

pot1549

sleak1674

to make a long nose1828

to thumb one's nose1854

1535 Bible (Coverdale) Psalms xxii. 7 They shute out their lippes.

1688 R. Boyle Disquis. Final Causes ii. 69 The camelion..was to take his prey, by shooting out his tongue at the flies he was to live upon.

1840 T. B. Macaulay Ranke's Hist. in Ess. (1851) II. 146 A sect laughing at the Scriptures, shooting out the tongue at the sacraments.

1857 D. Livingstone Missionary Trav. S. Afr. i. 18 Away she would go with her lips shot out.

1865 A. C. Swinburne Chastelard ii. i. 56 As at my Lord the Jews shot out their tongues.

1893 R. L. Stevenson Catriona i. 12 ‘I thoucht ye had been a lad of some kind o' sense,’ he began, shooting out his lips.

c. to shoot one's eyes: to gaze eagerly. rare.

ΘΚΠ

the world > physical sensation > sight and vision > seeing or looking > see [verb (intransitive)] > stare or gaze

stareOE

gawc1175

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muse1340

glowc1374

gogglec1380

gazec1386

glore?a1400

glopc1400

govec1480

glower?a1513

gowk1513

daze1523

amuse1532

glew1587

to feed one's eyes1590

to seek, buy, or sow gape-seed1598

to shoot one's eyes1602

glazea1616

stargaze1639

gaum1691

to stare like a stuck pig1702

ygaze1737

gawk1785

to feed one's sight1813

gloze1853

glow1856

1602 J. Marston Antonios Reuenge iv. i. sig. G2^v I should not shoote mine eyes into the earth, Poring for mischiefe.

d. to shoot one's cuffs or (formerly) linen (colloquial): to pull one's shirt cuffs out so that they project beyond the cuffs of one's coat. Also figurative.

ΘΚΠ

the world > textiles and clothing > clothing > providing with clothing > provide with clothing [verb (intransitive)] > adjust or arrange

to cock one's hat1633

to strip up1664

to shoot one's cuffs or (formerly) linen1878

1878 E. Yates in World 16 Jan. (Farmer) Adjust your curls, your linen shoot, your coat wide open fling.

1887 Poor Nellie (1888) 104 He ‘shot his linen’ in style.

1889 ‘J. S. Winter’ Harvest 168 Major Pottinger..shot his linen till the bystanders..wondered if it was a new kind of conjuring entertainment.

1909 M. Beerbohm Yet Again 230 The large young man, shooting his cuffs, strode forward.

1929 W. Deeping Roper's Row iii. 25 You felt that you had shot your cuffs and scored a point when you wiped Moorhouse's stately eye.

1942 L. A. G. Strong Unpractised Heart 27 The millionaire pulled out a gold pencil and shot his cuff.

1974 S. Coulter Château i. xvii. 133 He shot his cuffs and walked resolutely towards Mademoiselle Aurélie.

1977 J. Cheever Falconer 129 He shot his cuff to check the time.

18. To eject from the body.

†a. To eject (venom). Also of a spider: To eject (its thread).

ΘΚΠ

the world > movement > motion in a certain direction > going or coming out > letting or sending out > let or send out [verb (transitive)] > eject

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to cast out1611

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to throw off1660

belch1668

c1400 Mandeville's Trav. (Roxb.) xxxi. 143 Þai er euermare gapand, redy for to schote þaire venym.

1775 G. White Let. 8 June in Nat. Hist. Selborne (1789) 192 Every day in fine weather..do I see those spiders shooting out their webs and mounting aloft.

1775 G. White Let. 8 June in Nat. Hist. Selborne (1789) 192 Those filmy threads, when first shot, might be entangled in the rising dew.

†b. To discharge (excreta); also (see quot. 1688). Also to shoot one's belly, bowels. Obsolete.

ΘΚΠ

the world > life > the body > organs of excretion > defecation or urination > defecation > [verb (transitive)]

shita1382

to defy out1382

deliver?a1425

cack1485

evacuate1542

scour1577

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foil1599

exstercorate1609

to dung outa1642

move1645

cast1704

to do one's doings1957

1594 T. Nashe Vnfortunate Traveller sig. M4 So swelled Zadoch [with rage], and was readie to burst out of his skinne, and shoote his bowels like chaine-shot full at Zacharies face for bringing him such balefull tidings.

a1661 W. Brereton Trav. (1844) 179 My mare chanced to eat some green corn, which did occasion her to shoot her belly, and scour intolerably.

1688 R. Holme Acad. Armory ii. 252/1 Terms in feeding cocks... Shuting the Body, is to purge it from its groser dung.

1740 H. Bracken Farriery Improv'd (ed. 2) II. iv. 84 It is a Sign, if he shoot off his Food very fast, that he gets too little Corn.

†c. absol. To have a looseness in the bowels.

ΘΚΠ

the world > health and disease > ill health > a disease > disorders of internal organs > excretory disorders > have excretory disorder [verb (intransitive)] > diarrhoea

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a1642 H. Best Farming & Memorandum Bks. (1984) 6 A weake lambe..will shoote and scowre allmost for the space of 2 dayes.

d. transitive. Of a fish: To discharge (spawn). Also absol. (Cf. shot adj. 1, shotten adj. 3.)

ΘΚΠ

the world > animals > fish > [verb (transitive)] > discharge spawn

shoot1609

1609 P. Holland tr. Ammianus Marcellinus Rom. Hist. 201 Fishes flocke..to this nooke of the Ocean, to breed and shut their spawne.

1884 G. B. Goode in G. B. Goode et al. Fisheries U.S.: Sect. I 409 The Sea-Bass, when they come into the pounds in the spring, are full of spawn, ready to shoot.

e. intransitive. To ejaculate; originally in to shoot one's roe. slang.

ΘΚΠ

the world > physical sensation > sexual relations > sexual activity > engage in sexual activity [verb (intransitive)] > ejaculate

untap1622

spend1662

discharge1683

shoot1879

to get one's nuts offc1932

to get one's rocks off1948

pop1958

spaff1999

1879–80 Pearl (1970) 217 And the little creatures found, When they dragged him to the ground, That, while lecturing, he'd shot his noble roe, roe, roe.

1922 J. Joyce Ulysses ii. xv. [Circe] 528 Bloom (His eyes wildly dilated, clasps himself.) Show! Hide! Show! Plough her! More! Shoot!

1969 P. Roth Portnoy's Complaint 183 Did you warn her you were going to shoot, or did you just come off and let her worry?

1972 H. C. Rae Shooting Gallery iii. 191 I wanted him to shoot and get it over.

f. Of a crab, lobster, etc.: to cast off or drop (a leg or limb).

ΚΠ

1884 G. B. Goode Nat. Hist. Aquatic Animals 805 Lobsters have the power of dropping or ‘shooting’ one or both claws, which may be more or less completely replaced by a new growth.

19.

a. Of a plant: To put forth (buds, leaves, branches, etc.). Chiefly with forth or out. Also figurative.

ΘΚΠ

the world > plants > by growth or development > grow, sprout, or bear fruit [verb (transitive)] > sprout or put forth new growth

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to cast forth1611

to put out1614

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to throw out1733

to throw up1735

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1526 W. Bonde Pylgrimage of Perfection iii. sig. KKiiii To shote forth y^e braunches of murmure, grudge [etc.].

1535 Bible (Coverdale) Luke xxi. 30 Whan they now shute forth their buddes.

1611 Bible (King James) Mark iv. 32 It..shooteth out great branches.

1657 W. Coles Adam in Eden cx Colts-foot shooteth up a slender stalk, with small yellowish Flowers.

1663 S. Patrick Parable of Pilgrim (1687) xxix. 349 Rosemary and Sweet-Brier,..which shoot flowers, and dart forth Musk.

1719 G. London & H. Wise J. de la Quintinie's Compl. Gard'ner (ed. 7) 143 When a fine Fruit Branch shoots many others.

1766 Compl. Farmer at Turnep Apt to make the wheat shoot fresh ears.

1853 M. Arnold Scholar Gipsy in Poems (new ed.) 201 Nor let..the cropp'd grasses shoot another head.

1908 E. Fowler Between Trent & Ancholme 20 The largest round Lavender bush, soon to shoot forth buds and blossoms generously.

b. transferred. Chiefly of an animal, etc.: To put forth (limbs, etc.); also figurative of immaterial things. to shoot the red: of a turkey-cock (see red adj. and n. Phrases 3).

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the world > animals > animal body > general parts > [verb (transitive)] > grow or reproduce (a part)

shoot1739

reproduce1743

1596 J. Dalrymple tr. J. Leslie Hist. Scotl. (1888) I. 238 Quhen this Pelagian hæresie..appeired to schute out the hornes ay wyder and wyder.

1739 S. Sharp Treat. Operations Surg. Introd. 31 The callous Edges softening, will, without any great Assistance, shoot out a Cicatrix.

1865 Englishman's Mag. Feb. 155 He throbs and tingles as the new wings shoot their feathers.

1899 T. C. Allbutt et al. Syst. Med. VIII. 875 These..masses of epithelium..do not shoot downwards the root-like processes so characteristic of epithelioma of the malignant type.

c. To cause to grow or ‘shoot’; to make to spring up. rare.

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the world > plants > by growth or development > grow, sprout, or bear fruit [verb (transitive)] > cause to sprout or grow

multiplya1550

germinate1610

shoot?1610

to put up1626

?1610 J. Fletcher Faithfull Shepheardesse ii. sig. D2 All the verdent grasse. The spring shot vp stands yet vnbruised heere Of any foote.

1821 J. Clare Village Minstrel II. 107 The Power..Who rules the year, and shoots the spindling grain.

20. With reference to stationary position: To throw out as a projection or protuberance; reflexive to stand out, protuberate in a particular direction. †Also in passive, to appear as if thrust down.

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the world > space > shape > unevenness > projection or prominence > project from (something) [verb (transitive)] > cause to project or stretch forth

straightc1400

protend?a1475

shoot1533

raise1568

to set out1573

project1624

protrude1638

to start out1653

penthouse1655

portend1657

to throw out1689

obtend1697

to lay out1748

bumfle1832

out-thrust1855

rank1867

the world > space > shape > unevenness > projection or prominence > thrust out as a projection [verb (reflexive)]

shoot1603

13.. K. Alis. 5953 He ne had noither nekke, ne throte, His heued was in his body y-shote.

1533 J. Bellenden tr. Livy Hist. Rome (1901) I. i. xvii. 97 Throw quhilk þe wallis war schot out with mare magnificent boundis þan afore.

1603 G. Owen Descr. Penbrokshire (1891) i. 5 Carmarthenshere that waye shooteinge it selfe on the Northeast.

1635 D. Person Varieties i. 19 Where the mouth of a large valley endeth at the Sea..shooting as it were it selfe forth into the said Sea..there it should be more shallow.

1784 W. Cowper To Mem. Halibut 17 Where Hibernia shoots Her wondrous causeway far into the main.

III. To send missiles from an engine.A Common Teutonic specialization of branch II.

21.

a. transitive. To send forth, let fly (arrows, bolts, etc.) from a bow or other engine, or (bullets or shot) from a firearm. Const. at, †against, †to.

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society > armed hostility > military equipment > operation and use of weapons > action of propelling missile > assail with missiles [verb (transitive)] > from weapon

shoota900

to shoot at (also after, against, on, unto, to)c1290

to shoot with (also in)1297

society > armed hostility > military equipment > operation and use of weapons > action of propelling missile > assail with missiles [verb (transitive)] > discharge (missile) > from weapon

shoota900

to shoot a shot (or a shoot)1297

a900 Old Eng. Martyrol. 15 Nov. 206 Hig sceoton hyra strælas on twa healfa tosomne.

c1275 (?a1200) Laȝamon Brut (Calig.) (1963) l. 3234 Þa his flæn weoren iscoten þæ iwærd his boȝe to-broken.

c1330 Arth. & Merl. 317 Þer was mani arwe yschote.

1338 R. Mannyng Chron. (1725) 178 Oft tille our Inglis men was schewed a mervaile grete, A darte was schot to þem, bot non wist who it schete.

c1386 G. Chaucer Parson's Tale ⁋ 500 If a man, by caas or aventure, shete an arwe or caste a stoon with which he sleeth a man, he is homicyde.

?1473 W. Caxton tr. R. Le Fèvre Recuyell Hist. Troye (1894) I. lf. 46^v Tho was drawen & shotte many an arowe.

a1500 (?c1450) Merlin xi. 167 Than he shette a-nothir bolte, and slowgh a malarde.

c1550 Complaynt Scotl. (1979) xv. 103 Siklyik ane preist of turque callit deruis schot ane bolt befoir the port of tempil contrar basit.

a1648 Ld. Herbert Life (1976) 3 The Principal Outlaw shot an Arrow against my Grandfather.

1757 tr. J. G. Keyssler Trav. III. 218 A third [cannon ball]..said to have been shot into the wall at the siege of Padua.

1769 T. Pennant Tour Scotl. (1774) 101 Elf-shots..are supposed to be weapons shot by fairies at cattle.

1819 W. Scott Ivanhoe III. i. 27 The Templar's retreat was rendered perilous by the numbers of arrows shot off at him and his party.

b. figurative and in figurative context. to have shot one's bolt: to have done all that one can do. Proverb, a fool's bolt is soon shot: see bolt n.¹ 1a.

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the world > action or operation > completing > complete or conclude action [verb (intransitive)] > have done all one can do

to have shot one's bolt1577

a1100 Prudentius in Zeitschr. f. Deutsches Alterthum (1876) VIII. 38 Ða wæpna..ðe þæt yrre scet [L. miserat].

?c1225 (?a1200) Ancrene Riwle (Cleo. C.vi) (1972) 51 Sikerliche vre fa þe werreur of helle he scheot..ma quarreus to an ancre þenne to seouene & fifti lauedis iðe worlde.

?c1225 (?a1200) Ancrene Riwle (Cleo. C.vi) (1972) 51 Earest [lechery] scheot þe arewen of þe licht echnen þe fleoð lichtliche forð ase flaa þet is iuiðered & stikeð iðere heorte.

c1400 Rom. Rose 1800 The thridde arowe he [the God of Love] gan to shete,..Into myn herte he did avale.

1577 R. Stanyhurst Treat. Descr. Irelande i. f. 3/2, in R. Holinshed Chron. I But if I may craue your patience, to tyme you see me shoote my bolt.

1621 T. W. tr. S. Goulart Wise Vieillard 89 Many others haue shot forth the like bolts and censures, whereof this is the totall summe and substance.

1652 E. Benlowes Theophila ix. iii. 127 Hope be thy Bowe, thy Hand Love, Faith the Shaft; Let Hope shoot Faith to God with Loves strong Draft.

1852 Househ. Words 5 577 [The winds] never cease to shoot at us their arrows barbed with the poison of rheum.

1901 Daily Express 28 Feb. 4/5 The home players had shot their bolt, and in thirty minutes the Birmingham team added two goals.

c. With cognate object, to shoot a shot (or †a shoot). Now rare.

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society > armed hostility > military equipment > operation and use of weapons > action of propelling missile > assail with missiles [verb (transitive)] > discharge (missile) > from weapon

shoota900

to shoot a shot (or a shoot)1297

1297 R. Gloucester's Chron. (Rolls) 11103 An carpenter þat hii sede þat sset þe ssute [MS. Add. þane schote] hii nome.

c1400 Pilgr. Sowle (1859) iv. xxix. 61 But, soothly, they sheten neuer shotte.

1545 R. Ascham Toxophilus ii. f. 1^v For in a rayne and at no marke, a man may shote a fayre shoote.

1590 H. Barwick Breefe Disc. Weapons 17 (margin) The archer dooth require more time then dooth the firy weapon to shoot the first shoot.

1633 T. Stafford Pacata Hibernia ii. xiii. 208 All this while the Enemy shot not a shot.

1644 J. Vicars Jehovah-jireh 193 They forced all the Musketeers..to..shroud themselves within their pikes, not daring to shoot a shoot.

1816 W. Scott Old Mortality iii, in Tales of my Landlord 1st Ser. IV. 65 May the hand be withered that shot the shot!

†d. To hurl or throw (a spear, etc.). Obsolete.

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society > armed hostility > military equipment > operation and use of weapons > action of propelling missile > assail with missiles [verb (transitive)] > cast (spear or dart)

shoota1100

dart1580

a1100 Prudentius in Zeitschr. f. Deutsches Alterthum (1876) VIII. 38 Þæt yrre scyt his spere ongean þæt geðyld.

c1275 (?a1200) Laȝamon Brut (Calig.) (1963) l. 2838 And þa oðere hem scuten [c1300 Otho sote] to scærpe gares.

1393 W. Langland Piers Plowman C. xxi. 50 ‘Aue, rabbi’, quaþ þat ribaud and reodes shotte at hus eyen.

1585 T. Washington tr. N. de Nicolay Nauigations Turkie i. viii. 8 Their weapons are three dartes or long Iauelins, whyche they..doe shoote and throw with wonderfull dexteritie.

e. transferred. To discharge, send forth like an arrow or a shot. Also figurative with object a glance, question, etc.

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the world > movement > impelling or driving > projecting through space or throwing > throw [verb (transitive)] > project through space > specifically an immaterial thing

shoot1612

launch1748

fire1859

1612 M. Drayton Poly-olbion ii. 25 When sharp Winter shoots her sleet and hardned haile.

1622 T. Dekker & P. Massinger Virgin Martir iv. sig. H3^v Doe thine eyes shoote daggers at that man That brings thee health?

1642 T. Fuller Holy State v. i. 358 She hurts most with those glances which are shot from a down-cast eye.

a1684 J. Evelyn Diary anno 1658 (1955) III. 222 A Porcupine, of that kind that shoots its quills.

1816 W. Scott Old Mortality iv, in Tales of my Landlord 1st Ser. IV. 72 The sullen and indignant glances which they shot at them.

1881 Scribner's Monthly 21 268/2 She shot the question at him with a force which took away his breath.

1889 A. Conan Doyle Micah Clarke xxiii. 229 A wild race of fishermen..who..shot some rough West-country jest at me as I passed.

22.

a. absol. and intransitive. To send forth missiles from a bow, firearm, or similar engine. †Also with forth.

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society > armed hostility > military equipment > operation and use of weapons > action of propelling missile > discharge missile [verb (intransitive)]

shoot993

loose1387

discharge1481

fire1848

993 Battle of Maldon 270 Hwilon he on bord sceat, hwilon beorn tæsde.

c1275 (?a1200) Laȝamon Brut (Calig.) (1963) l. 6275 & Bruttes weoren igærede. & þene wal weoreden heo scuten [c1300 Otho soten] in heo scuten ut. scalkes þer feollen.

1297 R. Gloucester's Chron. (Rolls) 11218 Hii mette wiþ þis burgeis & bigonne to ssete vaste I wounded þer was manion.

c1330 R. Mannyng Chron. Wace (Rolls) 858 An herde of hertes sone þey met, Al a triste to schete, Brutus was set.

a1387 J. Trevisa tr. R. Higden Polychron. (St. John's Cambr.) (1865) I. 91 Þey techiþ besiliche here children to ride and to schete.

c1400 tr. Secreta Secret., Gov. Lordsh. cxi. 111 Ordeyne þy wenges, on þe right syde of hem þat stryken and assayllen, and of þe left syde hem þat shoten.

c1422 J. Lydgate Serpent of Div. (1911) 59 And somme with firye dartes and scharpe hokid arwis schetynge in þe eire.

?1473 W. Caxton tr. R. Le Fèvre Recuyell Hist. Troye (1894) I. lf. 32^v Than the archers of kynge saturne began to drawe & shote.

1569 T. Preston Lamentable Trag. Cambises 870 [Venus to Cupid] Shoot forth, my sonne; now is the time that thou must wound his hart.

a1616 W. Shakespeare King John (1623) v. vi. 1 Whose there?..speake quickely, or I shoote .

1668 R. Steele Husbandmans Calling viii. 223 If a man stand on a Tower and shoot downward, he that stands at the bottom of it and shoots upward, may fly above him.

a1684 J. Evelyn Diary anno 1650 (1955) III. 21 Sir Thomas Osborn..& I shot for a wager of five Loises.

1753 Jago Elegy on Blackbird in Adventurer No. 37 O! had he chose some other game, Or shot as he had used to do!

1899 T. M. Ellis Three Cat's-eye Rings 123 They turned round to shoot, and a bullet from one of their muskets shrieked past Clayside's ear.

1907 J. Galsworthy Country House i. i. 2 Foxleigh; he's no good... But can't he shoot just! That's why they ask him.

b. intransitive. To engage in archery (in modern use occasionally in rifle-practice, etc.) as a sport or contest. †to shoot compass (obsolete): see compass adv. 3b.

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society > leisure > sport > types of sport or game > competitive shooting > shoot competitively [verb (intransitive)]

shootc1275

to shoot a match1840

to shoot off a tie1840

c1275 (?a1200) Laȝamon Brut (Calig.) (1978) l. 12325 Summe heo gunnen lepen summe heo gunnen sceoten [c1300 Otho sceate]. summe heo wræstleden.

c1412 T. Hoccleve De Regimine Principum 651 No more I hadde set þerby or roght, A wif or mayde or nune to deffoule, Than scheete, or pleyen at þe bal or boule.

1589 ‘M. Marprelate’ Hay any Worke for Cooper A iij b When the wether is foule, that men cannot go abroad to boules, or to shoote.

1801 T. Roberts Eng. Bowman 293 To shoot down the butts, to begin at the furthest, and end at the shortest butt.

c. well shot! an applauding exclamation when a shooter hits the mark. Also used in sports involving the scoring of goals. Cf. sense 27. Also figurative.

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1641 E. Dering Foure Cardinall-vertues Carmelite-fryar ii. 41 Your promise is of thoughts within, and your proof still of things done without. Well shot. Go to your Book again and study the point better.

1655 T. Fuller Church-hist. Brit. vii. 425 One day being shooting at Butts,..He hit the very mark. The Duke of Northumberland, being present,..Well shot my Liege, quoth he.

1981 E. North Dames xiii. 255 ‘Well shot! Well shot!’ Some feeble cheering on the touchline.

d. Constructions.

(a) to shoot at (†also after, against, on, unto, to) the mark or object aimed at.to shoot at rovers: see to shoot at rovers at rover n.² 1a(a).

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society > armed hostility > military equipment > operation and use of weapons > action of propelling missile > assail with missiles [verb (transitive)] > from weapon

shoota900

to shoot at (also after, against, on, unto, to)c1290

to shoot with (also in)1297

c1290 St. Sebastian 47 in S. Eng. Leg. 179 [The emperor] let archers to him scheote: ase it were to one marke.

a1325 (c1250) Gen. & Exod. (1968) l. 474 Lamech..wurð bisne, and haued a man Ðat ledde him..To scheten after ðe wilde der.

1340 Ayenbite (1866) 45 An archer uor þet he hedde ylore ate geme: nom his boȝe and ssat an heȝ aye god.

c1400 Laud Troy-bk. 7779 To schote at him so was he prest.

c1450 Mirk's Festial 64 But euer deþe sewyth hym wyth his bow drawen and an arow þeryn redy to choton at hym.

?1473 W. Caxton tr. R. Le Fèvre Recuyell Hist. Troye (1894) I. lf. 73 He entryd among tharchers of the troians that shotte thikke on hym.

1496 in T. Dickson Accts. Treasurer Scotl. (1877) I. 273 Giffin to the King himself to schute at the prop with James Mersar,..x s.

1497 in T. Dickson Accts. Treasurer Scotl. (1877) I. 360 Item, to the king, to schut at the schell..xvjd.

a1538 T. Starkey Dial. Pole & Lupset (1989) 71 Ever as a marke to schote un to.

?1576 G. Gascoigne Spoyle of Antwerpe sig. A4^v They of the Towne did not shote at the prince of Orenges Shippes.

1611 Bible (King James) Gen. xlix. 23 The archers haue sorely grieued him, and shot at him.

1673 R. Leigh Transproser Rehears'd 97 They fought for his crown when they shot at his person.

a1715 Bp. G. Burnet Hist. Own Time (1724) I. 242 Van Gheudt..shot against Bruntisland without doing any mischief.

1774 O. Goldsmith Hist. Earth VI. 96 They have stood to be shot at in flocks, without offering to move.

1816 W. Scott Black Dwarf ii, in Tales of my Landlord 1st Ser. I. 52 Willie of Winton whom you shot at?

1908 E. M. Gordon Indian Folk Tales (1909) ix. 85 A young man..asked me to shoot at an owl.

(b) to shoot with (also †in) a bow, gun, etc.; also rarely with an arrow.

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society > armed hostility > military equipment > operation and use of weapons > action of propelling missile > assail with missiles [verb (transitive)] > from weapon

shoota900

to shoot at (also after, against, on, unto, to)c1290

to shoot with (also in)1297

c1275 (?a1200) Laȝamon Brut (Calig.) (1978) l. 8262 Nu ich hine [Hengest] ȝiue þe..& let þine hired-childeren..scotien mid heore flan & his cun scenden anan.]

1297 R. Gloucester's Chron. (Rolls) 7735 He wolde..ssete [v.rr. schute, schete] also mid bowe & arblaste.

c1440 Promptorium Parvulorum 445/2 Schetyn yn a bowe [v.r. shotyn with bowes] sagitto.

1530 J. Palsgrave Lesclarcissement 704/2 I shote in any bowe, crosse bowe, or longe bowe.

1546 J. Heywood Dialogue Prouerbes Eng. Tongue ii. vi. sig. I But many a man speaketh of Robyn hood, That neuer shotte in his bowe.

1610 P. Holland tr. W. Camden Brit. i. 633 Surnamed Strongbow, because he shot in a bow of exceeding great bent.

1647 N. Nye Art of Gunnery i. 35 It is as easie to shoot in a great Gun as in a Musket.

c1665 L. Hutchinson Mem. Col. Hutchinson (1973) To Children 4 He shott excellently in bowes and gunns, and much us'd them for his exercise.

a1684 J. Evelyn Diary anno 1646 (1955) II. 528 Here I first saw huge Balistæ or Crosse bows..shot in.

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971 Blickl. Hom. 199 Þa genam he his bogan..& ða mid geættredum stræle ongan sceotan wiþ þæs þe he geseah þæt hryþer stondan.

c1290 St. Cristopher 204 in S. Eng. Leg. 277 With bouwe and Areblast þare schoter to him four hondret knyȝtes and mo.

c1440 Gesta Romanorum (Add. MS.) ii. xix. 335 The knyght..shotte to [Cambr. MS. shot at] hym with an arowe, and slough hym.

1613 S. Purchas Pilgrimage 740 They shoot at the Fish with their darts.

1873 B. Harte What B. Harte Saw in Fiddletown 100 There was a mark at which a few credulous people shot with a toy rifle.

(d) With adverb or phrase, to shoot beside, to shoot far from, to shoot near the mark; to shoot short, to shoot straight, etc. Often figurative.

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?1473 W. Caxton tr. R. Le Fèvre Recuyell Hist. Troye (1894) I. lf. 127^v Hercules and many other shotte at most strayt and next the marke.

1545 R. Ascham Toxophilus i. f. 48^v But to shoote wyde and far of the marke is a thynge possyble.

1546 J. Heywood Dialogue Prouerbes Eng. Tongue i. vi. sig. Biii Ye mary (quoth he) now ye shoote ny the pricke.

1577 W. Harrison Hist. Descr. Islande Brit. iii. i. f. 95^v/2, in R. Holinshed Chron. I Wherein they [sc. foreign writers] haue shot so farre wyde as the quantity of ground was betweene themselues and their marke.

1585 Queen Elizabeth I Let. to James VI (Camden) 17 Who seaketh two stringes to one bowe, he [printed the] may shute strong, but neuer strait.

1658 W. Gurnall Christian in Armour: 2nd Pt. 335 Man he lets flie against God (though against his will he shoots short) whole vollies of sinnes and impieties.

a1704 T. Brown Ess. Women in 4th Vol. Wks. (1709) i. 39 But alas! how far do you shoot from the Mark? [in answer to a question].

1862 ‘F. G. Trafford’ City & Suburb (1869) iii. 22 He had shot wonderfully near the truth.

(e) to shoot to kill (cf. kill v. 6c), implying the desire or intention to kill, rather than frighten or wound, a living target. Also shoot-to-kill adjectival phr.

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the world > life > death > killing > kill [verb (intransitive)] > try to kill

shoot-to-kill1867

the world > life > death > killing > [adjective] > eager to kill

sanguinolent1577

sanguineous1612

sanguisugous1615

sanguinary1623

sanguinarian1637

sanguinarious1654

sanguinous1663

sanguine1705

bloodhot1866

red-handed1879

red-hand1894

kill-crazy1942

shoot-to-kill1973

1867 Harper's Mag. Feb. 274/2 Wild Bill with his own hands has killed hundreds of men... ‘He shoots to kill’, as they say on the border.

1949 N. Marsh Swing, Brother, Swing iii. 48 Plays like he shoots an' he shoots to kill.

1956 ‘J. Christopher’ Death of Grass v. 79 ‘Must you shoot to kill?’ He began to say: ‘It's a matter of safety.’

1973 Black Panther 7 Apr. 10/3 LEAA was the liberal establishment's attempt to modernize police techniques as a substitute for ‘shoot to kill’ repression.

1977 New Yorker 15 Aug. 67/1 A Cuban businessman..recalled favorably Mayor Richard Daley's calling for the National Guard and giving the police shoot-to-kill orders because of the Chicago riots.

(f) to shoot it out: to settle (a dispute) by shooting or by the exchange of military fire. Cf. fight v. 8.

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society > armed hostility > military equipment > operation and use of weapons > action of propelling missile > discharge of firearms > discharge firearms [verb (intransitive)] > settle dispute by firing

to shoot it out1912

1912 W. M. Raine Brand Blotters xii. 327 Had he shown any sign of indecision, they would have taken a chance and shot it out.

1939 War Illustr. 18 Dec. 458/3 Two gangsters have temporarily joined hands to plunder the wealthier citizens, on the understanding that they will ‘shoot it out’ between them later.

1949 F. Maclean Eastern Approaches ii. iv. 221 To try and shoot it out with them would bring the whole place about our ears.

e. quasi-transitive. to shoot a match: to engage in a shooting-match. Also to shoot off a tie: to decide a tie in a shooting-match by a supplementary contest.

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society > leisure > sport > types of sport or game > competitive shooting > shoot competitively [verb (intransitive)]

shootc1275

to shoot a match1840

to shoot off a tie1840

1840 D. P. Blaine Encycl. Rural Sports §2763 Captain R. and Mr. S. then shot the tie off.

1840 D. P. Blaine Encycl. Rural Sports §2763 Two matches were then shot by Capt. Ross and Mr. Osbaldeston.

1859 ‘Stonehenge’ Shot-gun ii. 7 Lord Huntingfield,..and Mr. Bateson having repeatedly shot matches at Hornsey Wood House.

1861 Temple Bar 3 266 This target was chosen for shooting off the ties at the long distances.

f. transferred. intransitive and transitive. To take a snapshot (of) with a camera; to photograph (a scene, action, person, etc.) with a cinematographic camera; to take (cinematographic film), to film; occasionally with the actor as subject.

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society > leisure > the arts > visual arts > photography > action of taking photograph > take photograph [verb (intransitive)] > in specific manner

shoot1890

Kodak1891

snap1891

snapshot1894

mug1899

society > leisure > the arts > visual arts > photography > action of taking photograph > photograph [verb (transitive)] > in specific manner

to fire away1859

stereograph1860

flashlight1886

shoot1890

snap1890

Kodak1891

snapshot1898

mug1899

mutoscope1899

telephotograph1899

mutograph1908

photomaton1927

soft-focus1928

minicam1937

microfiche1975

pap1993

society > leisure > the arts > performance arts > cinematography > filming > film [verb (intransitive)]

film1913

shoot1916

lens1983

society > leisure > the arts > performance arts > cinematography > filming > film [verb (transitive)]

kinetograph1891

cinematograph1897

take1897

biograph1898

kinematograph1898

film1899

make1914

shoot1916

can1935

lens1942

1890 Internat. Ann. Anthonys Photogr. Bull. 3 Beside him is another sort of shutter operator with an ordinary camera and fairly good shutter... Does he shoot when his companion did?

1892 Photogr. Ann. II. 51 We at first tried the other method, namely, looking at the object and shooting at the critical moment.

1896 Punch 30 May 264/2 I even bless the Kodak now With which, dear Nell, you ‘shot’ me.

1916 ‘B. M. Bower’ Phantom Herd ii. 22 He..debated whether it should be ‘shot’ with two cameras or three.

1919 Conquest Dec. 70/2 First, the camera man ‘shoots’ on the tank containing the fishes with one half of the lens open.

1923 Publishers' Circular 29 Sept. Miss May Edgington's new novel, ‘Triumph’, is at the present moment being ‘shot’ for film production.

1927 Daily Tel. 21 June 17/1 Mr. Fox sent the players specially to this country in order to ‘shoot’ as many scenes as possible in the appropriate places.

1928 L. North Parasites 26 He passed a group of people gathered round the camera that had just shot the abortion he had seen enacted.

1930 E. Waugh Vile Bodies ix. 156 ‘All right,’ said one of the men with megaphones... ‘We'll shoot the duel now.’

1932 News Chron. 23 Sept. 3/5 The film of Cervantes' book which is being ‘shot’ in the Alps near Nice.

1953 Manch. Guardian Weekly 27 Aug. 7/1 While the big-city exhibitors were pondering this expensive outlay a small studio in Hollywood shot a poor film with two interlocking lenses.

1962 Montagu & Leyda tr. Nizhny Lessons with Eisenstein iii. 66 Could the set-up be so changed as to shoot past Dessalines' back?

1976 Observer 9 May (Colour Suppl.) 10/2 She has also shot the odd film here.

1978 J. Krantz Scruples iii. 77 If anyone was going to go down to the Virgin Islands and shoot three models in next year's monokinis..it was Hank.

g. to shoot a profile: see to shoot a profile at profile n. 16.

23. figurative and in figurative context.

a. With reference to metaphorical arrows or darts, e.g. of love, temptation, affliction.

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a1000 Minds of Men 35 He..hygegar leteð, scurum sceoteþ.

c1175 Ormulum (Burchfield transcript) l. 3839 & ȝiff he [the devil] seoþ þe mann forrdredd He wile himm skerrenn mare. & ræfenn himm hiss rihhte witt & shetenn inn hiss heorrte.

c1386 G. Chaucer Parson's Tale ⁋714 An ydel man is lyk to a place that hath no walles; deueles may entre on euery syde and sheten at hym at discouert, by temptacion on euery syde.

c1400 Rom. Rose 1777 And whanne that love gan nyghe me nere, He..shette at me with all his myght.

1895 R. W. Chambers King in Yellow (1909) 255 I think..that he [Cupid] does shoot fairly—yes, and even gives one warning.

†b. to shoot at: to assail with censure or contempt. Obsolete.

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the mind > attention and judgement > contempt > disapproval > invective or abuse > abuse [verb (transitive)]

vilea1300

rebutc1330

revilea1393

arunt1399

stainc1450

brawl1474

vituper1484

rebalk1501

to call (rarely to speak) (all) to naught1542

rattle1542

vituperate1542

bedaub1570

beray1576

bespurt1579

wring1581

misuse1583

caperclaw1589

abuse1592

rail1592

exagitate1593

to shoot atc1595

belabour1596

to scour one's mouth on1598

bespurtle1604

conviciate1604

scandala1616

delitigate1623

betongue1639

bespatter1644

rant1647

palt1648

opprobriatea1657

pelt1658

proscind1659

inveigh1670

clapperclaw1692

blackguard1767

philippize1804

drub1811

foul-mouth1822

bullyrag1823

target1837

barge1841

to light on ——1842

slang1844

villainize1857

slangwhang1880

slam-bang1888

vituperize1894

bad-mouth1941

slag1958

zing1962

to dump on (occasionally all over)1967

c1595 Countess of Pembroke Psalme lii. 23 in Coll. Wks. (1998) II. 52 The Iust shall..shoote at thee With scornfull glaunces.

1643 R. Baker Chron. Kings of Eng. iv. 57 The Queen conceiving, that through the sides of the Prelates, she her self was shot at, suppressed them what she could.

1652 H. Bell tr. M. Luther Colloquia Mensalia 113 The Turks and Jews do acknowledg God the Father, but it is the Son that they shoot at.

1665 R. South Serm. preached before Court 31 If it is a Pleasure to be envied and shot at, to be maligned standing,..then is it a pleasure to be great.

c. to shoot at (with express or implied reference to a metaphorical mark or target): (a) to aim at, to seek to have or accomplish; to aspire to, strive after (now archaic); †(b) to ‘drive at’, mean, to have reference to; †(c) to aim at imitating, follow the example of.

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the mind > will > intention > intend [verb (transitive)] > have as purpose or object

followeOE

studylOE

turna1200

pursuea1382

purposec1384

to shoot atc1407

ensue1483

proponea1500

studyc1503

prick1545

tread1551

suit1560

to go for ——1568

to set (up) one's rest1572

expect1578

propose1584

propound1596

aima1616

scope1668

to set up1691

aim1821

to go in for1835

to be out for1887

to be flat out for1930

target1966

shoot1967

the world > relative properties > relationship > imitation > imitate [verb (transitive)] > follow advice, example, etc.

followOE

counterfeitc1405

to shoot atc1407

ensue1430

enfollowc1449

to follow suit with1655

to follow the lead of1863

the mind > mental capacity > intelligibility > meaning > meaning of linguistic unit > mean, signify, express [verb (transitive)] > make reference to

to shoot atc1407

mean1513

to have respect to1542

to intend at1572

eye1594

to turn upon ——1697

to turn on ——1765

(a)

c1407–10 T. Hoccleve Min. Poems (1892) 58 But myn herte is euere bent To sheete at yow good wil in soothfastnesse.

1528 W. Tyndale That Fayth Mother of All Good Workes 30 The same is blynde and wotteth not what he dothe: erreth and shoteth at a wronge marke.

a1568 R. Ascham Scholemaster (1570) ii. f. 51 Thou, that shotest at perfection in the Latin tong, think not thy selfe wiser than Tullie was.

1630 R. Norton tr. W. Camden Hist. Princesse Elizabeth iii. 36 The Queene of Scotts..easily vnderstood, that her distruction was shot at by this Association.

1647 J. Trapp Marrow Good Authors 652 Their evil dissembled ambitious desires plainly declared..that they both shot at one and the same mark.

1888 R. L. Stevenson Black Arrow iii. iii. 163 I shoot at no advantage to myself.

(b)1577 H. I. tr. H. Bullinger 50 Godlie Serm. I. i. ix. sig. F.ij^v/1 For to this ende shoote all the exhortations of the Prophets and Apostles.1583 G. Babington Very Fruitfull Expos. Commaundem. viii. 373 An equalitie of commodities present is plainely shot at in this law.1583 G. Babington Very Fruitfull Expos. Commaundem. viii. 390 I might recite the lawes of God,..which directly shoote at the shame of this sinne.1629 H. Burton Truth's Triumph 307 The maine thing Vega shootes at in this chapter.(c)c1515 in State Papers Henry VIII (1834) II. 15 Bycause the Deputye useyth the said wrongfull extortion, all the noble folke of the lande shotes at hym, folowyth his wayes in that behalf, asmuche as in them is.

†d. To have an aim or reference (beyond something mentioned). Obsolete.

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the mind > mental capacity > intelligibility > meaning > meaning of linguistic unit > implied meaning > have implied meaning [verb (intransitive)]

squint1599

shoot1680

1680 H. More Apocalypsis Apocalypseos 66 This part of the Vision therefore shoots beyond the Pergamenian and Thyatirian Interval of the church, and begins with the Sardian.

†e. to shoot over: to overshoot the mark. Obsolete.

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the world > action or operation > prosperity > advancement or progress > outdoing or surpassing > outdo or surpass [verb (intransitive)] > go beyond bounds > go too far

overdoa1325

outreacha1400

overreacha1568

to overshoot the mark1583

to shoot over1605

overact1611

to outrun the constable1631

to overstep the mark (also line)1827

1605 F. Bacon Of Aduancem. Learning ii. sig. Bbb3^v And certaynelye, it is an errour frequent, for men to shoot ouer, and to suppose deeper ends, and more compasse reaches then are.

†f. in certain proverbial phrases. Obsolete.

ΚΠ

1530 J. Palsgrave Lesclarcissement 704/2 I shote at all adventures, or at the unhappyest, Je tire a la volée.

1577 tr. ‘F. de L'Isle’ Legendarie sig. Giij^v Now in making warre against the Protestants, they shotte sundry wayes with owne selfe arrowe.

1630 P. Massinger Renegado v. iii. sig. L Neither can I Be wonne to thinke, but if I should attempt it, I shoote against the Moone.

g. slang (originally U.S.). to shoot off one's mouth: to talk indiscreetly or abusively; to talk unrestrainedly or at length, to assert one's opinions; to boast or brag. Also to shoot one's mouth off and similar phrases.

ΘΚΠ

the mind > emotion > pride > boasting or boastfulness > boast [verb (intransitive)]

yelpc888

kebc1315

glorify1340

to make avauntc1340

boast1377

brag1377

to shake boastc1380

glorya1382

to make (one's) boastc1385

crackc1470

avaunt1471

glaster1513

voust1513

to make (one's or a) vauntc1515

jet?1521

vaunt?1521

crowa1529

rail1530

devauntc1540

brave1549

vaunt1611

thrasonize1619

vapour1629

ostentate1670

goster1673

flourish1674

rodomontade1681

taper1683

gasconade1717

stump1721

rift1794

mang1819

snigger1823

gab1825

cackle1847

to talk horse1855

skite1857

to blow (also U.S. toot) one's own horn1859

to shoot off one's mouth1864

spreadeagle1866

swank1874

bum1877

to sound off1918

woof1934

to shoot a line1941

to honk off1952

to mouth off1958

blow-

the mind > language > malediction > [verb (intransitive)] > abuse, scold, or wrangle

chidec1175

to say or speak (a, no, etc.) villainy1303

scold1377

revilea1460

raila1470

fare1603

extirp1605

camp1606

callet1620

oblatrate1623

cample1628

objurgate1642

reprobate1698

slang1828

vituperate1856

to shoot one's mouth off1864

the mind > language > speech > loquacity or talkativeness > be talkative [verb (intransitive)] > talk excessively or chatter

chavel?c1225

babblea1250

chattera1250

clacka1250

janglea1300

ganglec1300

clapc1315

mumblec1350

blabberc1375

carp1377

tatterc1380

garre1382

rattlec1400

clatter1401

chimec1405

gabc1405

pattera1450

smattera1450

languetc1450

pratec1460

chat1483

jabber1499

clittera1529

cackle1530

prattle1532

blatter1533

blab1535

to run on pattens1546

tattle1547

prittle-prattlea1555

trattlea1555

tittle-tattle1556

quiddlea1566

brabble1570

clicket1570

twattle1573

gabble1574

prittle1583

to like to hear oneself speak, talk1597

to word it1612

deblaterate1623

tongue1624

twitter1630

snatter1647

oversay1656

whiffle1706

to gallop away1711

splutter1728

gob1770

gibble-gabble1775

palaver1781

to talk (etc.) nineteen to the dozen1785

gammon1789

witter1808

yabble1808

yaff1808

mag1810

chelp1820

tongue-pad1825

yatter1825

potter1826

chipper1829

jaw-jaw1831

buzz1832

to shoot off one's mouth1864

yawp1872

blate1878

chin1884

yap1888

spiel1894

to talk (also lie, swear, etc.) a blue streak1895

to run off at the mouth1908

chattermag1909

clatfart1913

to talk a streak1915

to run one's mouth1916

natter1942

ear-bash1944

rabbit1950

yack1950

yacker1961

to eat parrot head (also bottom)1965

yacket1969

to twat on1996

society > communication > manifestation > disclosure or revelation > disclose or make revelations [verb (intransitive)] > disclose or reveal secrets

tell1537

blaba1616

to let the cat out of the bag1760

to blow the gab or gaff1834

to shoot off one's mouth1864

to give the show away1879

unload1904

to spill the beans1919

to shoot the works1922

1864 Weekly Rocky Mountain News (Denver) 3 Aug. 4/2 A Dutch married woman..was taxed $17·80 for ‘shooting off her mouth’ against the virtue and morality of a neighbouring maiden.

1880 News & Press (Cimarron, New Mexico) 8 Apr. 1/5 Nobby, you've..never yit shot off yer mouth on the marryin' biz.

1890 N. P. Langford Vigilante Days I. 295 Why, you fool; there you go, shooting off your mouth to me the first thing. Didn't I caution you not to tell any one?

1896 S. Crane Maggie (U.K. ed.) xi. 96 Youse fellers er lookin' fer a scrap an' it's damn likely yeh'll fin' one if yeh keeps on shootin' off yer mout's.

1919 O. W. Holmes Let. 5 Apr. (1964) iii. 184 They make me want to write a letter to ease my mind and shoot off my mouth; but of course I keep a judicial silence.

1933 D. L. Sayers Murder must Advertise x. 165 That don't prove nothing... Not without you know 'ow long it took Mr. Tompkin to shoot 'is mouth off.

1946 E. O'Neill Iceman Cometh ii. 99 He ought to do it, and not just shoot off his old bazoo about it.

1954 P. G. Wodehouse Jeeves & Feudal Spirit xiii. 123 So this was how the woman was accustomed to shoot off her bally head about me in my absence.

1967 Boston Globe 5 Apr. 51/5 The only way we can keep Red..quiet is to beat Boston... I'm tired of hearing him shoot off his mouth.

1973 W. J. Burley Death in Salubrious Place i. 24 With Matthew Eva shooting his mouth off about Peters it could turn ugly.

h. transitive and intransitive. To inject by means of a hypodermic syringe (used esp. with reference to the taking of addictive drugs). Also reflexive. Frequently const. up. slang (originally U.S.).

ΘΚΠ

the world > physical sensation > use of drugs and poison > take drugs [verb (intransitive)] > by injection

shoot1914

hypo1925

fix1938

jab1938

skin-pop1951

the world > physical sensation > use of drugs and poison > take drugs [verb (transitive)] > inject (with) drugs

shoot1914

jab1938

mainline1938

main1952

pop1952

skin1953

fix1969

the world > physical sensation > use of drugs and poison > take drugs [verb (reflexive)] > inject with drugs

shoot1951

1914 L. E. Jackson & C. R. Hellyer Vocab. Criminal Slang 75 Shoot, verb, current amongst hypodermic habitues. To inject morphine or other drug with a syringe. Example; ‘How many times do you shoot a day?’

1926 J. Black You can't Win xii. 161 They grew so despondent over their plight..they decided to ‘shoot up’ the small portion of white stuff they had left.

1951 Life 25 June 120/1 But furnishes hypodermics and other paraphernalia so he may ‘shoot himself’ on the spot.

1953 W. S. Burroughs Junkie i. 23 He shot another syrette.

1953 W. S. Burroughs Junkie iii. 36 I began shooting in the main line to save stuff and because the immediate kick was better.

1969 H. Waugh Young Prey iv. 65 The junkies..need a place to go where they can shoot themselves and where an expert can shoot the novices.

1971 Oz May 5/2 They were using those needles man, they were shooting up.

1979 R. Jaffe Class Reunion (1980) ii. iv. 204 He [sc. a dermatologist] would be the magician who would..peel off wrinkles, shoot silicone into laugh lines.

i. intransitive. To proceed, go ahead (with a speech, question, etc.), to ‘fire away’. Usually imperative, as an invitation to introduce a topic. Also transitive to direct (words); to say, speak; occasionally imperative with it, and to shoot back, to riposte, retort. colloquial (originally U.S.).

ΘΚΠ

the mind > language > speech > speak, say, or utter [verb (transitive)]

speakc825

queatheOE

forthdoc900

i-seggenc900

sayeOE

speak971

meleOE

quidOE

spella1000

forthbringc1000

givec1175

warpa1225

mootc1225

i-schirea1250

upbringa1250

outsay?c1250

spilec1275

talec1275

wisea1300

crackc1315

nevena1325

cast1330

rehearsec1330

roundc1330

spend1362

carpa1375

sermona1382

to speak outc1384

usea1387

minc1390

pronouncea1393

lancec1400

mellc1400

nurnc1400

slingc1400

tellc1400

wordc1400

yelpc1400

worka1425

utterc1444

outspeakc1449

yielda1450

arecchec1460

roose?a1475

cutc1525

to come forth with1532

bubble1536

prolate1542

report1548

prolocute1570

bespeak1579

wield1581

upbraid1587

up with (also mid) ——1594

name1595

upbrayc1600

discoursea1616

tonguea1616

to bring out1665

voice1665

emit1753

lip1789

to out with1802

pitch1811

go1836

to open one's head1843

vocabulize1861

shoot1915

verbal1920

be1982

the mind > language > speech > speak [verb (intransitive)] > begin to speak

upbreakc1275

to set spell on enda1300

gina1333

to take up (one's) parablea1382

braidc1400

to take up the word1477

begin1563

exordiate1594

to speak upa1723

to lug out1787

to speak out1792

upspeak1827

exordize1887

shoot1915

open1926

to come in1949

the mind > attention and judgement > answer > answer [verb (transitive)] > sharply

returna1500

reply1526

snap1550

pat1575

retort1597

regyre1606

regest1614

retaliate1632

snap1647

repartee1677

riposte1823

to shoot back1974

1915 Dial. Notes 4 235 Shoot, imper., continue; go ahead.

1917 G. Ade Let. 12 June (1973) 64 The other day a harelipped man working for me stopped me and said he wished to ask a question. I told him to shoot.

1920 S. Lewis Main St. x. 121 ‘Shall we try “The Idylls of the King”?They're so full of color.’ ‘Go to it. Shoot.’

1930 H. R. Wakefield in London Mercury Feb. 317 ‘Surely he wouldn't tell us,’ said Dandylion. ‘He'd be on the other side.’ ‘Well, shoot some of your S.A.,’ said the young person, ‘He'll soon come across.’

1930 Observer 23 Mar. 15 At shooting the smart stuff, Miss Blakeney has the world well beaten.

1934 J. M. Cain Postman always rings Twice ii. 9 I shot it right close to her ear, almost in a whisper. ‘How come you married this Greek, anyway?’

1935 W. D. Hubbard Thousandth Frog 157 ‘Well,’ said Gratton. ‘Shoot it.’

1942 Amer. Mercury July 90 Dat what you shooting ain't worth a damn!

1951 J. C. Fennessy Sonnet in Bottle vii. iii. 259 ‘I want to ask your advice about something.’.. Rupert said, ‘Well, shoot.’

1974 ‘E. Lathen’ Sweet & Low xi. 112 ‘Where's Amory?’... ‘How do I know?’ Yeoman shot back.

1978 H. Wouk War & Remembrance xxxvii. 388 ‘Can I pick your brain on one more point?’ ‘Shoot.’

j. Chiefly U.S. slang. to shoot the works: to effect something to the fullest extent; spec. to discharge the necessary business; to tell the truth, reveal all; to shoot the bull: to talk nonsense (cf. bull n.⁴ 3); to shoot a line: see to shoot a line at line n.² 13g.

ΘΚΠ

society > communication > manifestation > disclosure or revelation > disclose or make revelations [verb (intransitive)] > disclose or reveal secrets

tell1537

blaba1616

to let the cat out of the bag1760

to blow the gab or gaff1834

to shoot off one's mouth1864

to give the show away1879

unload1904

to spill the beans1919

to shoot the works1922

the mind > mental capacity > intelligibility > absence of meaning > nonsense, rubbish > insincere or pretentious talk > talk insincerely [verb (intransitive)]

vapour1629

cant1648

quack1650

gas1849

bull1850

to shoot the bull1922

blah1924

1922 E. O'Neill Hairy Ape vii. 74 Can't youse see I belong? Sure! I'm reg'lar. I'll stick, get me? I'll shoot de woiks for youse.

1930 Amer. Speech 5 197 (heading) Shooting the bull.

1946 M. Mezzrow & B. Wolfe Really Blues i. 5 We had a yen..to strut and act biggity and shoot the works.

1951 W. Stevens Let. 27 Dec. (1967) 735 We have people who seem to hand a list of names to a stenographer and tell her to shoot the works.

1972 Maclean's Mar. 41/2 ‘Writes all my speeches,’ he'd say and slap me on the back. ‘Smart boy! He can sure shoot the bull.’

k. Bridge. To play abnormally in a tournament in order to achieve a high score, e.g. one needed to win a tournament.

ΘΚΠ

society > leisure > entertainment > pastimes > game > card game > bridge > play bridge [verb (intransitive)] > actions or tactics

echo1885

peter1887

declare1895

false-card1902

finesse1902

to go over1902

to go down1905

switch1906

pass1908

exit1930

break1952

shoot1957

1957 M. Miles How to win at Duplicate Bridge vii. 318 Why do people invariably overbid when they are shooting? There are many better opportunities to shoot by underbidding.

1972 Times 3 June 8/6 It was the 98th deal of a 100 board match and North South were ‘shooting’ for top scores.

l. To strive for, to aim at. U.S. colloquial.

ΘΚΠ

the mind > will > intention > intend [verb (transitive)] > have as purpose or object

followeOE

studylOE

turna1200

pursuea1382

purposec1384

to shoot atc1407

ensue1483

proponea1500

studyc1503

prick1545

tread1551

suit1560

to go for ——1568

to set (up) one's rest1572

expect1578

propose1584

propound1596

aima1616

scope1668

to set up1691

aim1821

to go in for1835

to be out for1887

to be flat out for1930

target1966

shoot1967

1967 Technol. Week 23 Jan. 15/3 The space agency is currently shooting for a nuclear engine that would operate for 1,000 hours before refueling.

1976 Billings (Montana) Gaz. 20 June 6- e/2 Mississippi College long jumper Larry Myricks is shooting for a jump of 27 feet.

24. Of a bow, engine, or firearm:

a. transitive. To send forth (a missile).

ΘΚΠ

society > armed hostility > military equipment > operation and use of weapons > action of propelling missile > assail with missiles [verb (transitive)] > discharge (missile) > of weapon

castc1325

shoot?a1366

throwa1382

?a1366 Romaunt Rose 989 That bowe semede wel to shete These arowis fyve.

1547 in Archaeologia (1888) 51 262 Brode fawcons shotinge iij shotte.

1679 T. Blount Fragmenta Antiquitatis 3 Catapulta, was an ancient warlike Engine to shoot Darts.

b. intransitive. To send forth missiles; to ‘carry’ a certain distance. Also, of a gun, to be discharged, go off (e.g. in a salute).

ΘΚΠ

society > armed hostility > military equipment > operation and use of weapons > action of propelling missile > discharge missile [verb (intransitive)] > of weapon

shoota1575

fire1542

discharge1565

shoota1575

go1598

to let fly1611

scatter1736

poop1915

a1575 G. Gascoigne Weeds in Posies in Wks. (1907) I. 374 A peece which shot so well, so gently and so streight.

a1578 R. Lindsay Hist. & Cron. Scotl. (1899) II. 124 Quhan thir proclematiounis war endit..than the trumpattis and schalmes blew and so did the arteilȝerie schuit and bellis rang.

a1616 W. Shakespeare Merry Wives of Windsor (1623) iii. ii. 29 This boy will carrie a letter twentie mile as easie, as a Canon will shoot point-blanke twelue score.

1663 Marquis of Worcester Cent. Names & Scantlings Inventions §67 To make Guns shoot.

1669 S. Sturmy Mariners Mag. v. xii. 68 The Piece directed by her Metal, will shoot about twice as far as when..set by a Dispert.

1846 W. Greener Sci. Gunnery (new ed.) 406 We have seen American rifle-barrels, which were far from the straight..yet they shot well.

25. transitive. To discharge (a bow, catapult, etc.), to fire (a gun or other firearm); also with off out. Const. at, †against, etc. spec. in gun-making (see quots. 1886¹, 1886²).

ΘΚΠ

society > armed hostility > military equipment > operation and use of weapons > action of propelling missile > assail with missiles [verb (transitive)] > discharge (a missile weapon)

shoot1482

discharge1523

1482 W. Cely Let. 16 Aug. in Cely Lett. (1975) 169 All the gvnnes yn the bollewarkys and abowte the wallys were schett ffor joye.

c1500 Melusine (1895) xxi. 116 Oure galeyes..bygan of al partes to shutte theire gonnes.

1506 in J. B. Paul Accts. Treasurer Scotl. (1901) III. 203 To the pynouris of Leith quhilk carying the irn gun to the sandis to schut hir thair before the King.

1530 J. Palsgrave Lesclarcissement 704/2 They have shotte fourscore peces agaynst this towre in lesse than halfe an houre.

1557 Peebles Burgh Rec. (1872) 240 The counsall ordanis gif thair cum ony sodane fray to the toun..to James Frank to schoit ane goone.

1619 W. Phillip tr. W. C. Schouten Relation Wonderfull Voiage 11 We shot two peeces, an houre betweene each shot, to call her.

a1648 Ld. Herbert Life (1976) 34 Then you may shoote of a Pistoll in the stable.

1826 W. Scott Woodstock II. v. 122 The malignants shooting their wall-pieces at us.

1834 C. A. Davis Lett. J. Downing, Major iii. 36 Says he, ‘Can you shoot a rifle, Major?’ ‘Pretty considerable,’ says I.

1886 Ld. Walsingham & R. Payne-Gallwey Shooting (Badminton Libr. of Sports & Pastimes) I. 71 The gun is now stocked and screwed, and then in the rough state is sent to the ground to be shot and regulated.

1886 Ld. Walsingham & R. Payne-Gallwey Shooting (Badminton Libr. of Sports & Pastimes) I. 75 A high-class gunmaker will spend days in shooting a gun in order to get its pattern and force up to the mark he considers requisite to make it a perfect weapon.

in extended use.1681 J. Dryden Spanish Fryar v. ii. 75 But man..should make Examples; Which like a Warning-piece must be shot off, To fright the rest from Crimes.

26.

a. To propel (a marble, pellet, etc.) as from the thumb and forefinger. Also U.S., to throw a die or dice; to play at dice. colloquial.

ΘΚΠ

the world > movement > impelling or driving > impel or drive [verb (transitive)] > by impact or force > by a blow of fingernail

flirt1582

shoot1820

society > leisure > entertainment > pastimes > game > games of chance > dice-playing > play at dice [verb (transitive)]

shoot1909

1820 W. Irving Sketch Bk. (1821) I. 47 Rip Van Winkle..taught them to fly kites and shoot marbles.

1857 T. Hughes Tom Brown's School Days i. v. 106 Some of whom were..shooting pellets, or digging their forks through the tablecloth.

1909 Webster's New Internat. Dict. Eng. Lang. 526/1 The caster throws or ‘shoots’ the dice, and wins if the throw is 7 or 11.

1929 Amer. Mercury Sept. 49/2 We got to stop shootin' dices.

1932 W. Faulkner Light in August 34 I would have thought that maybe shooting dice would be the one thing he could do.

1940 W. Faulkner Hamlet 258 Vagrancy or razor fights or shooting dice for ten or fifteen cents.

b. U.S. colloquial. To play (a game), as in to shoot pool, to shoot casino, etc. Cf. to shoot craps at craps n. a, crap n.⁴

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society > leisure > entertainment > pastimes > game > play (a game) [verb (transitive)]

playeOE

to sit in1601

shoot1926

1926 E. Hemingway In our Time 183 They talk and tell stories and shoot pool.

1935 A. Squire Sing Sing Doctor xiv. 207 Perhaps he goes for a walk, or attends a movie, or shoots a practice game of pool.

1949 A. Miller Death of Salesman i. 48 Come in later, we'll shoot a little casino.

1979 R. Jaffe Class Reunion (1980) ii. ii. 187 He liked to dance, play golf, drink, shoot skeet, and laugh.

27. Sport.

a. To kick, hit, drive (the ball) at goal. Also with goal, basket, etc. as object.

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society > leisure > sport > types of sport or game > ball game > characteristics of team ball games > play team ball games [verb (transitive)] > actions or manoeuvres

pass1865

to throw in1867

work1868

centre1877

shoot1882

field1883

tackle1884

chip1889

feed1889

screen1906

fake1907

slap1912

to turn over1921

tip-in1958

to lay off1965

spill1975

1882 Daily News 4 Mar. The last-named shot it [the football] between the posts.

1885 Field 24 Jan. 108/2 On restarting Marlow again shot the ball through the posts.

1900 Springfield Daily Republican 4 Dec. 3/1 Both teams warmed up slowly and played open polo. Curtis shot the first goal in from the side.

1901 A. Farrell Ice Hockey & Polo Guide 54 This sudden movement surprises the man and he is liable to shoot the puck inaccurately.

1908 in H. A. Fisher Basket Ball Guide 1908–9 67 It was he who shot Williams' two baskets in the first overtime period.

1935 F. Hewitt Down Ice (rev. ed.) iv. 88 The best play is to shoot the puck at the boards and jump ahead to receive the carom.

1975 New Yorker 7 Apr. 112/2 He went over to shoot some baskets by himself, and while he was doing this it suddenly hit him that the game meant too much to him to give up.

b. intransitive. To kick or drive the ball at goal. Also in Croquet, to aim at a ball from a long distance.

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society > leisure > sport > types of sport or game > ball game > characteristics of team ball games > play team ball games [verb (intransitive)] > shoot at goal

shoot1874

society > leisure > sport > types of sport or game > ball game > croquet > play croquet [verb (intransitive)] > types of play or stroke

to knock the balls about1864

to take off1872

cut1874

finesse1874

shoot1874

peel1960

1874 J. D. Heath Compl. Croquet-player 65 But Yellow is confident of hitting, so he shoots at Blue, and roquets him.

1890 Field 1 Nov. 671/2 Hewitt soon after had a chance to equalise but shot over.

1900 H. C. Needham Croquet 50 When thinking of taking a bisque, instead of shooting hard, shoot so as to hit, if possible,..but to lie quite handy if you miss.

1901 Daily Express 18 Mar. 8/1 Both sides being too excited to shoot straight.

1917 N.Y. Times 4 Feb. viii. 1/5 The Aggies won the game in the final period when D. Ross shot at random from the centre of the rink.

1929 J. G. Buss Basketball vi. 71 Shoot high—and do not aim at the rim of the basket.

1951 Netball (‘Know the Game’ Series) 28/2 The player..must..aim directly at the goal... If she shoots and then catches the ball again, she must not shoot again directly.

1978 Washington Post 26 Oct. a 19/5 The ‘problem’ is that the girls' game has only forwards and guards, and the three guards do not shoot.

c. Golf (originally U.S.). transitive. To record (a score) for a round or part of one; also to shoot a birdie, to achieve a score of one under par for a hole. Also intransitive.

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society > leisure > sport > types of sport or game > ball game > golf > play golf [verb (transitive)] > score

to halve a hole1857

to shoot a birdie1922

card1929

par1961

1922 Golfers Mag. Aug. 28/1 This class of golfers, the fellows who shoot from 90 up, make golf possible in this country.

1923 Daily Mail 13 June 10 Then he went all out to ‘shoot birdies’..the American colloquialism for aiming at doing holes in a stroke under the par scores.

1933 Amer. Golfer July 34/1 How about birdies and eagles?.. In order to shoot a birdie, you'd have to play the hole in 3.3 strokes.

1941 Sat. Evening Post 19 Apr. 118/3 They shot a twelve-under-par score in winning their first match.

1977 Rolling Stone 5 May 47/5 He played a round every day, shooting in the low 100s.

IV. To assail, wound, or kill with a shot.

28.

a. transitive. To wound or kill with a missile from a bow or firearm (in early use, occasionally with a spear or javelin). Const. with. †Also, to assail with arrows or gunshot: = to shoot at at sense 23c (see 22d).The simple verb is now often used where formerly the fuller expression ‘to shoot dead’ or ‘to death’ would have been preferred (see 28b); e.g. with reference to the infliction of death as a penalty.

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the world > food and drink > hunting > shooting > shoot game [verb (transitive)]

shootc893

to gun for1888

the world > life > death > killing > killing by specific method > kill [verb (transitive)] > by shooting

shootc893

shootc1275

to blow away1523

carry1653

to shoot (a person) down1845

stop1845

blow1871

ventilate1875

Maxim1894

poop1917

to blow apart1920

smoke1926

clip1927

cowboy1941

zap1942

Sten-gun1949

to light up1967

slot1987

the world > health and disease > ill health > injury > injure [verb (transitive)] > wound > wound with missile

shootc893

shoot1297

feather1415

to shoot (a person, thing) through1535

daga1572

pistol1598

lace1622

to shoot‥through and througha1648

pink1661

pop1762

plump1785

wing1802

drill1808

rifle1821

leg1829

hole1847

shot1855

blunderbuss1870

riddle1874

pip1900

slot1987

society > armed hostility > military equipment > operation and use of weapons > action of propelling missile > assail with missiles [verb (transitive)] > of missile: hit > hit with missile

warpc888

shootc893

shoot1297

strike1377

nail1787

society > armed hostility > military equipment > operation and use of weapons > action of propelling missile > discharge of firearms > fire (a gun) [verb (transitive)] > shoot (a person or thing)

shoot1617

to bird off1688

to knock downa1744

to pick off1745

pop1762

drill1808

plug1833

perforate1838

slap1842

stop1845

pot1860

spot1882

plunk1888

pip1900

souvenir1915

poop1917

spray1922

smoke1926

zap1942

crack1943

pot-shoot1969

c893 tr. Orosius Hist. iv. vi. §7 Ac þonne hie [the serpent] mon slog oþþe sceat.

993 Battle of Maldon 143 Ða he oþerne ofstlice sceat.

a1250 Owl & Nightingale 1121 If þu art i-worpe oþer i-scote [Cott. MS. i-shote], Þenne þu myht erest to note.

c1275 (?a1200) Laȝamon Brut (Calig.) (1963) l. 159 He wende to sceoten [c1300 Otho sceote] þat hea der.

1297 R. Gloucester's Chron. (Rolls) 242 As he wolde ssete [v.r. scheten] an hert al aȝen is wille, To deþe he sset [v.r. scheet] his owe fader.

13.. K. Alis. 6345 They buth archeris with the beste, And scheoteth [Laud MS. shoten] theo gryp in his neste.

a1340 R. Rolle Psalter x. 2 That thai shote in myrke the right of hert.

a1400 R. Gloucester's Chron. (1724) 353 After þat Wyllam, þe rede kyng, yssote was by cas.

a1400 Sir Perc. 213 He wolde schote with his spere Bestes and other gere.

c1460 Frere & Boye 84 in J. Ritson Pieces Anc. Pop. Poetry (1833) 38 Than sayd the boye..It is best that I haue a bowe, Byrdes for to shete.

1561 S. Withers tr. Calvin Treat. Relics H j But they muste also make reliques of the arrowes wher with he was shotten.

1617 F. Moryson Itinerary ii. 49 My Lord himselfe had his horse shot under him.

1650 O. Cromwell Let. 25 Sept. in Writings & Speeches (1939) (modernized text) II. 345 They have done us no harm, except one soldier shot (but not to the danger of his life).

1678 G. Mackenzie Laws & Customes Scotl. i. 208 It should be unlawful to kill or shoot them, as it is to shoot or hunt other wild beasts.

1709 J. Lawson New Voy. Carolina 151 The bald, or white Faces are a good Fowl. They cannot dive and are easily shotten.

1765 Ld. Holland in J. H. Jesse G. Selwyn & his Contemp. (1843) I. 382 But there is no use in the D. of Bolton's shooting himself.

1807 J. Hall Trav. Scotl. II. 425 A variety of other beautiful birds which we shot with water, not to spoil their plumage.

1809–10 S. T. Coleridge Friend (1865) 211 Do you hesitate to shoot a mad dog?

1839 J. Murray Hand-bk. for Travellers on Continent (ed. 3) 482/1 The duke was inhumanly shot 6 days after.

1842 Ld. Tennyson Audley Court in Poems (new ed.) II. 44 Oh! who would fight and march and countermarch, Be shot for sixpence in a battle-field.

1848 W. M. Thackeray Vanity Fair xlv. 405 Mr. James, the Colonel, and Horn, the keeper, went and shot pheasants.

1873 Chambers's Jrnl. 20 Dec. 802/2 A man who was shot on leaving a ballroom told me that he could not guess who was his assailant.

1896 A. E. Housman Shropshire Lad lvi. 85 Fly I would, for who would not? 'Tis sure no pleasure to be shot.

b. Amplified with dead or to death added.

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society > authority > punishment > capital punishment > execute [verb (transitive)] > shoot

shootc1275

to blow from (the mouth of) a gun1857

the world > life > death > killing > killing by specific method > kill [verb (transitive)] > by shooting

shootc893

shootc1275

to blow away1523

carry1653

to shoot (a person) down1845

stop1845

blow1871

ventilate1875

Maxim1894

poop1917

to blow apart1920

smoke1926

clip1927

cowboy1941

zap1942

Sten-gun1949

to light up1967

slot1987

c1275 (?a1200) Laȝamon Brut (Calig.) (1963) l. 129 For his ahne sune seoþen hine sceat [c1300 Otho set] to deaþe.

c1290 St. Christopher 203 in S. Eng. Leg. 277 To a piler he let him binde faste and knyȝtes a-boute him go, For-to scheoten him to deþe with Mani a kene flo.

a1578 R. Lindsay Hist. & Cron. Scotl. (1899) I. 3 Sum Invyand vthir with maist crewell feid with sword and dag to schut him to the deid.

1617 F. Moryson Itinerary ii. 37 Condemning to bee shot to death an Irish Lieutenant.

1697 W. Dampier New Voy. around World i. 2 We gave out, that if any man faultred in the Journey over Land he must expect to be shot to death.

1719 J. Ozell tr. F. M. Misson Mem. Trav. Eng. 226 Deserters are shot to Death.

1836 J. Richardson Jrnl. Brit. Legion iv. 116 A priest..was publicly shot to death without the walls of that city.

1863 W. C. Baldwin Afr. Hunting viii. 317 I shot him dead in two bullets.

1863 E. Twisleton in W. Smith Dict. Bible III. 1849/1 He betrayed into the king's power one hundred of the most distinguished citizens of Sidon, who were all shot to death with javelins.

1924 G. Overton Cargoes for Crusoes 41 In his chamber Doomdorf lay shot to death.

c. To hit or wound with a shot in (or †into) or through a part of the body.

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the world > health and disease > ill health > injury > injure [verb (transitive)] > wound > wound with missile

shootc893

shoot1297

feather1415

to shoot (a person, thing) through1535

daga1572

pistol1598

lace1622

to shoot‥through and througha1648

pink1661

pop1762

plump1785

wing1802

drill1808

rifle1821

leg1829

hole1847

shot1855

blunderbuss1870

riddle1874

pip1900

slot1987

society > armed hostility > military equipment > operation and use of weapons > action of propelling missile > assail with missiles [verb (transitive)] > of missile: hit > hit with missile

warpc888

shootc893

shoot1297

strike1377

nail1787

1297 R. Gloucester's Chron. (Rolls) 7483 Þe ssetare donward al uor noȝt vaste slowe to gronde So þat harald þoru þen eie issote [v.r. shotte] was deþes wounde.

c1440 Gesta Romanorum (Harl.) i. i. 3 He hath y-schotte him selfe in þe lungen, and lyeth ded.

a1500 in Hist. Coll. Citizen London (Camden) 58 At the Castelle Gaylerde in Normandy he was schottyn thorowe the hedde.

1596 J. Dalrymple tr. J. Leslie Hist. Scotl. (1888) I. 250 The king passing furth to do his eise..in the heid he is schott.

1649 C. Walker Anarchia Anglicana 255 A party of Horse..shot an old Woman into the head.

1703 Clarendon's Hist. Rebellion II. vii. 204 Hambden..being shot into the Shoulder with a brace of Bullets.

1761 D. Hume Hist. Eng. III. lxi. 323 Tromp..was shot through the heart with a musket ball.

1771 O. Goldsmith Hist. Eng. I. 133 Harold..was shot into the brains by an arrow.

1816 J. K. Tuckey Narr. Exped. River Zaire (1818) iv. 141 He had been taken..by a slave catcher, who had shot him in the neck with a ball.

d. to shoot flying: to shoot (birds) on the wing. Now usually absol., as denoting a sportsmanlike accomplishment.

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the world > food and drink > hunting > shooting > shoot [verb (intransitive)] > shoot flying birds

to shoot flying1698

the world > food and drink > hunting > shooting > shoot game [verb (transitive)] > shoot flying birds

to shoot flying1698

flight1892

1698 J. Fryer New Acct. E.-India & Persia 291 Flocks of Water Fowl, which the Persians are skill'd..to shoot flying.

1706 G. Farquhar Recruiting Officer i. ii. 11 I can do every thing with my Father but drink and shoot flying.

1852 W. M. Thackeray Henry Esmond I. xi. 249 He had learned to ride and to drink, and to shoot flying.

†e. To hit (a thing) with shot. Obsolete.

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society > armed hostility > military equipment > operation and use of weapons > action of propelling missile > discharge of firearms > fire (a gun) [verb (transitive)] > shoot (a person or thing) > hit with shot

shoot1662

shot1855

ding1907

1662 J. Davies tr. A. Olearius Voy. & Trav. Ambassadors 218 He also, with a Fire-lock, shot an Apple, which he had caus'd to be cast into the Air.

29. intransitive. To engage in or practise the sport of killing game with a gun (formerly with a bow or the like).

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the world > food and drink > hunting > shooting > shoot [verb (intransitive)]

shoota1300

to go gunning1622

to shoot over1868

a1300 K. Horn 939 Til o dai þat he ferde To wude for to schete.

1687 A. Lovell tr. J. de Thévenot Trav. into Levant i. 13 This Island, as all the rest of the Archipelago, being full of Game, we went a shore to shoot.

1766 Earl of March in J. H. Jesse G. Selwyn & his Contemp. (1843) II. 82 Cadogan and Thomond are gone into the country to shoot.

1820 J. W. Croker in L. J. Jennings Croker Papers (1884) I. 156 Huskisson, Peel and I were to have gone to-day to shoot at Sudbourne with Lord Yarmouth.

1862 Frederick Lillywhite's Cricket Scores & Biogr. Cricketers I. 303 He also shot with a license for fifty years, which can be recorded of few sportsmen.

1908 R. Bagot Anthony Cuthbert xviii. 225 I have read of your English country life—and of how the women ride and shoot.

30. transitive. With adverbs and adverbial phrases.

a. With away, off, out: To remove or separate from its place or environment by shooting; to carry away, destroy, or break off by a shot. Also to shoot to pieces and similar phrases. To shoot the corn off: to celebrate the harvest-home with the shooting of guns. South African. Cf. blow v.¹ 24.

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the world > space > place > removal or displacement > remove or displace [verb (transitive)] > remove or take away > by shooting

shoot1340

1340–70 Alisaunder 277 A schaft with a scharp hed shet oute his yie.

1615 R. Cocks Diary (1883) I. 63 A Duch marener..had his hand shott offe and his face all batterd.

1632 W. Lithgow Totall Disc. Trav. ii 62 We shot away their middle mast.

1707 E. Ward Wooden World Dissected 73 He will..fix ye a couple of new [Ship's] Knees, when the old ones are shot to the Devil.

1849 W. S. Mayo Kaloolah (1850) vii. 65 People had been shot all to pieces and survived.

1859 C. Knight Pop. Hist. Eng. V. xx. 309 His..equerry had his head shot off by a cannon ball.

1886 Hist., Product., & Resources C.G.H. 226 Powder is given them to enable them to carry out what is known in the vernacular as ‘shooting the corn off’.

1901 D. B. Hall & A. Osborne Sunshine & Surf v. 55 The man-of-war fired fifteen shots before they shot away the flagstaff.

1939 R. G. Collingwood Autobiogr. vi. 49 A philosophical doctrine was stuck up and shot to pieces by the ‘realistic’ criticism.

1946 W. H. Auden in Harvard Alumni Bull. 15 June 707 And nerves that never flinched at slaughter Are shot to pieces by the shorter Poems of Donne.

1955 E. Pound Section: Rock-drill xcii. 81 Semele's personality shot to atoms.

1973 Black Panther 31 Mar. 2/1 These same pilot officers..are now being encouraged to avenge their injured pride which was shot to hell because many of the anti-war enlisted men were Black.

1979 Homes & Gardens June 81/1 The Season has been shot to pieces this century.

b. to shoot (a person, thing) through: to pierce with a shot. to shoot..through and through: to riddle with shot; also †figurative to overwhelm with exactions.

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the world > health and disease > ill health > injury > injure [verb (transitive)] > wound > wound with missile

shootc893

shoot1297

feather1415

to shoot (a person, thing) through1535

daga1572

pistol1598

lace1622

to shoot‥through and througha1648

pink1661

pop1762

plump1785

wing1802

drill1808

rifle1821

leg1829

hole1847

shot1855

blunderbuss1870

riddle1874

pip1900

slot1987

riddle1511

to shoot (a person, thing) through1535

lace1622

to shoot‥through and througha1648

pink1661

hole1847

society > trade and finance > fees and taxes > impost, due, or tax > tax > taxation > levy (a tax) [verb (transitive)] > tax (a person or thing) > burden or oppress with taxes

charge1330

scat1481

overtax1607

screwa1643

to shoot‥through and through1690

rack1862

1535 Bible (Coverdale) Exod. xix. 13 There shal no hande touch it, but he shall either be stoned, or shot thorow.

1599 R. Hakluyt Princ. Navigations (new ed.) II. ii. 106 We..at last shooting her maine-yard through, she came to an anker and yeelded.

a1648 Ld. Herbert Life (1976) 9 The English shot her [the Spanish ship] through and through so often that she run her self a ground.

1690 A. Wood Life & Times (1894) III. 348 Complayning..against the salaries and pensions paid to great persons, officers, etc. who pay no taxes,..while the country is shot thro and thro.

c. to shoot (a person) down: to kill by a shot (usually with suggestion of merciless cruelty or determination); to bring down (an aircraft, hence a pilot, etc.) by shooting; (frequently in to shoot down in flames). Also figurative, to overwhelm (a person) in argument, to destroy (an argument or theory); to assail with objections; to bring down to size.

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the world > life > death > killing > killing by specific method > kill [verb (transitive)] > by shooting

shootc893

shootc1275

to blow away1523

carry1653

to shoot (a person) down1845

stop1845

blow1871

ventilate1875

Maxim1894

poop1917

to blow apart1920

smoke1926

clip1927

cowboy1941

zap1942

Sten-gun1949

to light up1967

slot1987

society > armed hostility > hostilities in the air > attack with aircraft [verb (transitive)] > bring down

to bring down1917

to shoot down in flames1918

to claw down1942

clobber1944

the mind > attention and judgement > testing > refutation, disproof > confound, confute [phrase]

bray1535

to beat the nail back1581

to nail (a fact, information, etc.) to the counter1842

to nail a lie (also charge, etc.)1843

to sew up one's stocking1859

to knock galley-west1875

to knock the bottom out of1875

to shoot down in flames1943

1845 J. Coulter Adventures Pacific xiii. 175 I have witnessed several of their battles, and it appears to be the first object to shoot down, or otherwise kill a man.

1897 Sir G. T. Goldie in Times 23 Jan. 13/1 It is more humane to shoot down promptly a few running carriers than to sacrifice the lives of some 2,000 men of a column.

1918 W. A. Bishop Winged Warfare xii. 160 I turned on the nearer of the two-seaters and..managed to shoot him down.

1928 E. Wallace Tam o' the Scouts iii. 29 Captain Muller shot down his twenty-seventh aeroplane.

1943 N. Balchin Small Back Room 5 ‘Just army conservatism,’ he said wearily. ‘Just the army's usual trick of shooting things down.’

1943 C. H. Ward-Jackson It's a Piece of Cake 54 Shot down in flames, hopelessly beaten at anything.

1948 Daily Tel. 26 May 4/5 Another enemy aircraft was shot down in flames.

1958 Times 18 Dec. 11/4 To be shot down in flames may be an exaggerated description of getting the worse of an argument.

1959 Listener 3 Sept. 351/1 This is the way in which we shoot down cosmological theories.

1962 J. F. Powers Morte d'Urban iv. 98 He had no choice but to shoot the woman down.

1969 M. O'Brine Mills xi. 43 She, herself, had been a little shocked by his answer, but had secretly enjoyed seeing Eileen shot down in flames.

1977 R.A.F. News 11 May 8/6 He saw..Baron von Richtofen, shot down.

1981 J. B. Hilton Playground of Death vi. 81 Please shoot me down in flames if you think I'm making a bloody idiot of myself.

d. Nautical. to be shot by the board: of masts, etc. (see quot. 1706). to be shot between wind and water: of a vessel, to receive a shot causing a dangerous leak; also slang (see quot. 1699).

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society > armed hostility > hostilities at sea > operations or manoeuvres > perform operation or manoeuvre [verb (intransitive)] > have leak due to shot

to be shot between wind and water1620

society > travel > travel by water > shipwreck > suffer shipwreck [verb (intransitive)] > be broken by shot (of masts)

to be shot by the board1620

the world > health and disease > ill health > a disease > disorders of internal organs > venereal disease > have venereal disease [verb (intransitive)]

to be shot between wind and water1620

swingea1640

1620 F. Beaumont & J. Fletcher Phylaster iv. 40 The wench has shot him betweene wind and water, and I hope sprung a lake.

1623 P. Massinger Duke of Millaine iii. ii. sig. G3^v A she Dunckerke, that was shot before Betweene winde and weather.

1663 Marquis of Worcester Cent. Names & Scantlings Inventions §12 A Ship not possible to be sunk though shot an hundred times betwixt wind and water by Cannon.

1692 Smith's Sea-mans Gram. (new ed.) i. xvi. 82 If a Ship lose her Masts in Fight, we say, her Masts were shot by the Board.

1699 B. E. New Dict. Canting Crew Shot 'twixt Wind and Water Clapt, or Poxt.

1706 Phillips's New World of Words (new ed.) Shot by the Board, a Sea-Phrase, us'd when a Mast or Yard is broken by the Enemies Shot, in a Fight.

e. colloquial (originally U.S.). to shoot up: to assail (a person, thing) by shooting; to terrorize or rampage around (a place). Also R.A.F. slang of an aircraft or its pilot: to dive over (a person, thing) as if or in order to attack.

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the world > action or operation > behaviour > bad behaviour > violent behaviour > treat violently [verb (transitive)] > rampage about (a place)

to shoot up1890

society > armed hostility > military equipment > operation and use of weapons > action of propelling missile > discharge of firearms > fire (a gun) [verb (transitive)] > assail with gunfire

guna1679

crack1835

to shoot up1890

to light up1967

1890 Stock Grower & Farmer 18 Jan. 5/2 This so enraged the boys that they began shooting up the town.

1890 Stock Grower & Farmer 21 June 3/1 Three cowboys shot each other up.

1901 S. E. White Westerners iv. 31 If you try to shoot us up any, we'll kill every hoof you have.

1909 Chambers's Jrnl. Feb. 104/1 Armed and masked men..took entire possession of it [sc. Princeton], ‘shot it up’ until opposition subsided.

1926 Daily Colonist (Victoria, Brit. Columbia) 22 July 15/7 Paul Davis..wounded after ‘shooting up’ rooming houses here early yesterday morning, died in hospital today.

1937 New Statesman 20 Feb. 288/2 Mr. Partridge is not quite so strong with regard to the slang of flying... I think..to shoot-up, to dive onto, and the wind-sock should all find a place.

1946 D. Hamson We fell among Greeks xvii. 180 When he had finished unloading his parachutes and parcels, he would take a long circle round and ‘shoot us up’, i.e. dive and roar over us at less than fifty feet, and, as he zoomed up, dip his wings left and right in salute.

1973 L. M. Boston Memory in House iv. 40 A squadron would roar over the house from which one plane swooped down to shoot us up.

1976 Daily Tel. 5 July 1 The Air France airbus which was skyjacked..a week ago, was also ‘shot up’.

f. With out: to render (something) useless with a shot; spec. to puncture (a tyre), extinguish (a lamp) by shooting.

ΘΚΠ

the world > matter > light > darkness or absence of light > make dark [verb (transitive)] > quench (light) > in specific way

flapc1540

puff1547

purge1573

to blow out1617

spit1681

shoot1972

the world > space > relative position > condition of being open or not closed > making holes or becoming holed > make (an opening or hole) [verb (transitive)] > by boring, piercing, or perforating > by sharp-pointed instrument > by pricking > by shooting

shoot1972

1972 Daily Tel. 9 Feb. 4/5 The vehicle was halted when police shot its tyres out.

1976 D. Barnes Yesterday is Dead (1977) ii. 267 Couple of cut-'em-up family disputes and a guy that shot out fourteen street lights.

1977 J. Cartwright Fighting Men viii. 102 He was sorely tempted to shoot out the plane's tyres.

31. slang or colloquial. I'll be shot (occasionally shortened to shot!) if ——: used as a strong expression of denial or refusal. Similarly, I'll see you shot first.

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the mind > language > statement > negation > [phrase]

I'll be far (enough) if1752

I'll be shot (occasionally shortened to shot!) if1761

over my dead body1796

let's don't1854

I'll see you shot first1894

the mind > language > statement > refusal > [phrase]

not if I can help it1682

I'll be far (enough) if1752

I'll be shot (occasionally shortened to shot!) if1761

to have none of it1849

not if you paid me1853

not likely1878

that's your problem1951

1761 L. Sterne Life Tristram Shandy IV. xiv. 111 Canst thou carry Trismegistus in thy head... If she can, I'll be shot, said my father.

1803 J. Kenney Raising Wind ii. i. 24 What a fine seal; and I'll be shot if it [sc. a letter] don't feel like a bank note.

1826 Buckstone Luke the Labourer iii. i Bob. He, he he! I'll be shot if Lunnun temptation be onything to this.

1853 C. Dickens Bleak House vii. 62 I'll be shot if it an't very curious how well I know that picture!

1860 F. W. Robinson Grandmother's Money ii. iii Shot, if I have not forgotten him too.

1894 ‘J. S. Winter’ Red Coats 56 Then..let me tell you straight, I'll just see you shot first.

32. Transferred uses.

a. To injure or kill by witchcraft. (Cf. elf-shoot v.)

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the world > life > death > killing > killing by specific method > kill [verb (transitive)] > by occult methods

shootc1000

the world > the supernatural > the occult > sorcery, witchcraft, or magic > [verb (transitive)] > injure or kill using witchcraft

shoot1790

the world > health and disease > ill health > injury > injure [verb (transitive)] > wound > wound by witchcraft

shoot1790

c1000 Sax. Leechd. III. 54 Gif ðu wære on fell scoten oððe wære on flæsc scoten, oððe wære on blod scoten, oððe wære on lið scoten.

1790 R. Burns Tam o' Shanter 167 in Poems & Songs (1968) II. 562 For mony a beast to dead she shot.

b. figurative. Of Cupid, love, etc.

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the mind > emotion > love > amorous love > be in love or infatuated with [verb (transitive)] > inflame with love or desire

enamour1303

assot1393

burna1400

shoot?1473

esprise1474

talent1486

enamorate1591

inamorate1624

smite1652

besmite1685

to be struck on1893

?1473 W. Caxton tr. R. Le Fèvre Recuyell Hist. Troye (1894) II. lf. 310 Than was Achilles shoten with the darte of loue.

1852 W. M. Thackeray Henry Esmond II. x. 182 One poor gentleman, who had been shot by her young eyes two years before.

1885 R. Bridges Eros & Psyche xii. xxvii. 155 Whom gently Eros shooteth.

c. to shoot the sun: see sun n.¹ Phrases 2c(a).

d. slang. to shoot the cat: To vomit. shot in the neck (U.S.): drunk. to shoot one's grandmother (U.S.): see quot. 1855¹. to shoot the breeze (U.S.): to chat, talk idly. to shoot the crow (Scottish): to steal away without paying one's bill; to depart hurriedly, abscond, ‘do a bunk’ (see S.N.D.).

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the world > health and disease > ill health > a disease > disorders of internal organs > digestive disorders > have digestive disorder [verb (intransitive)] > vomit

spewc897

vomea1382

brake1393

perbreak?a1400

castc1440

envomish1480

parbreak1495

vomita1500

to cast the crawa1529

to cast (up), heave, spue up, vomit one's gorgea1529

galpa1535

to cast out1561

puke1586

purge1596

void1605

to jerk, shoot, whip the cat1609

rid1647

to flay the fox1653

posset1781

to shoot the cat1785

to throw up1793

throw1804

cascade1805

reject1822

yark1867

sick1924

to toss (also shoot, blow, etc.) one's cookies1927

to lose a dinner (or a meal)1941

to spew one's ring1949

chunder1950

barf1960

upchuck1960

yuck1963

ralph1966

to go for the big spit1967

vom1991

the world > food and drink > drink > thirst > excess in drinking > [adjective] > drunk

fordrunkenc897

drunkena1050

cup-shottenc1330

drunka1400

inebriate1497

overseenc1500

liquor1509

fou1535

nase?1536

full1554

intoxicate1554

tippled1564

intoxicated1576

pepst1577

overflown1579

whip-cat1582

pottical1586

cup-shota1593

fox-drunk1592

lion-drunk1592

nappy1592

sack-sopped1593

in drink1598

disguiseda1600

drink-drowned1600

daggeda1605

pot-shotten1604

tap-shackled1604

high1607

bumpsy1611

foxed1611

in one's cups1611

liquored1611

love-pot1611

pot-sick1611

whift1611

owl-eyed1613

fapa1616

hota1616

inebriated1615

reeling ripea1616

in one's (or the) pots1618

scratched1622

high-flown?1624

pot-shot1627

temulentive1628

ebrious1629

temulent1629

jug-bitten1630

pot-shaken1630

toxed1635

bene-bowsiea1637

swilled1637

paid1638

soaken1651

temulentious1652

flagonal1653

fuddled1656

cut1673

nazzy1673

concerned1678

whittled1694

suckey1699

well-oiled1701

tippeda1708

tow-row1709

wet1709

swash1711

strut1718

cocked1737

cockeyed1737

jagged1737

moon-eyed1737

rocky1737

soaked1737

soft1737

stewed1737

stiff1737

muckibus1756

groggy1770

muzzeda1788

muzzya1795

slewed1801

lumpy1810

lushy1811

pissed1812

blue1813

lush1819

malty1819

sprung1821

three sheets in the wind1821

obfuscated1822

moppy1823

ripe1823

mixed1825

queer1826

rosined1828

shot in the neck1830

tight1830

rummy1834

inebrious1837

mizzled1840

obflisticated1840

grogged1842

pickled1842

swizzled1843

hit under the wing1844

obfusticatedc1844

ebriate1847

pixilated1848

boozed1850

ploughed1853

squiffy?1855

buffy1858

elephant trunk1859

scammered1859

gassed1863

fly-blown1864

rotten1864

shot1864

ebriose1871

shicker1872

parlatic1877

miraculous1879

under the influence1879

ginned1881

shickered1883

boiled1886

mosy1887

to be loaded for bear(s)1888

squiffeda1890

loaded1890

oversparred1890

sozzled1892

tanked1893

orey-eyed1895

up the (also a) pole1897

woozy1897

toxic1899

polluted1900

lit-up1902

on (also upon) one's ear1903

pie-eyed1903

pifflicated1905

piped1906

spiflicated1906

jingled1908

skimished1908

tin hat1909

canned1910

pipped1911

lit1912

peloothered1914

molo1916

shick1916

zigzag1916

blotto1917

oiled-up1918

stung1919

stunned1919

bottled1922

potted1922

rotto1922

puggled1923

puggle1925

fried1926

crocked1927

fluthered1927

lubricated1927

whiffled1927

liquefied1928

steamed1929

mirackc1930

overshot1931

swacked1932

looped1934

stocious1937

whistled1938

sauced1939

mashed1942

plonked1943

stone1945

juiced1946

buzzed1952

jazzed1955

schnockered1955

honkers1957

skunked1958

bombed1959

zonked1959

bevvied1960

mokus1960

snockered1961

plotzed1962

over the limit1966

the worse for wear1966

wasted1968

wired1970

zoned1971

blasted1972

Brahms and Liszt?1972

funked up1976

trousered1977

motherless1980

tired and emotional1981

ratted1982

rat-arsed1984

wazzed1990

mullered1993

twatted1993

bollocksed1994

lashed1996

the world > action or operation > harm or detriment > disadvantage > uselessness > uselessness, vanity, or futility > be of no avail [verb (intransitive)] > expend effort in vain > discover what is well-known

to shoot one's grandmother1855

the world > movement > motion in a certain direction > going away > go away [verb (intransitive)] > go away suddenly or hastily > secretly or abscond

to run awayOE

elope1596

to step aside1620

abscond1652

shirk1681

decamp1751

levant1797

absconce1823

skip1865

skin1871

to shoot the crow1887

sneak1896

to go through1933

to take a run-out powder1933

the mind > language > speech > conversation > converse [verb (intransitive)] > chat

dallyc1300

confablec1450

crack1529

tattle1547

chat1551

confabulate1604

confab1741

prosea1764

parleyvoo1765

coze1818

yarn1819

cosher1833

to pass a good morning1835

small-talk1848

mardle1853

cooze1870

chinwag1879

rap1909

kibitz1923

to shoot the breeze1941

old-talk1956

ole-talk1971

gyaff1976

gist1992

1785 F. Grose Classical Dict. Vulgar Tongue Shoot the Cat, to vomit from excess of liquor, called also catting.

1830 Cherokee Phoenix (New Echota, Georgia) 21 Apr. 4/3 Counsel. What do you mean by corned? Witness. I mean, pretty well shot in the neck.

1855 T. C. Haliburton Nature & Human Nature II. x. 297 You showed her how she had shot her grandmother. [Note] Shooting one's granny, or grandmother, means fancying you have discovered what was well known before.

1855 Brooklyn Jrnl. 18 Apr. (Bartlett 1860) Mr. Schumacher defended his client by observing that some of the prisoner's attorneys got as often ‘shot in the neck’, as the Under-Sheriff in the head.

1887 Fun 8 June 246/2 A canny Scot was recently sentenced to ten days' hard for shooting the crow—i.e. ordering half-a-quartern of whiskey, drinking it rapidly, and neglecting to pay.

1941 Guide to U.S. Naval Academy 149 Breeze, shoot the, to refight the Civil War, etc.

1943 Sun (Baltimore) 4 June 30/2 He can..walk across the camp to meet some friend in another outfit, and ‘shoot the breeze’.

1971 R. K. Smith Ransom (1972) iii. 113 There were other negative signs, too. No one had come by to shoot the breeze, to have a cup of coffee.

1973 ‘J. Patrick’ Glasgow Gang Observed xi. 97 He had been serving a sentence of twenty-eight days detention in the last week of which he had ‘shot the crow’ and ‘jolted’, i.e. absconded.

1977 W. McIlvanney Laidlaw xliv. 206 There'll only be his mother in the house. His father shot the crow years ago.

33.

a. intransitive. to shoot over or to (a dog), to train by use on a shooting expedition. to shoot over (a cover, a tract of country), to kill game upon.

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the world > food and drink > hunting > shooting > shoot [verb (intransitive)]

shoota1300

to go gunning1622

to shoot over1868

the world > food and drink > farming > animal husbandry > keeping dogs or cats > [verb (transitive)] > train dog > train gun dog or hunting dog

stoop1781

walk1845

to shoot over or to (a dog)1868

1868 Field 4 July 22/1 For Sale, a Brace of..Spaniels..; they..have been thoroughly broken and shot to by an experienced breaker.

1888 Cent. Mag. Mar. 671/2 This holiday he was about to spend in shooting over his two handsome young setters.

1894 Times (Weekly ed.) 19 Jan. 58/1 During his stay the Belvoir covers were shot over.

b. transitive. To go over (a piece of country) shooting game. to shoot one's way: to shoot game as one goes along. to be shot out: of a district, to have its supply of game exhausted through overshooting.

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the world > food and drink > hunting > shooting > shoot game [verb (transitive)] > shoot over an area

shoot1833

the world > food and drink > hunting > hunting area > [verb (passive)] > exhaust supply of game

to be shot out1900

1833 T. Hook Parson's Daughter II. vi. 107 As the [shooting-] party at Colonel Bradfield's were shooting their way home.

1857 G. A. Lawrence Guy Livingstone vi We shoot an outlying cover after luncheon.

1865 Earl of Malmesbury Mem. Ex-Minister (1884) II. 333 We shot the park, and the Miss Jolliffes accompanied us.

1900 I. Savory Sportswoman in India 234 Gaggai was a sportsman's paradise, but it has been shot out.

1903 M. G. Gerard Leaves from Diaries v. 107 I shot my way through the Bheel country, from Ahmedabad..to Mhow.

34. In Mining, to blast. In the Oil Industry, to detonate an explosive charge in (a well) in order to increase the flow of oil or gas.

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society > occupation and work > industry > mining > mine [verb (transitive)] > activities for blasting

stem1791

shoot1830

hulk1881

society > occupation and work > industry > drilling for oil or gas > drill for oil or gas [verb (transitive)] > other procedures

to fang a pump, (loosely) a well1819

to rack up1839

shootc1870

torpedo1873

pull1895

sidetrack1906

swab1916

stab1922

re-enter1937

rack1949

1830–60 Eng. & For. Mining Gloss. 23 (Cornwall terms).

c1870 Scribner's Monthly 3 576 They [explosives] are used in the petroleum industry to shoot the wells, so as to remove the paraffine which prevents the flow of oil.

1872 J. H. Collins First Bk. Mining & Quarrying Index & Gloss. 112 Shutting or Shooting, blasting.

1903 Dial. Notes 2 344 Shoot (the well), to cause an explosion of several quarts of nitro~glycerine at the depth of the pay-streak..so as to break and crack the oil rock, enabling the oil to flow faster from the pores.

1921 Daily Colonist (Victoria, Brit. Columbia) 11 Mar. 12/3 The report states that in Ironville No. 1 a good showing of thick oil was obtained at various depths... It was decided to shoot this well, but owing to water it was not yet known what result this would have.

1949 Our Industry (Anglo-Iranian Oil Co.) (ed. 2) ii. 52 Some rocks..containing oil are..compact and ‘tight’... In such cases the well is often ‘shot’ in order to shatter the rock.

V. Senses of uncertain position.

†35.

a. In Old English: To refer (a case) to a person or court; also absol. Obsolete.

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a1000 in Thorpe Dipl. Angl. Sax. (1865) 288 Ða nolde he, butan hit man sceote to sciregemote.

c1000 Ælfric Homilies II. 306 Ðus wrat Hieronimus..gif hwa elles secge, we sceotað to him.

b. In early Middle English: To trust, to submit oneself to a person's mercy. Obsolete.

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society > authority > subjection > obedience > submissiveness > submission > submit to [verb (transitive)]

undergangc1000

undergoc1175

abidec1275

bidec1275

shootc1275

undergoc1315

submit1397

incline?a1400

vail1610

cede1633

defer1686

c1275 (?a1200) Laȝamon Brut (Calig.) (1963) l. 491 Ȝif we sceoteð [c1300 Otho tristeþ] to heora mæðe þat bið ure imone deað.

†36. transitive (or const. dative). To fall to the lot of. Obsolete.

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the world > existence and causation > occurrence > [verb (transitive)] > fall to one

shootc1175

happen1477

to come in one's way1533

land1679

to come a person's waya1816

to drop into the lap of1962

c1175 Ormulum (Burchfield transcript) l. 19952 Forr þi þatt he. Ne wollde nohht forrbuȝhenn. To seggenn soþ biforr þe king. Þohh þatt himm shollde shetenn. To þolenn forr hiss soþe word Full grimmme dæþess pine.

37.

†a. To avoid, escape. Scottish. Obsolete.

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the world > action or operation > inaction > not doing > abstaining or refraining from action > abstain or refrain from (action) [verb (transitive)] > avoid or shun > avoid (duty, work, or exertion)

shoot1543

scuff1595

to shuffle off1604

shirk1785

funk1834

gold-brick1918

dingo1930

squib1934

skate1945

the world > action or operation > safety > escape > escape from [verb (transitive)] > contrive to escape or evade

fleec1175

shunc1275

forgoc1305

passc1330

escapea1340

beglidea1350

voidc1380

shuntc1400

missa1522

evade1535

delude1536

to dally out1548

illude1553

prevent1598

outruna1616

to fail of1624

elude1634

subterfugea1643

shoot1685

shift1724

to get out of ——a1817

win by…1816

1543 in State Papers Henry VIII (1836) V. 321 The misdemeanour and evill behaviour of the Wardens of Scotland on the Borders towardes thobservation of the peax, with their delayes of redresse, shoting their dayes of meating, and continuall rodes and forreys made into England.

1685 Peden Let. in P. Walker Life (1827) 98 I am confident, the safest Way to shoot the Shower, is, to hold out of God's Gate, and to keep within his Doors, until the Violence of the Storm begin to ebb.

b. colloquial (originally dialect). In passive, to be rid of. Cf. shut v. 11.

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the world > space > place > removal or displacement > remove or displace [verb (transitive)] > get or be rid of

refusea1387

to be rid of (also on)c1450

beskyfte1470

to be, get shut of, (dialect) shut on?a1500

to claw off1514

get1558

to put away1577

to get rid of1591

quit1606

to get off with1719

ding1753

shoot1805

to stay shet of1837

shuck1848

shunt1858

shake1872

to dust off1938

1805 R. Anderson Ballads in Cumberland Dial. 39 He'd gi'e aw his gear to get shot o' the gout.

1819 W. Scott Bride of Lammermoor v, in Tales of my Landlord 3rd Ser. I. 62 Are you not glad to be fairly shot of him?

1837 T. Carlyle Let. 22 Jan. in Coll. Lett. T. & J. W. Carlyle (1981) IX. 125 One infallible truth, most precious for us all, is, that I am shot of it [sc. a book just finished], and you are all shot of it.

1866 Morning Star 22 Dec. 3 I thought, when I came out, I would do this [murder], and so get shot of my life.

1891 T. Hardy Tess of the D'Urbervilles I. x. 129 ‘Jump up behind me’, he whispered, ‘and we'll get shot of the screaming cats in a jiffy!’

1952 ‘R. Gordon’ Doctor in House i. 9 His love for his old hospital, like one's affection for the youthful homestead, increased steadily with the length of time he had been shot of it.

1976 Daily Tel. 22 Sept. 16/1 Advising its members to make haste to get shot of unsuitable employees.

38. To splice (a rope); to mend (a bar); †to fit (boards) together by a mortise or the like (obsolete); to weld (metals). Obsolete exc. dialect.Cf. shut v. 6. In this use the verbs shut and shoot seem to have been more or less confused.

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society > occupation and work > industry > manufacturing processes > rope-making > make rope [verb (transitive)] > splice

shoot1499

splice1524

marry1815

society > occupation and work > industry > working with specific materials > working with metal > work with metal [verb (transitive)] > weld

well1424

shut1490

shoot1499

to run together1631

weld1678

smithy1866

1499 in E. Hobhouse Church-wardens' Accts. (1890) 124 To Antony for schothyng the clapyr xiij^d.

1545 Luton Trinity Guild (1906) 232 For shotynge of the tapers of the awtere ageynst relyk Sonday [0 0] 2.

1548 in T. Wright Churchwardens' Accts. Ludlow (1869) 33 For shottynge the belle rope ij tymes iiij d.

1569 in T. Wright Churchwardens' Accts. Ludlow (1869) 134 For shutting and mending of the clapper of the santes bell, iiij d.

1573–4 in J. Raine Fabric Rolls York Minster (1859) 116 For shootinge and mendinge certeyne barres to the glasse wyndowes, 4 d.

1608 A. Willet Hexapla in Exodum 605 These regals serued to shoot the boords together.

1608 A. Willet Hexapla in Exodum 605 One boord should have been shot within another.

1888 S. O. Addy Gloss. Words Sheffield Shoot, to weld a piece of iron to the blade of a table knife.

1892 Labour Comm. Gloss. Shooting, the process by which the iron which is to form the ‘bolster’ and ‘tang’ in a genuine hand-forged table blade is welded to the steel of the blade.

39. Carpentry and Joinery. To plane accurately (the edge of a board), esp. with the aid of a shooting-board.

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society > occupation and work > industry > building or constructing > constructing or working with wood > build or construct with wood [verb (transitive)] > trim, smooth, or plane

try1593

shoot?1677

traverse1678

trim1679

stick1703

dub1711

adze1744

to rough off1748

strike1842

jack-plane1861

society > occupation and work > industry > building or constructing > constructing or working with wood > build or construct with wood [verb (transitive)] > join > with specific joint or method

mortisea1450

culver-tail1616

scarf1627

tenon1652

dovetail1657

cock1663

shoot?1677

knee1711

indent1741

mitre1753

halve1804

box1815

tongue1823

sypher1841

cog1858

butt joint1859

jag1894

lap-join1968

?1677 S. Primatt City & Covntry Purchaser & Builder 61 For plaining the boards, and shooting them for a Square, two shillings.

1678 J. Moxon Mech. Exercises I. iv. 59 Two Pieces of Wood are Shot (that is Plained)... They are Shot or Pared..so exactly straight, that when they are set upon one another, light shall not be discerned betwixt them.

1793 J. Smeaton Narr. Edystone Lighthouse (ed. 2) §146 Slips of deal board..shot straight upon the edges by a plane.

1846 C. Holtzapffel Turning & Mech. Manip. II. 502 In squaring or shooting the edges of boards, the shooting board..is very much used.

1881 F. Young Every Man his own Mechanic §384. 167 The Amateur unless he has a trying-plane will use his jack-plane for shooting the edges of boards.

Compounds

The verb stem in combination.

shoot-hole n. a hole through which to shoot.

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society > armed hostility > defence > defensive work(s) > defensive walls > [noun] > loophole

loop1393

lancet-loupe1562

loophole1591

barbican1600

eyelet hole1774

arrow slit1789

meurtrière1802

murderess1802

shot-hole1819

arrowlet1837

arrow loop1840

eyelet1851

musket-slit1856

cross-oylet1859

shoot-hole1892

1892 R. G. Cumming Five Years' Hunting Adventures S. Afr. (rev. ed.) vii. 78 Having constructed a shoot-hole [1850, 1879 shooting-hole]..I took up my position for the night.

shoot-rail n. (see quot. 1856).

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the world > space > relative position > closed or shut condition > that which or one who closes or shuts > a barrier > [noun] > hedge or fence > a fence > post-and-rail fence > rail

kneeling-rail1703

fence-raila1744

split rail1826

slip-rail1827

shoot-rail1856

guard-rail1860

spar1882

rail-

1856 P. Thompson Hist. & Antiq. Boston, Lincoln 722 Shottles, shoot-rails. Rails easily removed in a fence, to make an entrance into an inclosure, and then shot (thrust) back again into their places.

† shoot-serpent n. Obsolete (see quot. 1731).

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1731 G. Medley tr. P. Kolb Present State Cape Good-Hope II. 163 She is likewise call'd the Dart- or Shoot-serpent, on account of her darting herself very swiftly either at or from an enemy.

shoot-off n. the subsequent competition between tied contestants in a shooting-match.

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society > leisure > sport > types of sport or game > competitive shooting > [noun] > types of match or contest

turkey-shoot1845

pool1860

tie-shot1887

shoot-off1892

tie-shooting1902

miss-and-out1903

tie-shoot1909

cowboy action shooting1989

1892 W. W. Greener Breech-loader 250 The tie was immediately shot off at 25 birds each, Captain Brewer killing all his birds while Mr. Fulford scored 24, leaving Mr. Brewer..the winner of the shoot-off by a single bird.

1900 Westm. Gaz. 16 July 6/3 Three competitors tie with 34..the shoot-off takes place to-morrow.

Draft additions September 2016

Surfing. to shoot the pier: to ride a wave through or between the pilings of a pier.

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1961 Pasadena (Calif.) Independent 29 Sept. 22/2 The worst conditions occurred during the women's prelims Saturday when the south swell became so south that the girls were required to shoot the pier on each wave they attempted.

1986 Courier-Mail (Brisbane) (Nexis) 1 Aug. So the next time the northerly blows, take along a crash helmet for protection from the crowd and, if you're game, shoot the pier.

2004 R. Sumpter 100 Best Surf Spots in World 46/2 Head straight for, first, a tube ride, and then a walled-up wave to shoot the pier.

Draft additions 1993

to drive past (a traffic signal indicating that one should stop or slow down). Cf. jump v. 10b, run v. 23c.

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society > travel > transport > transport or conveyance in a vehicle > vehicular traffic > [verb (transitive)] > provide with traffic signals > drive past

shoot1937

1937 E. Partridge Dict. Slang 761/1 Shoot the amber, (of a motorist) to increase speed when the amber light is showing, in order to pass before the red (‘stop’) light comes on.

1958 Sunday Times 6 July 10/4 The mind races at 60 m.p.h. in a built-up area, so to speak, and shoots all the traffic-lights.

1972 Police Rev. 10 Nov. 1463/1 The letter of the law required that such emergency vehicles should not ‘shoot the red lights’.

1986 M. Howard Expensive Habits 112 Automotive fantasy he calls it at school, listening to his friends' tales of shooting stoplights, cruising down Colombus Avenue.

Draft additions July 2002

intransitive. Originally U.S. to shoot from the hip: to fire a shot from a handgun instantly after drawing it from a holster, without taking proper aim; (in later use usually figurative) to make a snap decision, to act or react impulsively, intuitively, or spontaneously; spec. to speak hastily, frankly, or without concern for the consequences.

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1869 Galaxy May 739 Point your pistol quickly with your forefinger along the barrel; don't stop to take aim, but shoot at once from the hip.

1911 J. London Inevitable White Man in South Sea Tales 249 They are not used to putting the guns to their shoulders. They wait until they are right on top of a man, and then they shoot from the hip.

1932 W. H. Auden Orators ii. 66 Heathcliffe before you as the newspaper peer: I'm the sea dog, he said, who shall steer this ship.., I succour the State, I shoot from the hip.

1951 Amer. Econ. Rev. 41 92 Sometimes problems can be studied at leisure. Very often, the executive has to shoot from the hip.

1971 Wall St. Jrnl. 30 Apr. 2/3 He's convinced the Nixon administration failed to give enough study to a cost-price squeeze in steel before ‘shooting from the hip’ in criticising recent steel-price increases.

2000 Arena July 17 Arena installed itself as the smartest, coolest, funniest, sexiest, brightest high-roller in the bar and has stayed there living the dream, punching above its weight, shooting from the hip for 100 issues.

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transitive. figurative. to shoot oneself in the foot and variants: to cause oneself difficulty or harm inadvertently; to make one's own situation worse.In quot. 1959, as part of an extended metaphor.

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1959 W. Howells Mankind in Making vi. 97 Certain common useful phrases can be dangerous... Like guns, they will do the right thing in the right hands, but they are loaded, and ordinary citizens without Ph.D.'s are not the only ones who have accidents with them. Many a specialist has shot himself in the foot when he thought he was only cleaning a paragraph.

1976 Aviation Week (Nexis) 5 Apr. 9 Why we seem to insist on shooting ourself in the foot over this issue, I'll never know.

1980 Time 21 Jan. 22 Said Morton Sosland..of the grain embargo: ‘America has just shot itself in the foot.’

1989 Nursing Times 29 Nov. 22/2 Once again ministers have shot themselves in their collective feet by their obsessive desire to privatise everything.

1991 A. Campbell Sidewinder i. 1 Sidewinder is a demon of a fairly high order—although from his ludicrous propensity to shoot himself in the foot you may find that hard to believe.

2001 AXM Aug. 124/2 I did gain a few Brownie points when I told her I'm a journalist... But I proceeded to shoot myself in the foot by informing her that it doesn't pay anything more than chump change.

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(to be like) shooting fish in a barrel and variants: used to describe something accomplished without difficulty, esp. by taking advantage of easy targets. Cf. like taking candy from a baby at candy n.² Phrases 2.

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1902 Pittsburg Press 23 Feb. 6/4 ‘Just as simple as shooting fish in a barrel,’ said the lucky winner.

1903 Anaconda (Montana) Standard 8 Feb. It was as easy as shootin' fish in a barrel w'en once youse got used to it.

1941 C. Brackett & B. Wilder Ball of Fire (film script) 138 Perhaps it wasn't quite worthy of you to choose us as the subjects of your demonstration. Eight pushovers. Like shooting fish in a barrel.

2011 Sunday Express (Nexis) 20 Feb. (Features section) 73 ‘It was like shooting fish in a barrel,’ he said ruefully of the regular drugs busts he once performed in Washington Square Park.

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单词	shoot
释义	shootn.¹ Brit. /ʃuːt/, U.S. /ʃut/ Forms: 1500s s(c)hute, 1500s schote, Middle English schoyt, 1500s shote, 1500s showt, 1500s–1600s shoote, 1600s shout, Middle English– shoot. Etymology: < shoot v.In early examples it is sometimes difficult to distinguish this word from certain other derivatives of the same root. In the early 16th cent. the spellings shote and shoot(e are both ambiguous, so that only the shade of meaning can determine whether the word is shoot (rhyming with root ) < the present-stem of the verb, or the older shote n. (rhyming with throat ). The 16th cent. examples of the spelling s(c)hute belong to the present word, but down to the 14th cent. this spelling (with u = ü ) represents the Old English scyte : see shute n.¹ 1. a. An act of shooting (with firearms, a bow, etc.); a discharge of arrows, bullets, etc.: = shot n.¹ Now only archaic. ΘΚΠ society > armed hostility > military equipment > operation and use of weapons > action of propelling missile > [noun] > discharging of missile weapon > instance of shotc1000 strokec1400 shooting1426 shoota1535 a1535 T. More Dialoge of Comfort (1553) i. xvi. sig. D.i^v Thys marcke..we shal now mete for the shoote and consider..how farre of, your arrowes are from the pricke. 1545 R. Ascham Toxophilus i. f. 41 The strongest men, do not drawe alwayes the strongest shoote. 1545 R. Ascham Toxophilus ii. f. 1^v For in a rayne and at no marke, a man may shote a fayre shoote. 1546 in T. Stapleton Plumpton Corr. (1839) 250 Tomorrow..I must..ride to Tankerslay..& mete my Lord of Shrewsburry, who will be thear tomorrow by ij of the clock, & se a showt at a stage [= stag]. 1565 T. Cooper Thesaurus at Conficere He killed twelue at .xii. shootes. 1583 B. Melbancke Philotimus (new ed.) sig. Riv ^v O that I mighte haue a shoote at one of the Deares in his Parke. 1629 J. Wadsworth Eng. Spanish Pilgrime iv. 35 In 12 shootes more they strooke downe our maine Mast. 1676 R. Shotterel & T. D'Urfey Archerie reviv'd 78 If in measuring a Shoot, the Mark be stirred out of its place, he loseth the Shoot that removed it. 1692 R. L'Estrange Fables lxvi. 65 As a Country Fellow was making a Shoot at a Pigeon. 1775 Pennsylvania Evening Post 30 Nov. 551/1 The riflemen..declare that they can hit a man every shoot if within two hundred and fifty yards. 1801 T. Roberts Eng. Bowman 293 A Shoot, an arrow shot. 1888 R. L. Stevenson Black Arrow Prol. 8 How many a rogue would give his two crop ears to have a shoot at either of us! 1888 R. L. Stevenson Black Arrow v. vi. 306 I have two score men at my whistle, and with one shoot of arrows I could answer for you all. figurative.1590 Cobler of Caunterburie 2 All men..saide, that he [Chaucer] shot a shoote which many haue aimed at but neuer reacht to.1683 J. Dryden & N. Lee Duke of Guise i. i. 2 Pol. But one prime Article of our Holy League, Is to preserve the King, his Pow'r and Person. Cur. That must be said, you know, for decency; A pretty Blind to make the Shoot secure. †b. Range, distance or reach of a shot; shooting distance. Obsolete. ΘΚΠ the world > space > distance > [noun] > limit of distance or reach > to which a thing may be shot shot1455 shoot1545 level1548 reach1572 range1588 scope1830 carry1851 1545 R. Ascham Toxophilus i. f. 6 There was nothing within his retche & shote. 1559 D. Lindsay Test. Papyngo l. 941 in Wks. (1931) I They haue ane Boumbard..Within quhose schote there dar no Enimeis Approche thare place. a1625 F. Beaumont & J. Fletcher Honest Mans Fortune iv. ii, in Comedies & Trag. (1647) sig. Xxxxx2/2 Hence and take the wings of thy blacke Infamy, to carry thee beyond the shoot of looks, Or sound of curses. 1641 Earl of Monmouth tr. G. F. Biondi Hist. Civil Warres Eng. I. iv. 64 Chartier brings the two Armies face to face within the shoote of a Culverin. 1676 Acc. Exam. Joan Perry 3 He went again with him about a Bows shoot into the Fields. a1684 J. Evelyn Diary anno 1646 (1955) II. 509 Nor could we any where see above a pistol shoote before us. 1719 D. Defoe Life Robinson Crusoe 275 So that I might come within shoot of them, before I should be discover'd. †c. Weapons for shooting, firearms. Obsolete. ΘΚΠ society > armed hostility > military equipment > weapon > device for discharging missiles > firearm > [noun] > collectively shoot1469 gunnery1497 shot1579 arms1643 ironmongery1895 1469 M. Paston in Paston Lett. & Papers (2004) I. 344 Þat wyth ther gret multitude of gonnes, wyth othere shoot and ordynaunce, ther shall no man dar appere in þe place. †d. A charge (of powder). Obsolete. ΘΚΠ society > armed hostility > military equipment > weapon > missile > ammunition for firearms > [noun] > charge shoot1645 charge1653 round1680 load1692 shot1708 recharge1728 feed1839 1645 R. Symonds Diary (1859) 276 Their ammunition was so spent that the enemy gave the soldjer many shootes of powder to make the conditions good. e. A game-shooting expedition; the result of such an expedition. ΘΚΠ the world > food and drink > hunting > shooting > [noun] > shooting expedition shoot1852 kangaroo-shoot1933 1852 Viscountess Canning in Hare Story Two Noble Lives (1893) I. 360 The Prince is much pleased with his shoot this year. One day he killed five stags. 1877 ‘Wildfowler’ Shooting Trips 2nd Ser. II. 99 We should arrive at Ford in time for a stroll and a ‘shoot’ along the river Arun. 1895 W. W. Hunter Old Missionary iii. 59 Their return..was celebrated by a big shoot in the jungle. f. A shooting party. ΘΚΠ the world > food and drink > hunting > shooting > [noun] > shooting party shoot1885 1885 Field 4 Apr. 446/1 At a big shoot in Warwickshire. 1894 ‘J. S. Winter’ Red Coats 69 Miss Dawson..gave big dinners and big shoots. g. The right to shoot game in a given area; also the area itself. ΘΚΠ the world > food and drink > hunting > shooting > [noun] > shooting rights deputation1749 shooting1848 shoot1861 stern shot1863 shoulder-shot1900 the world > food and drink > hunting > shooting > [noun] > shooting area shooting-ground1835 shoot1861 rough shoot1883 rough-shooting1899 society > law > legal right > rights to do or use something > [noun] > hunting or fishing rights several fishery1426 piscary1475 (free) warren1485 fishing1495 chasea1500 fugationc1503 piscage1610 fishery1703 shooting1848 shoot1861 rod1898 fishing rights1936 1861 H. C. Jenkin Who breaks—Pays II. 93 I hear Sir Frederick a taken the shoot hisself, and bought Bill Fordham's black hunter. 1892 W. W. Greener Breech-loader 221 The sportsman whose shoot is small and the game..scarce and wild, will be unable to practise driving to any advantage. 1900 Field 29 Sept. Advt. p. vi/2 Wanted, a good rough shoot, commencing season 1901–1902, on Lease; plenty of rabbits essential; 2000 to 5000 acres. h. A shooting match or contest; a round of shots in such a contest. ΘΚΠ society > leisure > sport > types of sport or game > competitive shooting > [noun] shooting match1750 wed-shooting1792 target1825 shoot1892 wappenschaw1899 1892 W. W. Greener Breech-loader 102 Some men who attend second-rate pigeon shoots and do not take their own guns. 1892 Times 23 July 6/1 Volunteer Aggregate... One shoot at 200, one at 500, and three at 600 yards. Seven shots at each. 1894 Daily News 12 June 8/6 The full scores of the first ‘shoot’ for places in the ‘English Twenty’ at Bisley. i. transferred. The action of shooting a film. Cf. shoot v. 22f. ΘΚΠ society > leisure > the arts > performance arts > cinematography > filming > [noun] camerawork1858 chronophotography1895 filming1909 motion photography1912 picturizing1916 shooting1920 take1920 shoot1929 lensing1942 1929 Morning Post 24 May 12/7 A Wembly ‘Shoot’ Described... A ‘talkie’ sequence is being ‘shot’ in the studio. 1978 Broadcast 13 Nov. 24/1 Had you crewed in features or television productions and then suddenly found yourself part of a commercial shoot? j. Military. An act of bombardment; esp., an exercise in which anti-aircraft drill is practised. ΘΚΠ society > armed hostility > drill or training > [noun] > weapon-training > firing practice artillery practice1781 ball practice1803 fire discipline1870 blank practice1873 shoot1941 society > armed hostility > military equipment > operation and use of weapons > action of propelling missile > discharge of firearms > management of artillery > [noun] > bombardment battery1548 cannonade1562 cannonading1637 bombarding1687 bomb battery1695 bombardment1702 cannon fire1725 bombard1807 shelling1860 hate1915 barrage1916 box barrage1916 creeping barrage1916 area bombardment1918 area shoot1919 shoot1941 stonk1944 1941 Hutchinson's Pict. Hist. War July–Sept. (caption) 162 Bofors guns, of proved efficiency against low-flying aircraft, are included in Malaya's defence programme... A practice shoot is in progress. 1961 B. Fergusson Watery Maze xiv. 344 The prize shoot was executed by Ajax and Argonaut on a troublesome battery at Longues. 1977 R.A.F. News 8–21 June 11/2 Such blank days, and other times when ‘shoots’ are cancelled..can be as disappointing and frustrating to the range team as to the fliers and their units. 2. a. The action of shooting, sprouting, or growing; the amount of growth (also concrete the new wood, etc. produced) in a certain period. Also †the mounting or rising (of the sap). ΘΚΠ the world > plants > by growth or development > [noun] > sprouting or germination shutea1300 springinga1387 bearinga1398 germination?1440 springing1531 sprouting1547 blading1548 shoot1572 sprout1586 spring1597 putting1623 eruption1626 spindling1626 germinating1644 spearing1707 spiring1733 flushing1810 plantulation1819 germing1832 germinance1841 stooling1854 coming up1908 the world > plants > part of plant > plant substances > [noun] > fluid, juice, or sap > production, rising, or running of shoot1572 succification1733 running1744 1572 L. Mascall tr. D. Brossard L'Art et Maniere de Semer iii, in Bk. Plant & Graffe Trees 10 For to set the Pyne tree, ye must set or plante them of Nuttes, in Marche, or about the shewte of the sappe. 1661 R. Boyle Two Ess. Unsuccessfulness Exper. ii, in Certain Physiol. Ess. 83 Others content themselves to chuse a hazel rod (which some will have to be all of the same years shoot). 1666 J. Evelyn Kalendarium Hortense (ed. 2) 12 Cut off all the shoot of August, unless the nakedness of the place incline you to spare it. 1733 W. Ellis Chiltern & Vale Farming 266 The Clover makes a quick Shoot, and will get a large second Head. 1832 Boston Herald 8 May 3/5 The shoot of Spring grass is also unusually late, and slow in vegetation. 1896 Daily News 19 Sept. 2/5 The crops presented at harvest what to agriculturists is known as ‘two shoots’, i.e., a crop composed of ripe and also unripe grain. b. A young branch which shoots out from the main stock of a tree, plant, etc. ΘΚΠ the world > plants > part of plant > shoot, sprout, or branch > [noun] sproteeOE wiseOE spronkOE wrideOE brodc1175 wanda1300 breerc1320 scion?c1335 spraya1387 spriga1398 springa1400 sprouta1400 spiringc1400 shoota1450 youngling1559 forth-growing1562 spirk1565 sprouting1578 surcle1578 chive1583 chit1601 spurt1601 sprit1622 germen1628 spurge1630 spirt1634 brairding1637 springet1640 set1658 shrubble1674 underling1688 sobolesa1722 branchlet1731 springlet1749 sproutling1749 sprang1847 shootlet1889 a1450 Fysshynge wyth Angle (1883) 8 Take a feyr schoyt of blake thorne. 1578 H. Lyte tr. R. Dodoens Niewe Herball i. liv. 80 This plante [Linaria] hath diuers small shutes or scourges bearing small narrow leaues. 1637 J. Milton Comus 11 I saw them under a greene mantling vine..Plucking ripe clusters from the tender shoots. 1720 P. Blair Bot. Ess. i. 10 If it be put into a Pot, and all its Stolones or Shoots be taken off. 1796 W. Withering Arrangem. Brit. Plants (ed. 3) I. 81 Shoot (surculus) the branch of a Moss. 1812 S. Edwards New Bot. Garden I. 6 The French in Canada eat the tender shoots in spring as Asparagus. 1842 J. C. Loudon Suburban Horticulturist 497 Cut smooth the lower end of the shoot or cutting, and stick it into fine leaf or other rich mould about an inch deep. 1863 ‘G. Eliot’ Romola I. viii. 134 The fresh shoots among the darker green of the oak. 1909 J. G. Frazer Psyche's Task iv. 38 The shoots of the sweet potato had flowered and withered long ago. c. figurative. An offshoot; a growth or sprout from a main stock. ΘΚΠ the world > existence and causation > causation > source or origin > [noun] > that which originates from something else daughtereOE outcasting1340 impc1380 childa1398 outgrowing?a1425 proventc1451 provenuec1487 excrescency1545 sprig1575 procedure?1577 proceed1578 derivative1593 offspring1596 superfetation1603 excression1610 shootc1610 excretion1615 slip1627 excrescence1633 derivation1641 derivate1660 offshoot1801 offtracta1806 deduction1835 outgrowth1837 c1610–15 Life Holie Kinesburge in C. Horstmann Lives Women Saints (1886) 71 Kinesburge and Kineswide were daughters to Penda, a Pagan thoughe king of Mercia, holie shootes of a dead stocke or truncke. 1749 T. Smollett tr. A. R. Le Sage Gil Blas IV. xii. v. 198 His Excellency,..immediately sent for his equivocal heir, and new shoot from the trunk of the Guzmans. 1833 H. W. Longfellow Sexagenarian in Outre-Mer Monsieur d'Argentville was a shoot from a wealthy family of Nantes. 1882 F. J. Child Eng. & Sc. Pop. Ballads I. i. 51/1 The ballad we are dealing with is a wild shoot from the story of Judith and Holofernes. 1899 J. Mathew Eagle Hawk & Crow ii. 9 Upon the aboriginal Australian stock there was grafted a strong Malayo-Dravidian shoot. d. transferred. ΚΠ a1616 W. Shakespeare Winter's Tale (1623) i. ii. 130 Thou want'st a rough pash, & the shoots that I haue To be full, like me. View more context for this quotation 1672 N. Grew Anat. Veg. iv. 105 Those Fibrous Shoots which run along the Pith in the Root. 1822 J. M. Good Study Med. I. 462 It is better..to distinguish by the phrase polypous tumours, caruncles or shoots, such adscititious productions as may have a resemblance to them [i.e. to nasal polypi] in other organs. 1847 W. H. Prescott Hist. Conquest Peru I. iii. iii. 364 Ridges of barren land, that seemed like shoots of the adjacent Andes. 1851 S. P. Woodward Man. Mollusca i. 18 The oyster continues enlarging his shell by annual ‘shoots’, for four or five years. 1861 The Oyster 35 These [overlapping plates forming an oyster-shell] are technically termed ‘shoots’, and each of them marks a year's growth. e. Applied to the forms of crystals ? likened to those of a plant. Cf. shoot v. ΘΚΠ the world > matter > chemistry > crystallography (general) > crystal (general) > crystal habit > [noun] > miscellaneous others shoot1670 stella1844 hourglass structure1888 spherulite1893 lath1916 1670 E. Browne Let. 5 Feb. in H. Oldenburg Corr. (1969) VI. 465 Another sorte of salt there is also which consisteth of squares and Tables, and a thirde to be founde of somewhat stirious or long shootes. 1672 N. Grew Let. 12 Mar. in H. Oldenburg Corr. (1971) VIII. 589 Nitre is formed, as is commonly known, into long cylindrical shoots: as also all Lixivial Salts for ye most part. a1728 J. Woodward Attempt Nat. Hist. Fossils Eng. (1729) i. 158 Spar of a yellow Hue, shot into numerous trigonal pointed Shoots of various Sizes. a1728 J. Woodward Attempt Nat. Hist. Fossils Eng. (1729) i. 158 Hexangular Sprigs or Shoots of Crystal of various Sizes. 1749 Philos. Trans. 1748 (Royal Soc.) 45 364 He tried Alum, which fully answered everything he proposed; for it restored the Salt to its natural cubical Shoot. 3. a. A motion or movement (of a thing) as though shooting or being shot in a particular direction; also the space or distance covered by such a motion or by a push; spec. (see quot. 1903). ΘΚΠ the world > space > distance > [noun] > distance covered by something shot or thrown shoota1596 the world > movement > rate of motion > swiftness > swift movement in specific manner > [noun] > sudden > a sudden dart startc1330 gird1545 whip1550 shoota1596 whippeta1603 snap1631 jet1647 flirt1666 whid1719 dart1721 spout1787 with a thrash1870 sprit1880 divea1897 a1596 Sir Thomas More (1911) iv. iii. 20 Thence some slight shoote Being carried by the waues, our boate stood still Iust opposite the Tower. a1658 R. Lovelace Falcon x The Falcon charges at first view With her brigade of Talons; through Whose Shoots, the wary Heron beat, With a well counter-wheel'd retreat. 1863 N. Hawthorne Our Old Home II. 130 [The journey by river is] far preferable to the brief, yet tiresome shoot along the railway track. 1869 ‘W. Bradwood’ The O.V.H. xxx They have nearly completed the shoot to the Middlesex shore [in the University boat-race]. 1881 G. MacDonald Mary Marston II. xiii. 223 Into those eyes she would call up her soul and there make it sit, flashing light, in gleams and sparkles, shoots and coruscations. 1894 Times 25 June 7/2 Both [yachts] had a long shoot up in the eye of the wind. 1903 Edwards-Moss in A. E. T. Watson Eng. Sport 178 In order then to give the same shoot (i.e. pace between the strokes) when the oars are coming forward for the next stroke, there must be greatly increased power put into each stroke. b. Of an immaterial thing: A sudden advance. ΘΚΠ the world > action or operation > continuing > progress, advance, or further continuance > [noun] > sudden, marked, or notable advance shoot1752 leap-up1875 leap forward1961 1752 S. Johnson Rambler No. 200. ⁋4 I felt at his sudden shoot of success an honest and disinterested joy. 1752 D. Hume Ess. & Treat. (1777) I. 125 The sciences..were enabled to make..considerable shoots. 1837 T. Carlyle French Revol. I. vii. i. 335 Many things too, especially all diseased things, grow by shoots and fits. 1839 H. Hallam Introd. Lit. Europe II. iv. 179 We find it..near the end of Elizabeth's reign, when our literature made its first strong shoot. c. A sharp short twinge (of pain). ΘΚΠ the world > health and disease > ill health > pain > types of pain > [noun] > sudden pain stitchc1000 showera1300 shutea1300 gridea1400 gripa1400 shota1400 stounda1400 lancing1470 pang1482 twitch?1510 shooting1528 storm1540 stitching1561 stub1587 twinge1608 gird1614 twang1721 tang1724 shoot1756 darting1758 writhe1789 catch1830 lightning pain1860 twitcher1877 rash1900 1756 S. Foote Englishman return'd from Paris ii. 51 I burn, I burn—Ah, there's a Shoot. 1822 J. M. Good Study Med. III. 297 The lancinating shoots darted both downward..and upwards. 1892 A. C. Swinburne Sisters ii. i. 36 I thought, Between the shoots and swoonings, off and on, How hard it was. 1899 J. Hutchinson in Arch. Surg. X. 126 The shoots of pain were like those of an electric discharge. †d. = thrust n. 3 (a). Obsolete. ΘΚΠ the world > matter > physics > mechanics > force > [noun] > pressure > thrust impulsion?a1475 trusion1656 bear1674 thrust1708 push1715 bearing1753 shoot1772 out-thrust1842 1772 C. Hutton Princ. Bridges 58 The weight of the pier ought..to..exceed in effect the shoot of the arch. 1823 P. Nicholson New Pract. Builder 340. e. A detachment and falling away or tumbling down (as of part of a cliff); a landslip. ΘΚΠ the world > the earth > structure of the earth > formation of features > movement of material > [noun] > movement under gravity or water land-rushc1550 slide1664 landslip1679 pitting1686 rockfall?1797 shoot1820 landslide1822 run1827 mountain slide1830 slip1838 slough1838 mudslide1848 founder1882 creep1889 soil-creep1897 rock creep1902 slump1905 solifluction1906 slumping1907 slopewash1938 sludging1946 mass wasting1951 1820 W. Scoresby Acct. Arctic Regions I. 104 Various heaps of broken ice denoted recent shoots of the seaward edge [sc. of an iceberg]. 1889 W. Rye Cromer 68 In 1832, there was so heavy a shoot of the cliff..that [etc.]. f. In slang phrase to give (a person) the shoot: to dismiss from employment, sack; also transferred. So to get the shoot. Cf. boot n.³ 1c. ΘΚΠ society > occupation and work > lack of work > [verb (transitive)] > dismiss or discharge to put awaya1387 discharge1428 dismiss1477 to put out of wages1542 discard1589 to turn away1602 to put off1608 disemploy1619 to pay off1648 to pay off1651 to turn out1667 to turn off1676 quietus1688 strip1756 trundle1794 unshop1839 shopc1840 to lay off1841 sack1841 drop1845 to give (a person) the shoot1846 bag1848 swap1862 fire1879 to knock off1881 bounce1884 to give (a person) the pushc1886 to give (a person) the boot or the order of the boot1888 bump1899 spear1911 to strike (a medical practitioner, etc.) off the register1911 terminate1920 tramp1941 shitcan1961 pink slip1966 dehire1970 resize1975 to give a person his jotters1990 1846 ‘Lord Chief Baron’ Swell's Night Guide (new ed.) 50 ‘You nasty old man,’ said she, ‘and your doss gorger cracked a wid about you to me, and said she must give you the shoot.’ 1906 E. Dyson Fact'ry 'Ands xiv. 183 Get er move on, 'r you'll get ther shoot. g. = shot n.¹ 7h. U.S. ΘΚΠ society > travel > air or space travel > use or science of rockets > [noun] > a rocket flight shoot1959 1959 Time 5 Jan. 24/2 Another 20 or 30 Atlas shoots must be made. 1961 N.Y. Times Mag. 5 May 28/2 (caption) In a recent ‘shoot’ the capsule was picked up at sea fifty-six minutes after take-off. 4. Weaving. One movement or throw of the shuttle between the threads of the warp; the length of thread thus placed; also, the weft. ΘΚΠ the world > textiles and clothing > textiles > threads in process of weaving > [noun] > weft weftc725 woofc725 abbeOE shoot1717 shute1721 filling1812 the world > textiles and clothing > textiles > threads in process of weaving > [noun] > weft > a thread > length of shoot1717 the world > textiles and clothing > textiles > textile manufacture > manufacture textile fabric or that which consists of > manufacture of textile fabric > [noun] > weaving > moving or driving of shuttle > cast or throw of shoot1717 pick1795 shot1845 1717 T. Parnell tr. Homer's Battle Frogs & Mice ii. 114 Along the Loom the purple Warp I spread, Cast the light Shoot, and crost the silver Thread. 1731 C. Mortimer in Philos. Trans. (Royal Soc.) 37 107 Wherefore they fasten a Loop or Potlart to as many of these simple Chords as there are Threads of the Warp to be pull'd up at every Shoot, or every Throw of the Shuttle; by which means the Shoot shews itself on the right Side, where the Warp is pulled up. 1736 Act 9 Geo. II c. 37 §7 The Shoot Yarn..shall be..close struck with four Shoots of treble Threads at the Distance of every two Feet. 1811 J. Taylor Remarks Present State Devon in T. Risdon Chorogr. Surv. Devon (new ed.) p. xxv The other yarn, of a softer twist, is called the abb or shoot. 1831 G. R. Porter Treat. Silk Manuf. 231 The commoner sorts of ribands, are composed altogether, both warp and shoot, of Bengal silk. 1840 Civil Engineer & Architect's Jrnl. 3 139/2 An improved method of preparing shoot or weft to be used in weaving woollen cloth. 1844 G. Dodd Textile Manuf. Great Brit. vi. 201 Plain silks, as well as most woven fabrics, consist of threads crossing each other at right angles; the ‘long-threads’ being technically called the warp, and the ‘cross-threads’ the shoot or weft. 1888 J. Paton in Encycl. Brit. XXIV. 464/1 A new shed is formed, the last made pick or shoot being enwrapped between the intersecting warp sheds. 5. a. A heavy and sudden rush of water down a steep channel; a place in a river where this occurs, a rapid. (Confused with chute n.¹ 1; cf. shute n.¹) ΘΚΠ the world > the earth > water > rivers and streams > system > [noun] > rapids white water1482 sault1600 shoota1609 stickle1616 swift1661 rift1727 rapid1744 rattle1770 rip1775 riffle1865 spate1884 a1609 J. Dennys Secrets of Angling (1613) ii. xxvi. sig. C7 At the Tayles, of Mills and Arches small, Whereas the shoote is swift. 1725 D. Defoe New Voy. round World ii. 121 Gullies..where..great Shoots of Water had been used to run. 1792 G. Cartwright Jrnl. I. Gloss. p. xiv Shoot in a River, a place where the stream, being confined by rocks which appear above water, is shot through the aperture with great force. 1818 W. Scott Heart of Mid-Lothian xiii, in Tales of my Landlord 2nd Ser. IV. 291 A single shoot carried a considerable stream over the face of a black rock. 1869 R. D. Blackmore Lorna Doone II. xvii. 231 The ‘shoot’, as we called our little runnel of everlasting water, never known to freeze before. 1870 D. Macrae Americans at Home II. xli. 161 At these points it [the Mississippi] sooner or later makes a new channel for itself across the neck of land. This is called a shoot. b. An artificial channel for conveying water by gravity to a low level; or for the escape of overflow water from a reservoir, etc.; also for forcing water into a railway engine in rapid motion. ΘΚΠ the world > the earth > water > rivers and streams > stream > [noun] > channel for conveyance of water water leatOE water lade1224 leat1279 watergang1293 sow1316 trough1398 wissinga1400 lanec1420 waterway1431 water leasow1440 watercoursea1450 fleam1523 lead1541 cut1548 aqueducta1552 lake1559 strand1565 race1570 channel1581 watergauge1597 gout1598 server1610 carriage1669 runnel1669 aquage1706 shoot1707 tewel1725 run1761 penstock1763 hulve1764 way-gang1766 culvert1774 flume1784 shute1790 pentrough1793 raceway1793 water carriage1793 carrier1794 conductor1796 water carrier1827 penchute1875 chute1878 by-cut1883 1707 J. Mortimer Whole Art Husbandry (1721) II. 82 By maintaining of the leaden Shoot. 1768 A. Tucker Light of Nature Pursued I. i. 61 The miller of an overshot mill..has shoots lying over every one of his wheels stopped by flash-boards at their upper ends, against which the water lies bearing always ready to drive the wheels whenever it can find a passage. 1807 in C. Vancouver Gen. View Agric. Devon (1808) xii. 320 Immediately below the weir, there is an outlet regulated by another flood-hatch, and conducted through a shoot, formed of oak-plank, from the leat. 1833 J. C. Loudon Encycl. Cottage Archit. §85 To paint the whole of the external wood-work, and the gutters, and shoots (spouts). 1843 Civil Engineer & Architect's Jrnl. 6 90/1 A form of gully hole and shoot, constructed with radiated bricks, the shoot being half a brick in substance. 1865 Morning Star 5 Apr. To make provision for draining the water from the surface, and having shoots on each side to carry it off. 1875 W. D. Parish Dict. Sussex Dial. Shoot, a gutter round a roof for shooting off the water. †c. ? The flow of water (from a hill). Obsolete. ΘΚΠ the world > the earth > water > flow or flowing > [noun] runninga1398 goutc1400 stream14.. flowingc1440 watercourse1552 current1555 fluxc1600 gliding1600 fluor1642 currency1657 lapse1667 shoot1799 flowage1830 come1862 1799 A. Young Gen. View Agric. County Lincoln 275 The catch-water drain runs all winter, taking the shoot from an extensive range of hills, and bringing in floods much of the finer and richer particles. 6. a. A sloping channel or conduit for letting down coal, ore, wheat, etc. into a lower receptacle. ΘΚΠ society > occupation and work > equipment > conveyor > [noun] > chute spout?1532 chute1829 shoot1844 shute1847 society > occupation and work > workplace > places where raw materials are extracted > mine > [noun] > shoot for coal or debris flue1774 shoot1844 chute1884 1844 H. Stephens Bk. of Farm II. 137 It is always desirable that the frame below should contain a shoot formed of light boarding, that will receive the broken cake from the rollers. 1862 Chambers's Jrnl. Apr. 216 [Mining] The shoots are iron gratings or screens, placed at a considerable incline, and as the coal runs down, the dust falls through on to heaps below. 1869 W. J. M. Rankine Cycl. Machine & Hand-tools Pl.P 20 The bullet, now finished, is delivered through a shoot into a wooden box. 1884 Law Rep.: Appeal Cases 9 426 The Westport..made fast to the coal staiths..with the forehatch under No. 1 shoot. 1899 S. Baring-Gould Bk. of West II. xviii. 290 Above the door is a shoot for melted lead. b. U.S. ‘A passage-way on the side of a steep hill or mountain down which wood and timber are thrown or slid’ (Bartlett 1848). Also shute n.³ ΚΠ 1881 Standard 22 Jan. 5/1 If the winter is mild the logs cannot be ‘hauled’ from the ‘stump’ to the ‘shoot’ on the river bank. c. U.S. ‘An enclosed steep passageway for animals to pass, as from one corral to another or to railway-cars’ ( Funk's Stand. Dict. 1895). Australian, an opening and ramp leading from one pen to another in a sheep-shearing shed. Cf. chute n.¹ 3b. ΘΚΠ the world > food and drink > farming > animal husbandry > sheep-farming > sheep-shearing > [noun] > shearing-shed > hole through wall porthole1882 shoot1900 1865–6 Trans. Illinois Agric. Soc. 6 319 Each railroad has one thousand feet of platform which is provided with ‘shoots’, leading directly into the yards and pens. 1873 J. H. Beadle Undeveloped West xxii. 432 About a quarter section of cattle-yards and ‘shoots’ extend around the depot. 1880 Harper's Mag. Jan. 203 (Funk) There were..three corrals connected by ‘shoots’ or narrow passages. 1900 H. Lawson Verses Pop. & Humorous 168 The shearers squint along the pens, they squint along the ‘shoots’. 1905 H. Lawson When I was King 38 The shed was cooled by electric fans that was over every shoot; The pens was of polished ma-ho-gany. 1955 D. A. Stewart & N. Keesing Austral. Bush Ballads 239 The shearers squint along the pens, they squint along the shoots; The shearers squint along the board to catch the Boss's boots. d. A place where rubbish may be ‘shot’; = tip n.⁵ 4b. ΘΚΠ the world > physical sensation > cleanness and dirtiness > clearing of refuse matter > refuse disposal > [noun] > place for disposing of refuse Tophet1382 shooting-ground1835 shoot1851 dumping-ground1857 dump1872 toom1882 dust-shoot1883 coup1886 nuisance ground1889 tip1890 1851 H. Mayhew London Labour II. 286/2 Each particular district appears to have its own special ‘shoot’..for rubbish. 1894 Daily News 27 Dec. 5/3 It [the dust] is taken to ‘shoots’ on vacant land. 7. Mining. A considerable and somewhat regular body or mass of ore in a vein, usually elongated and vertical or inclined in position. Also, ‘a vein branching at a small angle from and reentering a main vein’ ( Funk's Stand. Dict. 1895). ΘΚΠ the world > the earth > minerals > mineral deposits > [noun] > mass joist1829 shoot1850 ore mass1854 chimney1860 ore shoot1867 orebody1868 the world > the earth > minerals > mineral deposits > [noun] > vein > branching feeder1728 shoot1850 chimney1860 ore shoot1867 1850 D. T. Ansted Elem. Course Geol. Gloss. Shoot (in mining), a vein parallel [? erron.] to the stratification. 1880 H. R. Nicholls in Victorian Rev. (Melbourne) Feb. 657 Gold is not distributed uniformly through the quartz, but exists in ‘shoots’ and bands. 1890 Goldfields of Victoria 14 As a rule, as soon as the shoot of stone carrying gold runs out, the reef is abandoned. 1894 A. Robertson Nuggets 31 The rich shoot of gold he had come upon. 8. the whole (entire) shoot: the entire lot. to go the whole shoot: to risk all. slang and colloquial. ΘΚΠ the world > relative properties > wholeness > the whole or all > [noun] > the whole quantity, number, or amount > the whole lot every whita1450 every stitch?a1500 the devil and all1543 prow and poop1561 Christ-cross-row1579 every snip1598 thread and thrum1600 boodle1625 hair and hoof1705 rag-tag (also rag, tag) and bob-tail1725 tutti quanti1772 lot1791 lock, stock, and barrel1824 stock and fluke1825 the whole boiling1837 box and dice1839 the whole caboodlea1848 sub-cheese1859 the whole kit and boiling (boodle, caboodle, cargo)1859 the whole jingbang1866 the whole hypothec1871 the whole ball of wax1882 the whole (entire) shoot1884 (at) every whip-stitch1888 work1899 issue1919 guntz1958 full monty1979 1884 Longman's Mag. Feb. 382 The Colonel responded by declaring his intention of paying for the whole shoot. 1896 Pall Mall Mag. Nov. 380 I interviewed the entire shoot. They were all strangers to me. 1899 E. Phillpotts Human Boy 197 To mothers he never talked about ‘pupils’; but called the whole shoot of us ‘his lads’. 9. dialect. A crossbar connecting the parts of an old-fashioned plough; = sheath n.² ΘΚΠ the world > food and drink > farming > tools and implements > ploughing equipment > [noun] > plough > cross-bar staff?1523 stay-rig1591 pillow1733 shoot1733 1733 J. Tull Horse-hoing Husbandry xxii. 166 My Plow..being composed of four rough Pieces of Planks..held together by three Shoots, or Pieces of Wood. 1811 T. Davis Gen. View Agric. Wilts. (new ed.) 263 Parts of a Plough... Fore-shoot, backward-shoot, two pieces of wood immediately behind the coulter. Compounds C1. General attributive. a. shoot-bud n. ΚΠ 1786 J. Abercrombie Gardeners Daily Assistant 142 To disbud or rub off the useless shoot-buds of the year, now fast advancing. † shoot-graft n. Obsolete figurative ΚΠ 1610 P. Holland tr. W. Camden Brit. i. 109 From hence it is, that the shoot-grifts of iniquitie..sprout & put foorth in our soile. shoot-structure n. ΚΠ 1906 5th Rep. Carnegie Trust Scot. 18 William Macrae..—Correlation of shoot-structure and root-structure in plants with relation to their environmental conditions. b. shoot-producing adj. ΚΠ 1909 Contemp. Rev. Apr. 446 Analogous to the case of the shoot-producing plant is that of certain ascidians. C2. shoot-board n. = shooting-board n. at shooting n. Compounds 2 (E. H. Knight Pract. Dict. Mech. 1875). † shoot-serpent n. Obsolete = dart n. 4. ΘΚΠ the world > animals > reptiles > order Squamata (lizards and snakes) > suborder Lacertilia (lizards) > [noun] > family Scincidae > member of genus Acontias (dart-snake) dart1591 darter1608 dart-serpent1608 arrow snake1611 dart-snake1694 shoot-serpent1731 javelin-snake1835 1731 G. Medley tr. P. Kolb Present State Cape Good-Hope II. 163 The Eye-Serpent..is likewise call'd the Dart- or Shoot-Serpent, on Account of her darting her self very swiftly either at or from an Enemy. shoot-thread n. (see quot. 1844 and sense 4). ΘΚΠ the world > textiles and clothing > textiles > threads in process of weaving > [noun] > weft > a thread shoot-yarn1736 pick1829 shoot-thread1844 filling-thread1886 1844 G. Dodd Textile Manuf. Great Brit. vi. 203 A shoot-thread is thrown over the pile threads, and also over one-half of the warp-threads. † shoot-tobacco n. Obsolete (see quot. 1666). ΘΚΠ the world > physical sensation > use of drugs and poison > tobacco > [noun] > other types of tobacco craccus1617 mavis1641 shoot-tobacco1666 funk1677 black tobacco1698 kite's-foot1788 dark leaf1829 bird's eye1834 bright leaf1834 honeydew tobacco1835 seed leaf1837 long-tails1839 honeydew1843 caporal1850 dogleg tobacco1856 dogleg1863 Boer1881 burley1881 black boy1898 snus1916 1666 J. Davies tr. C. de Rochefort Hist. Caribby-Islands 191 It is called by some Shoot-Tobacco, or Sucker-Tobacco, or Tobacco of the second cutting or growth. shoot-trough n. a trough placed under a ‘shoot’ (sense 5b). ΘΚΠ society > occupation and work > equipment > receptacle or container > vessel > open vessels for liquids > [noun] > trough > for conveying water shoot-trough1831 1831 A. E. Bray Jrnl. in Descr. Part Devonshire (1836) I. vii. 119 It is now used..as a shoot-trough, in which they wash potatoes, &c. † shoot-yarn n. Obsolete = shoot-thread n. ΘΚΠ the world > textiles and clothing > textiles > threads in process of weaving > [noun] > weft > a thread shoot-yarn1736 pick1829 shoot-thread1844 filling-thread1886 1736 Act 9 Geo. II c. 37 §7 The Wharp and Shoot Yarn. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1914; most recently modified version published online June 2022). † shootn.² Forms: Also Middle English shutt, 1500s shute, shoutt. Etymology: < (Middle) Low German schôte or (Middle) Dutch schoot (see sheet n.¹, etymological note), whence West Frisian skoat , German schote , Swedish skot , also Anglo-Norman escote (whence 14th cent. English scote n.¹), Middle French ecoucte (modern French écoute, dialect escôte), †scot(t)e (Cotgrave), Italian scotta, Spanish escota, Portuguese escota. Nautical. Obsolete. = sheet n.² ΘΚΠ society > travel > travel by water > vessel, ship, or boat > equipment of vessel > masts, rigging, or sails > rigging > [noun] > running rigging > sheet or brace sheet1336 swing-rope1336 shoot1405 mainbrace1485 mainsheet1485 top-sheet1485 smite1494 tailing-rope1495 tail-rope1495 brace1626 stern-sheets1626 trimmers1630 fore-sheet1669 jib-sheet1825 boom-sheet1836 1405–10 in B. Sandahl Middle Eng. Sea Terms (1982) III. 92 v hausers, ij Shotes, iiij Ropetes. 1495 in M. Oppenheim Naval Accts. & Inventories Henry VII (1896) 188 Mayne shuttes olde and ffeble..ij. 1514 in Oppenheim Admin. Royal Navy (1896) I. 375 Shutes with iiij shevers of Brasse. 1531 in J. Strutt Horda Angel-Cynnan (1776) III. 53 A bonnet haulf worren, with shoutts, tacks, and bollyngs;..two top sayll shouts;..foer sayll shoutts. 1582 N. Lichefield tr. F. L. de Castanheda 1st Bk. Hist. Discouerie E. Indias i. xxviii. 71 Other belying the shootes both great and small. 1633 T. James Strange Voy. 30 We ouer~looked our Tacks and Shoots, with other Riggings of stresse. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1914; most recently modified version published online June 2021). shootn.³ Forms: 1500s, (1700s–1800s) shewt, 1700s shut, 1800s shoote, shute, 1800s– shoot. Etymology: apparently a special use of shoot n.¹ A species of colic or diarrhoea in cattle. ΘΚΠ the world > health and disease > ill health > animal disease or disorder > disorders of cattle, horse, or sheep > [noun] > disorders of cattle or sheep > diarrhoea shiteOE skitc1440 wood-evil?1523 moor-ill1556 ray1577 shoot1587 scouring1597 moor-evil1611 scour1764 rush?1771 mu-sickness1809 washiness1844 teart1896 Johne's disease1906 paratuberculosis1913 teartness1940 1587 L. Mascall Bk. Cattell (1596) i. 44 To helpe the shewt of bloud in cattell. The shewt of bloud commonly is, to those beastes which haue bin euil kept. 1725 R. Bradley Chomel's Dictionaire Œconomique Shewt of Blood. c1800 J. Cundall Sch. Arts 34 For Shut, or Flux in Calves. c1800 J. Cundall Sch. Arts 35 For a gut foundered, or Shut in Cows. 1834 W. Youatt Cattle 356 A disease of this character [i.e. of inflammatory fever], but known by a number of strange yet not inexpressive terms, is occasionally prevalent, and exceedingly fatal among cattle in every district. It is termed black-quarter, quarter evil, joint murrain, blood-striking, shewt of blood, &c. 1839 Compl. Grazier (ed. 7) vi. ii. 309 The Shoote or Dysentery in calves. 1886 R. Holland Gloss. Words County of Chester Shute,..diarrhœa in cattle. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1914; most recently modified version published online June 2021). shootv. Brit. /ʃuːt/, U.S. /ʃut/ Forms: Past tense and participle shot /ʃɒt/. Forms: present stem. α. Old English scéote, Middle English sceote, Middle English sceate, Middle English scheote, Middle English schete, shete, Middle English ssete, Middle English sscete, Middle English scheete, Middle English sheete. β. Middle English–1500s schote, shote, Middle English schut(e, Middle English–1500s schut, Middle English schwt (Scottish), shutte, 1500s shutt, 1500s–1600s shut, 1500s–1700s shute, Middle English schout, 1500s–1600s shoute, 1500s Scottish schuit(e, shuit, schoit, 1500s–1600s shoote. γ. [Old English–Middle English scotie, Middle English scote,] Middle English–1500s schott, Middle English schot, 1500s shot. 3rd person singular present Old English scíet, scíat, scýt(t, Middle English scheot, Middle English schut, schit, Middle English schet. past tense. α. singular Old English scéat, scǽt, scét, Middle English sceat, scæt, scheat, sset, set, Middle English schet, Middle English scheet, Middle English ssat, Middle English shate; plural Old English–Middle English scuton, Old English sceoton, Middle English scuten, soten, Middle English schoten, Middle English shoten, Middle English shotten, Middle English schotten, Middle English shotyn, shottyn, shotton. β. Middle English–1500s shotte, Middle English schott, Middle English schoote, shote, 1500s–1600s shott, 1600s shotted, 1500s (1800s rare) shooted, Middle English–1500s schot, Middle English– shot. past participle Old English ( ge)scoten, Middle English ( i-)scote(n, ( hi-sote, i-scote, i-ssote), Middle English i-schote, y-schote, Middle English ( y-)schoten, Middle English ( y-)shoten, -in, -on, Middle English schottyn, 1500s–1800s shotten, 1600s shoote, Middle English y-schott(e, y-schot, Middle English– shot. β. Middle English rare schett. Origin: A word inherited from Germanic. Etymology: A Common Germanic strong verb: Old English scéotan (scéat , scuton , scoten ) corresponds to Old Frisian skiata (West Frisian sjitte , East Frisian sjôt , schjôte , North Frisian sjit , skjit , etc.), Old Saxon (Gallée), Old Low Frankish skietan (Low German, Dutch schieten ), Old High German scioȥȥan (Middle High German schieȥen , modern German schiessen ), Old Norse skjóta (Swedish skjuta , Danish skyde ), < Germanic skeut- : skaut-* : skut- , for other derivatives of which see sheet n.¹, sheet n.², shot n.¹, shut v. The affinities outside Germanic are doubtful.The form-history in English is to some extent parallel with that of choose v., the only other surviving verb which has the series éo , ǽ (éa ), u , o preceded by a palatal consonant. In the present-stem, the forms shete , sheete , etc., directly representing the Old English scéot- , became obsolete in the 15th cent. (compare chese , which survived into the 16th cent.). The spelling s(c)hote , which, like the corresponding chose , occurs first in the 14th cent., is phonetically ambiguous, and possibly represents two distinct formations: (1) Middle English shōte with close o , the antecedent of the modern shoot , and probably descending from an Old English pronunciation with altered diphthongal stress, sceōt- , sc^eōt- ; and (2) Middle English shǭte with open o (the modern English form of which, if it had survived, would have been shote or shoat ), descending from Old English scotian to shoot (chiefly, with arrows), a weak verb < the ablaut-form scot- of the root (compare scot shot n.¹, scota shooter, archer). The form s(c)hute, probably representing a pronunciation /ʃjuːt/ or /ʃiwt/, earlier perhaps /ʃuːt/, is in chronology parallel with chuse; the vowel was probably in some dialects the regular phonetic descendant of Old English ēo or eō when preceded by /ʃ/. It is noteworthy that Ben Jonson ( Gram. xviii) says that to pronounce chewse, shewt, ‘is Scottish-like’. The Old English past tense scéat is normally represented by the 15th cent. form scheet; the contemporary forms schet, shate (14th cent. ssat) perhaps had the vowel-shortening which is common before a final dental. The modern form shot is of uncertain and probably mixed origin. It may partly represent the 14th cent. weak form schotte, which itself admits of a twofold explanation, as it may have been evolved from the originally strong plural schotten (representing Old English scuton), or it may descend from Old English scotode, past tense of scotian. The Middle English schōt (spelt schote in the 15th cent.), with which compare chose, past tense of choose, may descend from Old English sceāt, and by vowel-shortening may be one of the sources of the modern form. Further, the influence of the past participle may, as in many other verbs, have affected the form of the past tense. The past participle shotten normally represents Old English scoten (for the short vowel compare gotten); shot is probably a shortening of this, though it may also be partly a weak form as in the past tense. Rare weak forms are schett (15th cent.) from present stem schete, and shooted (16th cent.). I. To go swiftly and suddenly. 1. a. intransitive. Of an inanimate thing (or of a living being moving involuntarily): To go or pass with a sudden swift movement through space; to rush, be precipitated; to fly as an arrow from a bow. Also with adverb expressing direction of movement, as up, down, forward, etc. ΘΚΠ the world > movement > impelling or driving > projecting through space or throwing > throw [verb (intransitive)] > project through space shoota1000 loose1926 the world > movement > progressive motion > moving with current of air or water > motion in the air > move in the air [verb (intransitive)] > swiftly shoota1000 flyOE slinga1400 warp1565 a1000 Ælfred's Blooms in Shrine (1864) 201 Þonne þa wolcnan sceotað betweon hyre [the sun] & þe. c1000 Ælfric Deut. ix. 21 On ða burnan ðe of ðam munt scytt [L. qui de monte descendit]. a1225 Juliana 71 [The boiling pitch] smat up aȝein þeo þe iȝarket hit hefden & for schaldede of ham as hit up scheat. c1290 St. Michael 529 in S. Eng. Leg. 314 Liȝtingue..scheot þoruȝ þe cloude. c1305 Pilate 255 in Early Eng. Poems & Lives Saints (1862) 118 And as an arewe schet of a bwe þat bodie [i.e. of Pilate] schet þerinne. Þe roche schet to-gadere anon þo þat bodie was wiþ-inne. c1330 Arth. & Merl. 9159 Also þicke þe arwe schoten, In sonne bem so doþ þe moten. 1338 R. Mannyng Chron. (1725) 170 Þe galeie þer þorght [i.e. through the enemy's ship] schete, &..Þe schip þat was so grete, it dronkled in þe flode. 1569 T. Preston Lamentable Trag. Cambises 1166 As I on horse back up did leap, my sword from scabard shot. ?c1600 (c1515) Sc. Field (Lyme) 177 in I. F. Baird Poems Stanley Family (D.Phil. thesis, Univ. of Birm.) (1990) 237 The sonne shott up full sone, and shone over the hilles. 1602 J. Marston Hist. Antonio & Mellida i. sig. C2 Keene lightning shot Through the black bowels of the quaking ayre. 1632 G. Fletcher Christs Victorie (ed. 2) i. i And how the rising Morne, That shot from heav'n, did backe to heaven retourne. 1727 J. Thomson Summer 81 The lambent Lightnings shoot A-cross the Sky. 1829 Chapters Physical Sci. xvii. 201 The water will shoot forwards within it. 1848 W. E. Aytoun Lays Sc. Cavaliers (1849) 77 Thicker, thicker grew the swarm, And sharper shot the rain. 1860 J. Tyndall Glaciers of Alps i. ii. 12 The heavier masses..shoot forward like descending rockets. 1863 S. Baring-Gould Iceland 113 The Buthera shoots over a rock in a pretty cascade. 1864 Ld. Tennyson Dedication 4 As the rapid of life Shoots to the fall. 1889 A. Conan Doyle Micah Clarke x. 82 The weary creature stumbled, and the rider came perilously near to shooting over its head. 1899 T. C. Allbutt et al. Syst. Med. VI. 244 The blood at once shoots in from the arteries with great rapidity and distends the vessels. b. Of a ‘star’ or meteor: To dart across the sky. Cf. shooting star n. ΘΚΠ the world > movement > impelling or driving > projecting through space or throwing > throw [verb (transitive)] > project through space to let flyOE shootc1290 bolta1420 dischargec1500 speeda1569 outshoota1586 emit1711 wing1718 wise1721 arrow1796 wing1970 bomb- the world > the universe > constellation > comet or meteor > meteor > [verb (intransitive)] > move shootc1290 c1290 St. Michael 517 in S. Eng. Leg. 314 Ase ȝe mowe..I-seo a wonder siȝte, Scheote as þei it a steorre were bi þe lofte an heiȝ. 1600 W. Shakespeare Midsummer Night's Dream ii. i. 153 Cettaine starres shot madly from their Spheares, To heare the Sea-maids musicke. 1609 B. Jonson Masque of Queenes (BL Royal MS 18.A.xlv) 1.263 Neuer a starre yett shot? 1630 T. Dekker Second Pt. Honest Whore ii. i. 251 A Starre may shoote, not fall. 1736 A. Pope Rape of Lock ii. 82, in Wks. I. 151 The stars that shoot athwart the night. 1810 R. Southey Curse of Kehama xii. 129 Gone like..A star that shoots and falls, and then is seen no more. c. Of light, etc.: To be emitted in rays, to dart. Also with adverbs, as out, up. Of a glance: To dart. ΘΚΠ the world > matter > light > shine [verb (intransitive)] > emit rays > be emitted in the form of rays standOE ray1598 shoot1693 radiatea1704 pencila1774 the world > physical sensation > sight and vision > seeing or looking > see [verb (intransitive)] > glance or look quickly > of glance: to dart shoot1810 1693 J. Dryden Disc. conc. Satire in J. Dryden et al. tr. Juvenal Satires p. ii I was as soon Sensible as any Man of that Light, when it was but just shooting out, and beginning to Travel upwards to the Meridian. 1810 W. Scott Lady of Lake iv. 168 There shot no glance from Ellen's eye To give her stedfast speech the lye. 1825 W. Scott Talisman ix, in Tales Crusaders IV. 183 When the very first level ray shot glimmering in dew along the surface of the desert. 1825 W. Scott Betrothed xvi, in Tales Crusaders I. 325 A gleam of anger shot along his features. 1845 P. H. Gosse Ocean (1849) iv. 175 Not a cloud tempers the fierce burning rays of the sun, which shoot directly on our heads. 1853 E. K. Kane U.S. Grinnell Exped. (1856) xv. 111 From these, acicular rays shoot out in every direction. 1860 J. Tyndall Glaciers of Alps i. xx. 137 [The sun's] rays,..shot more and more deeply into the valley. 1908 R. Bagot Anthony Cuthbert iii. 27 From the north-eastern horizon broad streams of light were shooting up into the centre of the heavens. d. figurative. Of thoughts, etc.: To pass suddenly into, across, etc. a person's mind. ΘΚΠ the mind > mental capacity > perception or cognition > faculty of ideation > idea, notion, or concept > come to mind, occur [verb (intransitive)] > suddenly smitec1450 shoot1542 rejounce1556 to break in1713 to cross one's mind, etc. (rarely to cross one)1768 surge up1853 strobe1977 1542 N. Udall tr. Erasmus Apophthegmes f. 307 He could none other but folowe every soodain guerie or pangue that shotte in his braine. 1791 A. Radcliffe Romance of Forest I. v. 190 A thousand apprehensions shot athwart her busy thought. 1826 W. Scott Woodstock II. v. 135 It shot..across my mind, that [etc.]. 1832 L. Hunt Sir Ralph Esher III. iv. 133 It shot across me..that I was doing the very thing I described him as wishing not to be done. 1842 S. Lover Handy Andy xxxvii ‘Am I to see nothing but the evidences of death's doing this night?’ was the mental question which shot through Edward's over~wrought brain. 1870 E. Peacock Ralf Skirlaugh II. 236 A ray of light had shot into his mind. †e. Of fluids, tears, blood, etc.: To issue suddenly, stream out. Obsolete. ΘΚΠ the world > matter > liquid > liquid which has been emitted > action or process of emitting copiously > be emitted [verb (intransitive)] > suddenly or forcibly outspinc1330 gush?a1400 spinc1400 shoot1488 spurge1488 outgush1558 belch1581 sprouta1595 1488 (c1478) Hary Actis & Deidis Schir William Wallace (Adv.) (1968–9) iii. l. 156 The Scottis..With suerdis schar throuch habergeons full gude. Upon the flouris schot [1570 schot out] the schonkan blude Fra hors and men throw harnes burnyst beyne. 1508 Golagros & Gawane (Chepman & Myllar) sig. bv^v Schire teris schot fra schalkis. 1508 Golagros & Gawane (Chepman & Myllar) sig. bvi^v Fra schalkis schot schire blude our scheildis so schene. f. Of a person's feet: To slip suddenly. Now only with phrase or adverb. ΘΚΠ the world > movement > progressive motion > walking > walk, tread, or step [verb (intransitive)] > miss one's footing > slip > of the foot slipa1340 slittera1340 slide1340 to-slent14.. shoota1500 roll1878 a1500 (?c1400) Sir Triamour (Cambr.) (1937) l. 1547 Hys fote schett and he felle downe. 1889 F. E. Gretton Memory's Harkback 153 At a specially slippery place all my mare's feet shot from under her. g. Of a wall, cliff, etc.: To fall precipitately. ΘΚΠ the world > the earth > structure of the earth > structural features > sedimentary formation > [verb (intransitive)] > slope pitch?1440 shoot1589 1589 P. Ive Pract. Fortification 21 in tr. R. Beccarie de Pavie Instr. Warres But the discommoditie a wall receiueth of that so greate scarpe, is, that oft times through the great waight of the top, it looseth it foote and shooteth. 1754 T. Gardner Hist. Acct. Dunwich 93 The Serges playing against the Foot, easily undermines the Cliff, which shoots in abundance. h. Nautical. Of ballast: = shift v. 21c. ΘΚΠ society > travel > travel by water > shipwreck > suffer shipwreck [verb (intransitive)] > shift (of cargo or ballast) shoot1678 shift1797 1678 E. Phillips New World of Words (new ed.) (at cited word) The ballast is said to shoot, when it runs from one side of the Ship to the other. 1711 Mil. & Sea Dict. (ed. 4) The Ballast shoots: That is, runs over from one Side to the other; for which Reason all kind of Grain is dangerous Lading, as being apt to shoot. 1867 W. H. Smyth & E. Belcher Sailor's Word-bk. (at cited word) The ballast shoots on one side. i. Of a ball: To move with accelerated speed after its first impingement; esp. in Cricket. Of a bowled ball: To move rapidly close to the ground after pitching. ΘΚΠ society > leisure > sport > types of sport or game > ball game > cricket > bowling > bowl [verb (intransitive)] > motion of ball to make haste?a1475 twist?1801 cut1816 shoot1816 curl1833 hang1838 work1838 break1847 spin1851 turn1851 bump1856 bite1867 pop1871 swerve1894 to kick up1895 nip1899 swing1900 google1907 move1938 seam1960 to play (hit, etc.) across the line1961 1816 W. Lambert Instr. & Rules Cricket 29 When a ball is pitched short of its usual and proper length..it may cut or shoot on the ground. 1833 J. Nyren Young Cricketer's Tutor 29 When you see the ball shoot, play the bat back as near to the wicket as possible. 1844 Lillywhite's Illustr. Hand-bk. Cricket 17 Try every manœuvre to make the ball twist and shoot after it touches the ground. 1873 J. Bennett & ‘Cavendish’ Billiards 371 The effect of which [‘side’] is to make it shoot..as soon as it touches the cushion. 1888 A. G. Steel in A. G. Steel & R. H. Lyttelton Cricket (Badminton Libr. of Sports & Pastimes) iii. 184 The ball which, after the pitch, never rises, but shoots along the surface of the ground, and is commonly called a ‘shooter’. 1901 R. H. Lyttelton Cricket & Golf 31 A ball pitching on that spot would sometimes shoot, sometimes hang. j. to shoot on: in immaterial sense, to make rapid progress. ΘΚΠ the world > action or operation > continuing > progress, advance, or further continuance > progress or advance in an action [verb (intransitive)] > make good progress > make rapid progress hie1398 to shoot on1871 1871 J. R. Green Lett. (1901) 281 My physical strength has shot on wonderfully. 2. a. Of a person or living thing: To pass swiftly and suddenly from one place to another; to precipitate oneself, rush, dart. Also with adverbs, esp. off, out. ΘΚΠ the world > movement > rate of motion > swiftness > swift movement in specific manner > move swiftly in specific manner [verb (intransitive)] > move swiftly and suddenly windc897 shootc1000 smite?c1225 flatc1300 lash13.. girda1400 shock?a1400 spara1400 spritc1400 whipc1440 skrim1487 glance1489 spang1513 whip1540 squirt1570 flirt1582 fly1590 sprunt1601 flame1633 darta1640 strike1639 jump1720 skite1721 scoot1758 jink1789 arrow1827 twitch1836 skive1854 sprint1899 skyhoot1901 catapult1928 slingshot1969 book1977 c1000 West Saxon Gospels: John (Corpus Cambr.) xxi. 7 Petrus..scet [L. misit se] innan sæ. 1297 R. Gloucester's Chron. (Rolls) 7455 His folc quicliche to þe bataile sscet [v.rr. schet, schette]. c1380 Sir Ferumbras (1879) l. 3962 Wyþ is riȝt hond þan blessede he hym, And þoȝ þe ryuere were styf & grym, Wyþ boþe hors in a schet. a1400 Coer de L. 7025 Kyng Richard..gan to crye: ‘Turne arere Every man with his banere!’ And many thousand before hym schete, With swerdes and with launses grete. a1400 Sir Beues (Sutherl.) 2388 Iosian into þe caue gan shete. 14.. Sir Beues (Cambr.) 1811 Beues smot is hors, þat he can shete In to þe se. c1430 Syr Gener. (Roxb.) 4598 Into the thikkest anoon he shet Ful redilie with his swerd draw To make wey for his felow. 1487 (a1380) J. Barbour Bruce (St. John's Cambr.) xi. 596 For sum vald schut out of thar rout. 1487 (a1380) J. Barbour Bruce (St. John's Cambr.) ix. 387 Arayit weill in all his geir, [he] Schot in the dik. 1488 (c1478) Hary Actis & Deidis Schir William Wallace (Adv.) (1968–9) iv. l. 552 Rycht stark he was and in-to souir ger. Bauldly he schott amang thai men of wer. c1540 (?a1400) Destr. Troy 5933 He..Shot thurgh the sheltrons, shent of þe pepull. 1615 G. Markham Pleasures Princes (1635) ii. 11 This Corke..will float till the hooke be fastned, and that the Fish beginneth to shut away with the bayte. 1667 J. Dryden Annus Mirabilis 1666 cviii. 28 She [the eagle] stops, and listens, and shoots forth again. 1712 R. Steele Spectator No. 498. ⁋3 A lively young fellow in a fustian jacket shot by me. 1748 S. Richardson Clarissa VI. lxxii. 258 She shot to the stairs-head to receive him. 1823 W. Scott Quentin Durward II. x. 242 The Scot shot back to the castle with the speed of the wind. 1828 W. Carr Dial. Craven (ed. 2) To shoot off, to go off precipitately. 1841 C. Dickens Old Curiosity Shop ii. xlv. 48 Animated with a ray of hope, the child shot on before her grandfather. 1853 G. J. Whyte-Melville Digby Grand xvi Captain Black judiciously lets him out for a few strides, and shoots forward some five or six lengths in front of his companions. 1871 L. Stephen Playground of Europe (1894) v. 114 We shot out of the long tunnel..and descended into the valley. 1876 M. M. Grant Sun-maid I. ii. 78 Finally they shot round a sharp corner. 1930 J. Devanny Bushman Burke xii. 72 Whatja shoot off for? Had great time after you left. 1946 ‘M. Innes’ From London Far iii. vi. 214 I leave for the Coast six tomorrow morning... A message from Johannesburg sends a man shooting off to the shores of the Pacific. †b. To rush on or upon (with intent to attack or devour). Obsolete. ΘΚΠ society > armed hostility > attack > charge > [verb (transitive)] onreseeOE reseOE shoota1300 tachea1400 charge1582 shock1614 a1300 Havelok 1838 Þey drowen ut swerdes, ful god won, And shoten on him, so don on bere Dogges, þat wolden him to-tere. a1300 Havelok 2431 The Kinges men hwan he þat sawe, Scuten on hem, heye and lowe, And euerilk fot of hem slowe. c1330 Arth. & Merl. 3868 Þer miȝt men se þe baners roten, Þe stedes forþ wel ȝern schoten. ?a1400 (a1338) R. Mannyng Chron. (Petyt) (1996) ii. l. 2275 Opon þe rode he schete & ete it als it stode. 1487 (a1380) J. Barbour Bruce (St. John's Cambr.) vii. 390 He suld schute on hym sodanly. c. To slide down a slope at full speed. ΘΚΠ the world > movement > motion in a certain direction > downward motion > move downwards [verb (intransitive)] > slide down > at speed shoota1771 toboggan1886 a1771 T. Gray tr. T. Tasso in Wks. (1814) II. 91 Swift shoots the village-maid in rustick play..adown the shining way. 1860 J. Tyndall Glaciers of Alps i. xxvii. 216 Once, while shooting down a slope, he incautiously allowed a foot to get entangled. d. colloquial. To depart, go away. Frequently int. ΘΚΠ the world > movement > motion in a certain direction > going away > go away [verb (intransitive)] wendeOE i-wite971 ashakec975 shakeOE to go awayOE witea1000 afareOE agoOE atwendOE awayOE to wend awayOE awendOE gangOE rimeOE flitc1175 to fare forthc1200 depart?c1225 part?c1225 partc1230 to-partc1275 biwitec1300 atwitea1325 withdrawa1325 to draw awayc1330 passc1330 to turn one's (also the) backc1330 lenda1350 begonec1370 remuea1375 voidc1374 removec1380 to long awaya1382 twinc1386 to pass one's wayc1390 trussc1390 waive1390 to pass out ofa1398 avoida1400 to pass awaya1400 to turn awaya1400 slakec1400 wagc1400 returnc1405 to be gonea1425 muck1429 packc1450 recede1450 roomc1450 to show (a person) the feetc1450 to come offc1475 to take one's licence1475 issue1484 devoidc1485 rebatea1500 walka1500 to go adieua1522 pikea1529 to go one's ways1530 retire?1543 avaunt1549 to make out1558 trudge1562 vade?1570 fly1581 leave1593 wag1594 to get off1595 to go off1600 to put off1600 shog1600 troop1600 to forsake patch1602 exit1607 hence1614 to give offa1616 to take off1657 to move off1692 to cut (also slip) the painter1699 sheera1704 to go about one's business1749 mizzle1772 to move out1792 transit1797–1803 stump it1803 to run away1809 quit1811 to clear off1816 to clear out1816 nash1819 fuff1822 to make (take) tracks (for)1824 mosey1829 slope1830 to tail out1830 to walk one's chalks1835 to take away1838 shove1844 trot1847 fade1848 evacuate1849 shag1851 to get up and get1854 to pull out1855 to cut (the) cable(s)1859 to light out1859 to pick up1872 to sling one's Daniel or hook1873 to sling (also take) one's hook1874 smoke1893 screw1896 shoot1897 voetsak1897 to tootle off1902 to ship out1908 to take a (run-out, walk-out, etc.) powder1909 to push off1918 to bugger off1922 biff1923 to fuck off1929 to hit, split or take the breeze1931 to jack off1931 to piss offa1935 to do a mick1937 to take a walk1937 to head off1941 to take a hike1944 moulder1945 to chuff off1947 to get lost1947 to shoot through1947 skidoo1949 to sod off1950 peel1951 bug1952 split1954 poop1961 mugger1962 frig1965 the world > movement > motion in a certain direction > going away > causing to go away > command to go away [verb (intransitive)] scud1602 go scrape!1611 to push off (also along)1740 to go it1797 to walk one's chalks1835 morris1838 scat1838 go 'long1859 to take a walk1881 shoot1897 skidoo1905 to beat it1906 to go to the dickens1910 to jump (or go (and) jump) in the lake1912 scram1928 to piss offa1935 to bugger off1937 to fuck off1940 go and have a roll1941 eff1945 to feck off?1945 to get lost1947 to sod off1950 bug1956 to hit, split or take the breeze1959 naff1959 frig1965 muck1974 to rack off1975 1897 Leeds Mercury Weekly Suppl. 19 June Nah, then, shooit, or ah'll mak yo! 1970 G. F. Newman Sir, You Bastard viii. 230 I'll shoot then, if it's all right. Nothing else? 1974 H. L. Foster Ribbin', Jivin', & Playin' Dozens v. 203 Two of them said, ‘Shoot.’ They all turned and walked away. e. to shoot through: to escape, abscond; to depart, leave. Australian and New Zealand slang. Cf. to go through 4 at go v. Phrasal verbs 1. ΘΚΠ the world > movement > motion in a certain direction > going away > go away [verb (intransitive)] wendeOE i-wite971 ashakec975 shakeOE to go awayOE witea1000 afareOE agoOE atwendOE awayOE to wend awayOE awendOE gangOE rimeOE flitc1175 to fare forthc1200 depart?c1225 part?c1225 partc1230 to-partc1275 biwitec1300 atwitea1325 withdrawa1325 to draw awayc1330 passc1330 to turn one's (also the) backc1330 lenda1350 begonec1370 remuea1375 voidc1374 removec1380 to long awaya1382 twinc1386 to pass one's wayc1390 trussc1390 waive1390 to pass out ofa1398 avoida1400 to pass awaya1400 to turn awaya1400 slakec1400 wagc1400 returnc1405 to be gonea1425 muck1429 packc1450 recede1450 roomc1450 to show (a person) the feetc1450 to come offc1475 to take one's licence1475 issue1484 devoidc1485 rebatea1500 walka1500 to go adieua1522 pikea1529 to go one's ways1530 retire?1543 avaunt1549 to make out1558 trudge1562 vade?1570 fly1581 leave1593 wag1594 to get off1595 to go off1600 to put off1600 shog1600 troop1600 to forsake patch1602 exit1607 hence1614 to give offa1616 to take off1657 to move off1692 to cut (also slip) the painter1699 sheera1704 to go about one's business1749 mizzle1772 to move out1792 transit1797–1803 stump it1803 to run away1809 quit1811 to clear off1816 to clear out1816 nash1819 fuff1822 to make (take) tracks (for)1824 mosey1829 slope1830 to tail out1830 to walk one's chalks1835 to take away1838 shove1844 trot1847 fade1848 evacuate1849 shag1851 to get up and get1854 to pull out1855 to cut (the) cable(s)1859 to light out1859 to pick up1872 to sling one's Daniel or hook1873 to sling (also take) one's hook1874 smoke1893 screw1896 shoot1897 voetsak1897 to tootle off1902 to ship out1908 to take a (run-out, walk-out, etc.) powder1909 to push off1918 to bugger off1922 biff1923 to fuck off1929 to hit, split or take the breeze1931 to jack off1931 to piss offa1935 to do a mick1937 to take a walk1937 to head off1941 to take a hike1944 moulder1945 to chuff off1947 to get lost1947 to shoot through1947 skidoo1949 to sod off1950 peel1951 bug1952 split1954 poop1961 mugger1962 frig1965 1947 Pix 20 Sept. 15 Shoot through, escape, abscond. 1951 S. Mackenzie Dead Men Rising 37 I'm shooting through—my woman's sick and I've waited longer than I should have. 1965 M. Shadbolt Among Cinders xviii. 168 ‘Well,’ I said... ‘I guess I'd better be shooting through. Thanks for the sausage.’ 1978 Telegraph (Brisbane) 11 Jan. 28/1 I've been advised to shoot through and forget about the debts. 3. a. Of a vessel (hence of its commander or crew): To move swiftly in a certain direction. to shoot to: to ‘shoot’ into the desired position. (Cf. sense 12b.) ΘΚΠ society > travel > travel by water > [verb (intransitive)] > swiftly crowd937 runOE shootc1540 scud1582 winga1616 gale1692 ramp1856 society > travel > travel by water > directing or managing a ship > direct or manage ship [verb (transitive)] > in specific manner shoota1450 run1533 to shoot toc1540 push1657 to crowd (a ship) off1743 sweat1890 surf1965 society > travel > travel by water > action or motion of vessel > [verb (intransitive)] > make progress > move swiftly > to desired position to shoot toc1540 c1540 (?a1400) Destr. Troy 6033 Thaire shippis in sheltrons shotton to lond. 1579 T. Stevens Let. 10 Nov. in R. Hakluyt Princ. Navigations (1589) i. 161 Our Pilot..thinking himselfe to haue wind at will, shot so nigh the land, that [etc.]. 1694 Narbrough's Acct. Several Late Voy. 23 I concluded we had shot past Port Desier Harbour in the Fog. 1716 J. Gay Trivia ii. 167 She downward glides, Lights in Fleet-ditch, and shoots beneath the tides. 1815 W. Scott Guy Mannering I. v. 72 She fired three guns as a salute..and then shot away rapidly before the wind. 1849 M. Arnold Mod. Sappho 34 'Tis..the boat, shooting round by the trees! 1850 H. T. Cheever Whale & his Captors xii. 197 We shot past him like a meteor. 1856 S. Warner Hills of Shatemuc viii Again clearing the rocks the little boat..shot off down the stream. 1887 G. B. Goode Rev. Fishery Industries U.S. iv. 132 When speaking another vessel it is customary to pass by her stern and shoot to alongside of her. b. to shoot ahead: of a vessel, to increase speed suddenly, so as to pass accompanying or competing vessels; hence figurative. Also, to be carried forward by momentum. ΘΚΠ society > travel > travel by water > action or motion of vessel > [verb (intransitive)] > make progress > move swiftly > increase speed to shoot ahead1669 head-reach1832 1669 S. Sturmy Mariners Mag. i. ii. 20 Brace too the Fore~top-sail, that we may not shoot ahead. 1840 C. Dickens Sketches Young Couples 29 We were suffered to shoot a-head, while the second boat followed ingloriously in our wake. 1867 W. H. Smyth & E. Belcher Sailor's Word-bk. (at cited word) A ship shoots ahead in stays. 4. a. transitive. With object denoting what is passed through, over, or under by ‘shooting’: (a) To pass quickly under (a bridge) in a boat; (b) to descend (a rapid or cataract) swiftly in a boat or other vessel; so to shoot a river; (c) to ‘coast’ down (a hill) in cycling; (d) nonce-use to pass swiftly over (a distance). ΘΚΠ society > travel > travel by water > [verb (transitive)] > pass under a bridge shoot1563 society > travel > travel by water > [verb (transitive)] > sail down swiftly shoot1563 society > travel > transport > cycling > cycle [verb (intransitive)] > coast or freewheel > down a hill shoot1563 society > travel > travel by water > directing or managing a ship > direct or manage ship [verb (transitive)] > set a ship's course > pass quickly under (a bridge) shoot1563 (a) 1563 J. Foxe Actes & Monuments 1713/1 They coulde not shoote the bridge. 1617 F. Moryson Itinerary i. 74 Having shot two or three small bridges..we came to the Village Lizzafusina. 1678 V. Alsop Melius Inquirendum ii. i. 149 To withdraw from Apparent Duty, for fear of uncertain danger, is but like his, that would not shoot the Bridge, because it might fall on's Head. 1730 H. Fielding Pleasures of Town iii, in Author's Farce 55 When one Day among other Frolicks our Ship's Crew shooting the Bridge, the Boat over-set. 1834 F. Marryat Jacob Faithful I. vi. 105 In half an hour I had shot Putney Bridge. 1877 H. Foley Rec. Eng. Prov. S.J. I. 496 (note) This was the old London Bridge... It was always a dangerous thing to ‘shoot’ the arches when it was running. in extended use.1705 E. Ward Hudibras Redivivus I. iv. 5 I shot the Porch that bears the Name Of good King Lud.(b)1613 R. Harcourt Relation Voy. Guiana 49 Wee turned downe the riuer, shooting the ouerfalles with more celerity then when wee came vp.1686 J. Goad Astro-meteorologica ii. i. 141 The Boat..sometimes shoots the Cataract.1703 tr. L. de Lahontan New Voy. N.-Amer. I. 143 Another River..has six or seven Water-falls that we commonly shoot.1776 C. Carroll in Kate Rowland Life (1898) I. 393 All our batteaux which shoot the rapids and go down the Sorel to Chamblay.1829 R. Southey Sir Thomas More II. 18 It must have been a grand sight to have seen them shoot the falls!1861 T. Hughes Tom Brown at Oxf. I. ii. 28 There were probably not three men..who would have dared to shoot the lasher in a skiff in its then state.1872 M. S. De Vere Americanisms 104 The..voyageurs..prefer..shooting a river, that is to say, dashing over the rapids in the swift current.1877 W. Black Green Pastures & Piccadilly II. xvii. 263 You would have fancied that Bell had..spent her life in shooting rapids.figurative.1842 T. De Quincey Cicero in Blackwood's Edinb. Mag. July 19/2 A man might shoot a whole series of divorces, still refunding the last dowery, but still replacing it with a better.(c)1878 Athletic World 3 May 57/2 Mr. Godlee..having..taken a header while shooting a hill with legs over the handles [of his cycle].(d)1898 G. Meredith Odes French Hist. 26 Who..Spurred a blood-mare immeasurably fleet To shoot the transient leagues in a passing wink. b. Nautical. To succeed in sailing through (a dangerous strait, passage, gulf, etc.). Hence to shoot the gulf (fig.): proverbially for any daring enterprise. (See gulf n. 2c.)The figurative phrase appears to have originally had reference to sense 1 of gulf n., but probably was often associated rather with sense 2 or 4. ΘΚΠ society > travel > travel by water > [verb (transitive)] > sail through dangerous water shoot1622 run1781 the world > action or operation > prosperity > success > succeed or be a success [verb (intransitive)] > achieve success (of persons) > succeed in a daring enterprise to shoot the gulf1622 1622 R. Hawkins Observ. Voiage South Sea xli. 95 Sir Francis Drake told me, that having shott the Straites, a storme tooke him first at North-west. 1629 J. Gaule Practique Theories Christs Predict. 319 So neither will I feare to shoot that great Gulfe. 1647 J. Howell New Vol. of Lett. 81 Your last you sent me was from Genoa, where you write that..Husbands get their wives with child a hundred miles off... In Venice,..also such things are done by proxy, while the husband is abroad upon the Gallies, there be others that shoot his gulf at home. 1682 G. Wheler Journey into Greece i. 28 We stood out to Sea, that we might shoot the Gulph of Londrin. 1687 A. Lovell tr. J. de Thévenot Trav. into Levant ii. 173 Ships sometimes shoot that passage. 1751 R. Paltock Life Peter Wilkins I. xi. 99 I never had one Hour's Rest together, since I shot the Gulph, till this. 1773 J. Hawkesworth Acct. Voy. Southern Hemisphere III. iii. vii. 606 While we were shooting this gulph, our soundings were from thirty to seven fathom. †c. to shoot the pit: of a fighting cock, to rush out of the cockpit from cowardice. Often figurative. Obsolete. ΘΚΠ the mind > emotion > fear > cowardice or pusillanimity > be cowardly or show signs of cowardice [verb (intransitive)] > (of fighting cock) rush out of the cockpit to shoot the pit1675 1675 A. Marvell Let. Jan. in Poems & Lett. (1971) II. He hath a month ago shot the pit. For being a vaine fellow and expensive beyond his incomes, he hath thought convenient to passe over into Holland. 1681 Heraclitus Ridens 30 Aug. 2/2 Two or three more such stroaks will make them shoot the Pit. a1734 R. North Examen (1740) ii. v. ⁋19 327 Which made the whole Party shoot the Pit and retire, as not caring to be pointed at with ill-favoured Reflections. d. to shoot the moon: to remove household goods by night in order to avoid seizure for rent. (Cf. the older phrase in shove v.¹ 10c.) ΘΚΠ society > inhabiting and dwelling > inhabiting a type of place > inhabit type of place [verb (intransitive)] > inhabit house > move house > by night to avoid paying rent to shove the moon1809 to shoot (also bolt, shove) the moon1812 to shoot the moon1836 moonlight1903 1836 Comic Almanack 21 And, lack-a-day! here's Quarter Day; It always comes too soon; So we by night must take our flight, For we must shoot the moon! 1844 A. Smith Adventures Mr. Ledbury I. iii. 36 Gradually moving all his things away, and shooting the moon to a friend's lodging. 1882 W. Besant All Sorts of Men I. iv. 106 I let his houses..; I warned him when shooting of moons seemed likely. e. Horse Racing. To dash past (a competitor). to be shot on the post: see quot. 1897. Also, to urge (one's mount) swiftly forward. ΘΚΠ society > leisure > sport > types of sport or game > racing or race > race [verb (intransitive)] > finish in specific manner to be shot on the post1868 romp1869 dead-heat1887 society > leisure > sport > types of sport or game > racing or race > horse racing > ride horse in race [verb (transitive)] > keep pace with or overtake to show the waya1382 buttock1607 to run head and girth1796 shoot1868 to peg back1928 1868 Field 11 July 29/2 Cannon..just managed, after a fine specimen of riding between the two, to shoot Fordham by a head. 1897 Earl of Suffolk et al. Encycl. Sport I. 62/1 [article Athletics] A man is said to be ‘shot on the post’ when a competitor just dashes by him as he eases for the finish, or falls from exhaustion. 1928 Morning Post 20 Oct. 14/1 The latter was travelling like a winner as far as the Dip, where Richards shot his mount into the lead. f. U.S. to shoot the chute(s: = to chute the chute(s at chute v. 1b. Also shoot-the-chute used as n. ΘΚΠ society > leisure > sport > types of sport or game > water sports except racing > other water sports > engage in other water sports [verb (intransitive)] > slide down chute shoot-the-chute1895 society > leisure > sport > types of sport or game > water sports except racing > other water sports > [noun] > vehicle for sliding down chute shoot-the-chute1920 1895 N.Y. Dramatic News 30 Nov. 17/4 Shooting the Chutes, the latest craze that has struck the town, is..drawing large crowds. 1920 R. Frost Let. 23 July (1964) 116 This man's island..will be full of divers and entertainment dives such as movies, con games, and shoot-the-chutes. 1946 E. O'Neill Iceman Cometh iii. 165 We're goin' to beat it down to Coney Island and shoot the chutes. 1977 Time 4 July 26/2 They are the not-so-spiritual descendants..of the Parisians who in 1817 rode the original shoot-the-chute. 5. a. intransitive. Of a pain: To pass in a sudden paroxysm along the nerves; to dart. Hence of a part of the body, a wound, etc.: To have darting pains. ΘΚΠ the world > health and disease > ill health > pain > types of pain > suffer or cause type of pain [verb (intransitive)] > shoot or stab shootc1000 lance1758 stang1788 c1000 [implied in: Sax. Leechd. II. 324 Wiþ sceotendum wenne. (at shooting adj. 3)]. 1602 J. Marston Antonios Reuenge iv. i. sig. G2^v I should want sense to feele The stings of anguish shoot through euery vaine. 1633 G. Herbert Miserie in Temple viii These preachers make His head to shoot and ake. 1670 J. Dryden & W. Davenant Shakespeare's Tempest v. 77 Alas! I feel the cold air come to me, My wound shoots worse than ever. 1718 A. Pope tr. Homer Iliad IV. xvi. 638 Pierc'd with Pain, That thrills my Arm and shoots thro' ev'ry Vein. 1818–20 E. Thompson Cullen's Nosologia (ed. 3) 198 Pain in the region of the kidnies, often shooting along the course of the ureter. 1875 W. S. Gilbert Tom Cobb ii O'Fi. Ye wouldn't have a major-gineral with corns that couldn't shoot? 1895 R. W. Chambers King in Yellow (1909) 148 Then again something struck my ankle, and a sharp pain shot through me. 1899 T. C. Allbutt et al. Syst. Med. VI. 742 The pain may dart and shoot. b. figurative. ΚΠ 1611 Second Maiden's Trag. (1909) ii. ii. 28 His very name shootes like a feaver throughe me. 1786 R. Burns Poems & Songs (1968) I. 112 When youthful Love, warm-blushing, strong, Keen-shivering shot thy nerves along. 1848 C. Dickens Dombey & Son l. 501 A pang of hopeless love visibly shooting through him, and flashing out in his face. 1869 W. E. H. Lecky Hist. European Morals I. iii. 492 One brief spasm [of persecution] indeed..shot through the long afflicted Church of Asia Minor. 1895 R. W. Chambers King in Yellow (1909) 238 A pang of homesickness shot through him. 6. a. Of a plant, bud, etc.: To emerge from the soil (also with up) or from the stem, etc.; to sprout, grow. ΘΚΠ the world > plants > by growth or development > grow or vegetate [verb (intransitive)] > sprout forth or spring up growc725 springOE upspringc1000 sprouta1200 springa1225 risea1382 burgeon1382 burgea1387 to run upa1393 lance1393 bursta1400 launch1401 reke?1440 alighta1450 shoot1483 to come up?1523 start1587 to grow up1611 to come away1669 to break forth1675 upshoot1841 outgrow1861 sprinta1878 break1882 sprount1890 1483 Cath. Angl. 338/2 To Schute as corne dose [v.r. Schott os corne dose], spicare. ?1523 J. Fitzherbert Bk. Husbandry f. xiii^v Let hym beware that he trede nat to moch vpon the corne and specially after it be shoyt. 1583 B. Melbancke Philotimus (new ed.) sig. Fij ^v The greene blade that shooteth too earely is soone bitt with a black frost. 1678 J. Moxon Mech. Exercises I. vi. Explan. Terms 108 The Bough or Branch that shoots out of the Trunk of a Tree. 1695 J. Edwards Disc. conc. Old & New-Test. III. ii. 60 Others imagin'd they shooted out of Trees. 1733 A. Pope Ess. Man: Pt. I 1 A..Wild, where weeds and flow'rs promiscuous shoot. 1779 Mirror No. 61 There they [plants] have room to shoot out at will. ?1830 P. Sellar Kyle in Ayrshire 39, in Farm-rep. Rib grass..puts out its foliage very early.., and as it is always shot before they can be admitted to pasture, it is rather injurious. 1834 W. Youatt Cattle 566 Fungus shooted up. 1847 W. C. L. Martin Ox 40/2 When the spring grass is beginning to shoot luxuriantly. 1866 W. E. Shuckard Brit. Bees 223 A thick and prodigious quantity of the common mustard plant shot up. b. figurative. ΚΠ 1596 E. Spenser Second Pt. Faerie Queene iv. xi. sig. L2 That faire City, wherein make abode So many learned impes, that shoote abrode, And with their braunches spred all Britany. View more context for this quotation 1665 S. Patrick Parable of Pilgrim xii. 74 All these grow upon this single root, or rather are but Love shooting forth in divers shapes. 1728 J. Thomson Spring 57 Delightful Task! to rear the tender Thought, To teach the young Idea how to shoot. 1751 S. Johnson Rambler No. 166. ⁋12 When we find worth faintly shooting in the shades of obscurity, we may let in light and sunshine upon it. 1768 A. Tucker Light of Nature (1834) II. 281 Charity, though shooting most vigorously from rational self-love, yet, when perfectly formed, has no tincture remaining of the parent root. 1825 C. Lamb in London Mag. May 73 They tell me, a certain cum dignitate air, that has been buried so long with my other good parts, has begun to shoot forth in my person. c. Of parts of animal bodies, teeth, hair, morbid growths. ΘΚΠ the world > life > biology > biological processes > development, growth, or degeneration > [verb (intransitive)] > grow > part > of animal bodies shoot1607 1607 E. Topsell Hist. Foure-footed Beastes 403 The rift being closed in the top, draw him [sc. the horse] betwixt the haire and the hooue with a hot yron ouerthwart that place, to the intent that the hooue may shoote al whole downeward. 1739 S. Sharp Treat. Operations Surg. Introd. 31 When the Surface of the Ulcer begins to yield thick Matter, and little Granulations of red Flesh shoot up. 1753 J. Bartlet Gentleman's Farriery xxv. 226 This last, applied early, will prevent a fungus, or proud flesh, from shooting out. 1784 M. Underwood Treat. Dis. Children 101 From almost the very first shooting of the teeth within the jaw. 1796 J. Morse Amer. Universal Geogr. (new ed.) I. 206 Sea Cow tusks, which shoot from the upper jaw. 1807 S. Cooper First Lines Pract. Surg. I. ii. xi. 247 The hairs..fall off, and when they grow again, they shoot in a wrong direction. 7. a. To put forth buds or shoots, as a plant; to germinate. †Formerly often with adverbs, forth, out (const. with, into); also transferred of an animal, to put out limbs. ΘΚΠ the world > plants > by growth or development > grow or vegetate [verb (intransitive)] > sprout or put forth new growth spriteOE wrideOE brodc1175 comea1225 spirec1325 chicka1400 sprouta1400 germin?1440 germ1483 chip?a1500 spurgea1500 to put forth1530 shootc1560 spear1570 stock1574 chit1601 breward1609 pullulate1618 ysproutc1620 egerminate1623 put1623 germinate1626 sprent1647 fruticate1657 stalk1666 tiller1677 breerc1700 fork1707 to put out1731 stool1770 sucker1802 stir1843 push1855 braird1865 fibre1869 flush1877 the world > life > biology > biological processes > development, growth, or degeneration > [verb (intransitive)] > grow > part waxa1000 shootc1560 c1560 A. Scott Poems (S.T.S.) xxxv. 11 He sall haiff brute, as tre on rute Endlang the rever plantit; To burge and schute, and sall gif frutt In tyme, as God hes grantit. 1607 T. Walkington Optick Glasse 10 They neither shotte out right, nor hardly have any blowne blossoms. 1611 Bible (King James) Luke xxi. 30 Behold the figge tree, and all the trees, Whan they now shoot foorth, [etc.]. 1627 G. Hakewill Apologie iv. i. 277 When it sprang vp Proserpina, Nodotus when it shut into a blade. 1697 J. Dryden tr. Virgil Georgics iv, in tr. Virgil Wks. 135 Shooting out with Legs, and imp'd with Wings, The Grubs proceed to Bees with pointed Stings. View more context for this quotation 1710 W. King Heathen Gods & Heroes (1722) xiii. 53 The Cypress Tree..when cut down, never shoots again. 1713 J. Addison in Guardian 9 Sept. 1/2 The Corn, that is laid up by Ants, would shoot under Ground, if those Insects did not take care to prevent it. 1757 tr. J. G. Keyssler Trav. IV. 257 It is the property both of the walnut and olive-tree, that after a severe frost they shoot out with fresh vigour. 1774 Philos. Trans. (Royal Soc.) 63 398 As I could not directly contrive a total section of this large species [of Sea-Anemone], I tried it upon the young ones; and these shooted out again after the operation. 1786 J. Abercrombie Gardeners Daily Assistant 212 Always cut close, not leaving any stump to shoot again. c1792 Encycl. Brit. IX. 744/1 Plants stript of any of their leaves, cannot shoot vigorously. 1877 R. Jefferies Gamekeeper at Home (1890) vi. 145 For although furze and fern soon shoot again, yet animal life is not so quickly repaired. 1908 E. Fowler Between Trent & Ancholme 362 They shoot, and bud, and their tendrils and branches reach far around. b. transferred. ΚΠ 1711 J. Addison Spectator No. 16. ¶2 The young People of both Sexes are so wonderfully apt to shoot out into long Swords, sweeping Trains, bushy Head-dresses. 1791 H. Walpole Let. to Miss M. Berry 8 June Bath shoots out into new crescents, circuses, squares every year. 8. a. To increase rapidly in growth (sometimes, with inclusion of sense 6, to sprout and grow rapidly); to advance to maturity. Now only with up or equivalent adverb or phrase: To grow quickly tall, ‘spring up’ to a height (said of plants, young persons, buildings, etc.; also of immaterial things). Also of prices, sales, etc.: to rise sharply. ΘΚΠ the world > life > biology > biological processes > development, growth, or degeneration > [verb (intransitive)] > grow waxc1000 thrivec1175 breeda1350 grow1382 springc1384 upgrowc1430 shoot1538 bud1566 eche1567 to start up1570 vegetate1605 excresce1691 society > trade and finance > monetary value > price > fluctuation in price > [verb (intransitive)] > rise (of prices) > suddenly or rapidly starta1661 zoom1928 soar1929 rocket1931 to take off1935 to go through the roof1958 shoot1968 1538 T. Audley in T. Wright Three Chapters Lett. Suppression Monasteries (1843) 246 He [the infant prince] shotyth owt in length. 1577 J. Grange Golden Aphroditis sig. Liij Intermingled with all kinde of sweete and fragrant floures, the growth whereof shotte vp in heigth aboue the lower grasse..two foote. 1607 G. Chapman Bussy D'Ambois iii. 30 Great D'Ambois (Fortunes proud mushrome shot vp in a night). a1625 J. Fletcher Wild-goose Chase (1652) i. iii. 9 I am none of those that when they shoot to ripeness, Do what they can to break the boughs they grew on. 1626 F. Bacon Sylua Syluarum §653 Such Trees..are (commonly) Trees that shoot vp much. 1654 J. Sheffield Rising Sun 259 As there is in all dying or departed persons a great shooting in their stature observed; so is there in the soul much more. The least Infant shoots in the instant of Dissolution to that perfect knowledge of God. 1711 J. Addison Spectator No. 98. ¶1 About ten Years ago it [sc. Lady's Head-dress] shot up to a very great Height. 1721 N. Amhurst Terræ-filius No. 11 (1754) 51 The sumptuous edifices which of late years have shot up in Oxford. 1750 S. Johnson Rambler No. 55. ⁋11 Having, she said, never seen any body shoot up so much at my age. 1812 Ann. Reg., Gen. Hist. 109/2 They ought not to tax Ireland as this country—she was shooting, and, if not oppressed, would come to maturity. 1818 S. E. Ferrier Marriage ii. xiv. 185 A perfect dwarf..till she took a shooting... But she'll shoot no more. 1828 W. Scott Fair Maid of Perth x, in Chron. Canongate 2nd Ser. III. 271 I have often..seen a raw young fellow, shoot up after his first fight, from a dwarf into a giant-queller. 1861 M. Pattison in Westm. Rev. Apr. 409 Our commercial relations with the Baltic cities..soon shot up into one of our leading national objects. 1862 M. E. Braddon Lady Audley's Secret I. xv. 225 Four or five bare and overgrown poplars, that had shot up too rapidly for their strength. 1880 C. E. L. Riddell Myst. Palace Gardens ix She had shot up into a woman all in a minute. 1905 L. Whibley Compan. to Greek Stud. ii. §2. 70 Tragedy had not yet passed its prime when the old comedy shot up to maturity. 1968 Listener 27 June 826/3 The sales of vodka in Moscow shot up by 25 per cent. 1977 Evening Gaz. (Middlesbrough) 11 Jan. 1/6 The pound shot up two cents against the dollar. b. conjugated with to be. Also in past participle, (well) shot in years (rare), advanced in life. ΘΚΠ the world > life > source or principle of life > age > old age > [adjective] > old (of beings, etc.) oldeOE winteredeOE oldlyOE over-oldOE eldernc1175 at-oldc1200 stricken on, in age, in eldec1380 oldlya1382 (well, far, etc.) stepped in age, in or into yearsc1386 ancientc1400 aged1420 well-agedc1450 ripec1480 passing oldc1485 (well) shot in years1530 old aged1535 agey1547 Ogygian1567 strucken1576 oldish1580 stricken in yearsa1586 declined1591 far1591 struck1597 Nestorian1605 overripe1605 elderly1611 eld1619 antiquated1631 enaged1631 thorough-old1639 emerita1643 grandevous1647 magnaevous1727 badgerly1753 (as) old as the hills1819 olden days1823 crusted1833 long in the tooth1841 oldened1854 mature1867 over the hill1950 1530 J. Palsgrave Lesclarcissement 705/1 Se howe this corne is shotte up within this senyght. 1549 M. Coverdale et al. tr. Erasmus Paraphr. Newe Test. II. Heb. xi. f. xxi After he was shotte vp towardes mannes state. 1596 E. Spenser Second Pt. Faerie Queene v. vi. sig. R3 Well shot in yeares he seem'd. View more context for this quotation c1610–15 Life St. Frideswide in C. Horstmann Lives Women Saints (1886) 80 This happie branch of that vertuous stemme being shott vp beyond infancie, began to attempt workes of maturitie. 1797 H. Lee Canterbury Tales I. 48 Little Henry was now shot up beyond his years. 1885 R. F. Burton tr. Arabian Nights' Entertainm. I. xx. 199 The Wazir of Bassorah, a man shot in years. †c. to shoot up (with complement): To become by sudden growth. Obsolete. ΚΠ 1692 J. Dryden Cleomenes i. i. 4 Let me but live to shadow this young Plant, From Blites and Storms; He'll soon shoot up a Heroe. 9. a. Of a solution: To produce crystals. Also said of the crystals. Of a salt: To crystallize from solution or evaporation. [So German schiessen.] ΘΚΠ the world > matter > chemistry > crystallography (general) > other reactions or processes > [verb (intransitive)] > crystallize from solution shoota1626 a1626 Dr. Meverel in Baconiana (1679) 126 If the Menstruum be overcharged,..the Metals will shoot into certain Crystals. 1666 R. Boyle Origine Formes & Qualities 221 The exact and curious Figures, in which Vitriol and other Salts are wont to shoot. 1670 W. Clarke Nat. Hist. Nitre 7 Nitre shoots long in Needles, but Salt shoots in tesseras, or squares. a1697 J. Aubrey Nat. Hist. Surrey (1718) IV. 57 There is also here a Boyling-House, where the Salt-Petre is made, and shoots. 1732 A. Bower Historia Litteraria 4 35 This Solution, when rich, shoots into a Vitriol by standing. 1789 A. Crawford in Med. Communications 2 355 A solution of the..salt shoots by evaporation into thin octagonal plates. 1807 T. Thomson Syst. Chem. (ed. 3) II. 272 Crystals again shoot as the solution cools. b. transitive. To form (crystals); of a solution, to deposit in the form of crystals. Also reflexive and in passive: to crystallize; in wider sense, of a substance, to assume some definite form by internal movement. ΘΚΠ the world > space > shape > assume definite shape or outline [verb (reflexive)] shoot1719 define1859 1662 C. Merrett tr. A. Neri Art of Glass i. 5 Till you see it thicken, and shoot its salt. 1693 J. Clayton in Philos. Trans. (Royal Soc.) 17 795 Parts of natural Rock shot in those Figures. 1695 J. Woodward Ess. Nat. Hist. Earth 172 'Tis usual to meet with the very same Metall or Mineral, naturally shot into quite different Figures. 1719 F. Hauksbee Physico-mech. Exper. (ed. 2) Suppl. 258 The various Forms the new made Ice had shot it self into. 1732 A. Bower Historia Litteraria 4 23 It shoots a Tartar by standing. It has a vinous Taste. 10. a. intransitive. To project, jut out; to extend in a particular direction. Often with adverbs, esp. out. †Of a road (Old English): To go in a particular direction. ΘΚΠ the world > space > extension in space > extend in space [verb (intransitive)] > extend in a certain direction liec1000 shootc1000 drawc1180 stretcha1387 streek1388 bear1556 trend1598 tend1604 take1610 to make out1743 to put out1755 trench1768 make1787 the world > space > shape > unevenness > projection or prominence > project or be prominent [verb (intransitive)] tootc897 shootc1000 to come outOE abuta1250 to stand outc1330 steek?c1335 risea1398 jutty14.. proferc1400 strutc1405 to stick upa1500 issuec1515 butt1523 to stick outc1540 jut1565 to run out1565 jet1593 gag1599 poke1599 proke1600 boke1601 prosiliate1601 relish1611 shoulder1611 to stand offa1616 protrude1704 push1710 projecta1712 protend1726 outstand1755 shove1850 outjut1851 extrude1852 bracket1855 to corbel out1861 to set out1892 pier1951 c1000 Ælfric Genesis xxiv. 62 Eode Isaac on þam wege, þe scytt to þam pytte. a1387 J. Trevisa tr. R. Higden Polychron. (St. John's Cambr.) (1865) I. 305 Þe ilond Corsica is cornered wiþ many forlondes schetynge [Caxton stretchyng] in to the see. 1584 B. R. tr. Herodotus Famous Hyst. i. f. 56^v The partition of the walles made by the intercourse of y^e riuer, shootes vppon the bankes on eyther syde. 1607 B.N.C. Documents (MS.) Bundle A 3. f. 19 3 half acres of Errable land..shouting South and North. 1610 P. Holland tr. W. Camden Brit. i. 183 That Region [Cornwall]..shooteth out farthest into the West. 1610 P. Holland tr. W. Camden Brit. i. 542 The shore shutteth forth with a mighty swelling bent into the German Sea. 1679 in J. C. Blomfield Heyford (1892) 85 A land by Oxford way side shooting north and south. 1684 T. Burnet Theory of Earth i. ix. 110 The Promontories and Capes shoot into the Sea. 1688 J. Bunyan Heavenly Foot-man (1886) 155 Though the way to heaven be but one, yet there are many crooked lanes and by-paths shoot down upon it, as I may say. 1700 J. Brome Trav. iii. 245 From hence the Shore, after several crooked flexures, shooteth forth into the Sea. 1705 J. Addison Remarks Italy 532 This long Valley of the Tirol lyes enclos'd on all Sides by the Alps, tho' its Dominions shoot out into several Branches that lye among the Breaks and Hollows of the Mountains. 1726 in W. Wing Ann. Steeple Aston (1875) 54 And one other land shooting into Oxford way. 1759 in Q. Jrnl. Econ. (1907) Nov. 79 Where the furlong shoots up the brook to be mownded by the two outside hides. 1815 M. Elphinstone Acct. Kingdom Caubul i. ii. 103 The next branch..shoots out from the south-eastern side of Suffaid Coh. 1831 W. Scott Count Robert iv, in Tales of my Landlord 4th Ser. III. 79 Where the private gardens..shot down upon and were bounded by the glassy waters. 1847 W. C. L. Martin Ox 58/1 The horns..first sweeping outwards and downwards, shot forward at the points. b. With up or equivalent phrase: To extend vertically upwards; to tower, ‘rise’ into the air. ΘΚΠ the world > space > extension in space > measurable spatial extent > vertical extent > become high(er) [verb (intransitive)] astyc950 arisec1225 rise?a1400 rearc1400 heighten1567 stem1577 upclimb1582 taper1589 clamber?1611 shoot1648 relevate1661 ascend1667 spring1673 spear1822 1648 H. Hexham Groot Woorden-boeck In de locht Schieten, to Shoote up into the Aire or Sky. 1726 J. Swift Gulliver II. iii. iii. 36 One even regular Plate of Adamant, shooting up to the Height of about two Hundred Yards. 1757 W. Wilkie Epigoniad vii. 213 A promontory..Whose rocky brow..Shoots high into the air. 1810 W. Scott Lady of Lake i. 14 Many a rocky pyramid, Shooting abruptly from the dell. 1851 M. Reid Scalp Hunters II. xii. 202 Mountains, whose tops shot heavenward in fantastic forms and groupings. 1871 L. Stephen Playground of Europe ii. 78 We could see..the sharp pyramid of the Finsteraarhorn shooting upwards. 1878 S. Smiles Robert Dick i. 3 It shoots up into a tall rocky point. II. To send forth, esp. swiftly or by sudden impulse.Some of the senses under this head are in modern use often coloured by the specific sense 21. 11. a. transitive. To throw suddenly or with violence. Also with adverbs, out, down, etc. Obsolete except as transferred from sense 21. ΘΚΠ the world > movement > impelling or driving > impel or drive [verb (transitive)] > at speed shootc1075 whirlc1386 whizz1836 rocket1837 spear1920 the world > movement > impelling or driving > projecting through space or throwing > throw [verb (transitive)] > suddenly shootc1075 flapc1320 flatc1330 spang1513 yark1568 flirt1582 cant1685 jerk1708 flip1712 shuttle1823 spring1884 c1075 Anglo-Saxon Chron. (Cott. MS.) ann. 1040 He let dragan up þæne deadan Harald & hine on fen sceotan. c1275 (?a1200) Laȝamon Brut (Calig.) (1963) l. 2534 He scæt [c1300 Otho caste] his riche sceld feor ut in þene feld. a1340 R. Rolle Psalter cxxxv. 15 And he shot out pharao and his vertu in the reed see. a1400 (a1325) Cursor Mundi (Vesp.) l. 21043 Þat Imperur wend [John] to mat In a tun was welland hat; Fild of oyle he did him schott, But noþer him harmd, hefd ne fott. J. Metham Amoryus & Cleopes (1916) l. 1000 The sperehed lefft in hys brayn, And so schet hym ouer his hors on the pleynne Dede. c1480 (a1400) St. Machor 981 in W. M. Metcalfe Legends Saints Sc. Dial. (1896) II. 28 Suddanly þai ware all deide, & schot in till gong stinkand. 1533 J. Bellenden tr. Livy Hist. Rome (1903) II. v. xxiii. 225 The gaule be his pride & Insolence schot in his swerde in þe leif of þe ballance. c1540 (?a1400) Destr. Troy 1408 Þe Grekes..Shottyn into shippes all þe shene godis. 1600 Reg. Privy Counc. Scot. VI. 129 [They] maist dispitfullie expellit and schoit him oute of the said kirkyaird be the schoulderis. 1600 Gowrie's Conspiracy C 1 b He tooke the said Maister Alexander by the shoulders, and shotte him down the staire; who was no sooner shotte out at the doore, but [etc.]. 1693 J. Dryden tr. Ovid Metamorphoses i, in Examen Poeticum 59 The liquid Air, his moving Pinions wound, And, in a moment, shoot him on the ground. 1836 C. Dickens Sketches by Boz 2nd Ser. 45 [They] found themselves shot with astonishing swiftness into the road [out of the theatre]. 1858 R. S. Surtees Ask Mamma xxvi. 107 A more fractious horse..had finally shot him over his head. b. To empty out (gold, grain, earth, etc.) by overturning or tilting the receptacle; to dump (rubbish); to send (goods, debris, etc.) down an inclined plane or ‘shoot’. Also, to discharge the contents of, empty (a sack) by overturning. Often with adverb, as down, out. ΘΚΠ the world > space > place > absence > fact of being unoccupied > leave unoccupied [verb (transitive)] > empty > by overturning shoota1400 a1400 Sir Perc. 2114 Percevelle..schott owte alle the golde. c1412 T. Hoccleve De Regimine Principum 4248 What doth þan þis fel man & right prudent, But out þis golde on a tippet hath shotte, That in þe bagges lefte þere no grotte. 1591 R. Greene Notable Discouery of Coosenage f. 13^v There at the backe gate [he] causeth him to vnload and as they say shoot the Coales downe. 1604 N. F. Fruiterers Secrets 13 Also haue a care, that they be poured or shot downe very gently, laying euery sort by themselues. 1604 N. F. Fruiterers Secrets 18 Haue a great care also in shooting or pouring them out. 1712 J. Addison Spectator No. 511. ¶3 Upon opening the Sack, a little old Woman popped her Head out of it, at which the Adventurer was in so great a Rage, that he was going to shoot her out into the River. 1765 Museum Rusticum 4 210 If the farmer has sold, so as to deliver soon, he shoots not the sacks. 1821 Acct. Peculations Coal Trade 11 He found the men shooting his coals in their master's warehouse. 1864 C. Dickens Our Mutual Friend (1865) I. i. iv. 25 A tract of suburban Sahara, where..carpets were beat, rubbish was shot,..and dust was heaped by contractors. 1876 J. Fergusson Hist. Indian Archit. iv. ii. 338 To chip away 50,000 yards of rock, and shoot it to spoil (to borrow a railway term) down a hill-side. 1885 Law Times 16 May 46/2 Bales were shot from the top to the bottom floors by means of zigzag inclined planes. 1892 Labour Commission Gloss. (at cited word) The flour is emptied down the shoot through the floor [of the flour loft]..into the troughs in which the dough is made. This operation is universally termed shooting flour. transf. (jocular.)1860 W. H. Russell My Diary in India 1858–9 I. 135 After a..tedious journey..the train shot us out amid a heap of cinders, and a wooden station at its terminus. †c. To throw or pull down, overthrow. Obsolete. ΘΚΠ the world > movement > motion in a certain direction > downward motion > causing to come or go down > cause to come or go down [verb (transitive)] > bring to the ground/lay low > cast down warpc1175 acastc1225 to throw downa1250 foldc1275 casta1300 throwc1330 waltc1400 shootc1480 to cast down1530 to fling down1587 stern1599 deject1627 c1480 (a1400) St. Clement 254 in W. M. Metcalfe Legends Saints Sc. Dial. (1896) I. 380 Quhene he wend scho wod had bene, he schot hyre to þe erde in tene. 1488 (c1478) Hary Actis & Deidis Schir William Wallace (Adv.) (1968–9) ii. l. 126 A-tour the dike thai ȝeid on athir side, Schott doun the wall. 1513 G. Douglas tr. Virgil Æneid xii. v. 154 Sum schot doun wyth thar hand The altaris markyt for the sacryfys. d. reflexive. To throw or precipitate oneself; to rush. Also †figurative. Now rare. ΘΚΠ the world > movement > rate of motion > swiftness > swift movement in specific manner > move swiftly in specific manner [verb (reflexive)] > move impetuously throwc1330 launch1534 hurlc1540 shoot1577 run1605 fling1700 1577 R. Holinshed Chron. II. 1870/1 A monstrous fish or Whale of the Sea did shoote himselfe on shore. 1641 J. Milton Of Reformation 75 Hee that flying from degenerate and traditionall corruption, feares to shoot himselfe too far into the meeting imbraces of a Divinely-warranted Reformation, had better not have run at all. 1679 A. Lovell tr. F. Pomey Indiculus Universalis 28 A Serpent that casts and shoots himself on passengers. 1697 J. Dryden Ded. Georgics in tr. Virgil Wks. sig. ¶2 I have laugh'd sometimes..when I have reflected on those Men, who from time to time have shot themselves into the World. 1700 S. L. tr. C. Schweitzer Relation Voy. in tr. C. Frick & C. Schweitzer Relation Two Voy. E.-Indies 316 The Man shoots himself up to fetch breath. 1705 R. Beverley Hist. Virginia ii. v. 35 The poor Fish is no sooner loosed from the Hawk's Talons, but the Eagle shoots himself, with wonderful Swiftness, after it, and catches it in the Air. 1705 J. Addison Remarks Italy 158 This is the Gulf thro' which Virgil's Alecto shoots her self into Hell. 1889 R. S. S. Baden-Powell Pigsticking 114 When the pig ‘shoots’ himself (as only a pig can do) over a mud wall, she follows. e. To throw (rain, or running water) from, off (the surface); also with off, †down adverbs. ΘΚΠ the world > movement > impelling or driving > projecting through space or throwing > throw [verb (transitive)] > project through space > (as) a liquid shoot1573 sluice1610 1573 T. Tusser Fiue Hundreth Points Good Husbandry (new ed.) f. 47^v Where houses be reeded..The iuster ye driue it, the smoother & plaine: more handsome ye make it, to shut of the raine. 1650 T. Fuller Pisgah-sight of Palestine iv. iv. 68 The latter [sc. Badgers-skins] no doubt had the fur upon them, the lubricity of the haire thereof being excellent gutters and spouts to shoot down the rain thereby. 1764 Museum Rusticum (1765) 3 334 As it [straw used in thatching] is not bruised by the flail, it shoots off the wet better. 1814 T. Haynes Treat. Strawberry (ed. 2) 100 Then reduce the embankment..by throwing away the earth, the more readily to shoot off all wet. 1855 C. Kingsley Westward Ho! xxv ‘The Lord has stood by me’ panted he, as he shot the water from his ears. 1882 W. J. Christy Pract. Treat. Joints 76 It is..important that the pitch should not be so steep as to shoot off heavy rain with too much velocity for the gutters to properly discharge. †f. to shoot forth, out, away: to drive out or away, to banish, expel. (Chiefly Scottish and northern) ΘΚΠ the world > movement > motion in a certain direction > going or coming out > letting or sending out > let or send out [verb (transitive)] > expel afferreOE warpc1000 outdriveOE wreakc1100 to cast out1297 to cast fortha1382 out-chasec1395 flecchea1400 to shoot forth, out, awaya1400 propel?1440 expulse?a1475 scour1488 out-thrust1532 to catch forthc1540 propulse1548 pulsec1550 unplant1552 to turn out of ——1562 extrude1566 detrude?1567 eliminate1568 deturbate1570 detruse1571 unroost1598 to put by1600 deturb1609 bolt1615 run1631 disembogue1632 out of1656 expel1669 rout1812 to manage (a person) out of1907 a1400 K. Alis. 5968 Thou shalt there fynde kynges felouns,..That in Babiloyne made the toure,..That fele mylen in heightte stood, And thorough Goddes wreche shoten away, Into that vile countreye. a1400 (a1325) Cursor Mundi (Vesp.) l. 13658 Wit þis þai scott him als a dog Right vte o þair synagog. c1400 Mandeville's Trav. (Roxb.) vi. 19 He tuke þe citee of Acoun and schotte oute of it all þe Cristen men þat ware þerin. c1400 Privity of the Passion in Hampole's Wks. (Horstm.) I. 214 And here was it þat þey schot hym forthe so felly & so cruelly and spytte in his face, and garte hym hye so fast. a1500 Battle of Otterburn xxxii, in F. J. Child Eng. & Sc. Pop. Ballads (1889) III. vi. 297/1 He lyghted dowyn vpon his foote, And schoote hys horsse clene awaye. 1533 J. Bellenden tr. Livy Hist. Rome (1901) I. ii. vi. 148 He commandit ane large nowmer of bestial to be schot furth on þe nixt day at porte aquillye. 1533 J. Bellenden tr. Livy Hist. Rome (1903) II. iv. xx. 125 Ȝit he wan þe castell at þe first assalt, and schot furth all þame þat war fundin þareintill. 1535 Bible (Coverdale) Psalms xlii[i]. 2 Why hast thou shot me from the? 1562 N. Winȝet Certain Tractates (1888) I. 8 Or of the schuiting of honeste men fra thair native roumes. 1581 R. Sempill Complaint vpon Fortoun (single sheet) Siclyke was Sipio saiklesly schot furth. 1596 J. Dalrymple tr. J. Leslie Hist. Scotl. (1888) I. 144 He repudiat, forsuke, and frome him, as vnworthie, schott [L. repudiavit] her [sc. his wife] away. 1607 B. Jonson Volpone i. v. sig. D Now, is he gone; we had no other meanes, To shoote him hence, but this. View more context for this quotation g. To separate (the worst animals) from a drove or flock. Cf. shot n.³ ΘΚΠ the world > food and drink > farming > animal husbandry > animal keeping practices general > herding, pasturing, or confining > [verb (transitive)] > cut out ride1790 shed1791 shoot1824 to run off1861 to cut out1862 cut1903 1824 J. Mactaggart Sc. Gallovidian Encycl. 1828 W. Carr Dial. Craven (ed. 2) Shoot v. 2 To draw the worst cattle out of a drove. ‘I'll gee ye ten apiece for thur hundreds yows, and you'l let me shoot ten’. h. To put hurriedly and carelessly. Also, to dispatch (a thing) rapidly. ΘΚΠ the world > space > place > placing or fact of being placed in (a) position > place or put in a position [verb (transitive)] > forcibly, firmly, or quickly thudc1000 throwa1250 pilt?c1250 casta1300 pusha1350 hurla1375 paltc1390 thrusta1400 thack1542 clap1559 to throw on1560 planch1575 protrude1638 shove1807 bung1825 shoot1833 slap1836 plunk1866 slam1870 spank1880 the world > action or operation > manner of action > carelessness > be careless or heedless of [verb (transitive)] > put or move carelessly shoot1833 slosh1875 the world > action or operation > manner of action > rapidity or speed of action or operation > do, deal with, acquire, etc., quickly [verb (transitive)] > do hurriedly and carelessly > put shoot1833 the world > movement > transference > sending > send [verb (transitive)] > send off or dispatch > rapidly shoot1926 1833 H. Martineau Loom & Lugger i. iii. 27 He rose from his knee and shot his instrument into its case. 1844 A. Smith Adventures Mr. Ledbury I. vii. 84 The dirty cups and plates were shot away into the drawers, and the table turned outside the door. 1926 S.P.E. Tract (Soc. for Pure Eng.) No. XXIV. 126 If the article is ready, shoot it in. 1942 Tee Emm (Air Ministry) 2 129 You have grumbled at the amount of bumph the Group has shot at you. 1971 Black Scholar June 54/2 I don't have a picture at this time, but when I get one I will shoot it to you. †i. to shoot (something) on fire: to cause to burst into flame. Obsolete. ΘΚΠ the world > matter > properties of materials > temperature > heat > burning > burn or consume by fire [verb (transitive)] > kindle or set alight annealeOE ontendeOE atend1006 alightOE kindlec1175 tindc1175 lightc1225 lightenc1384 quickc1390 firea1393 to set (a) fire in, on, upon, of, now only toc1400 quickenc1425 accenda1475 enlumine1477 to light upa1500 to shoot (something) on firec1540 to give fire1562 incend1598 entine1612 betine1659 emblaze1743 to touch off1759 ignite1823 c1540 (?a1400) Destr. Troy 9509 The shippes on a shene fyre shot þai belyue, That the low vp lightly launchit aboute. j. To discard, get rid of; originally in shoot that hat, etc., as a mild imprecation. Also to shoot trouble = trouble-shoot vb. at trouble-shooter n. Derivatives slang (originally U.S.). ΘΚΠ the mind > possession > relinquishing > casting or laying aside > [verb (transitive)] > do without or get rid of to set awayc1430 to throw off1551 to dispense with1576 to down with1581 to fling off1587 to fob offa1616 shoot1877 the world > action or operation > amending > provide a remedy [verb (intransitive)] > put problems right trouble-shoot1938 to shoot trouble1965 1877 in J. R. Bartlett Dict. Americanisms (ed. 4) 586 One lady..with derisive scorn..observed in the language of the day, ‘Oh, shoot that hat!’.. The slang the gang is using now, You'll hear from every lip; It's shoot the hat! and get it boiled; And don't you lose your grip. 1884 J. Hay Bread-winners xvi. 249 If I had all the cash he takes in to-night, I'd buy an island and shoot the machine business. 1902 J. S. Farmer & W. E. Henley Slang VI. i. 188/1 Shoot that (hat, man—anything)!..a mild imprecation, ‘Bother!’ 1928 Sunday Express 18 Mar. 9/2 ‘Tell him to shoot that song-and-dance outfit’.., and jump into some plain overalls. 1965 ‘W. Haggard’ Hard Sell xiv. 154 When there was trouble..then Murco Monti shot it. Political trouble especially. 1980 P. Harcourt Tomorrow's Treason i. v. 72 I want you to shoot trouble for me till the conference is over. k. Cricket. To bowl (a side or part of one) out quickly and cheaply. ΘΚΠ society > leisure > sport > types of sport or game > ball game > cricket > dismissal of batsman > put out [verb (transitive)] > manner of dismissal bowl1719 to run out1750 catch1789 stump1789 st.1797 to throw out1832 rattle1841 to pitch out1858 clean-bowl1862 skittle1880 shoot1900 skittle1906 trap1919 1900 P. F. Warner Cricket in Many Climes iv. ii. 159 Next day Ainsworth and ‘Bos’ shot the opposing side out for 30. 1976 J. Snow Cricket Rebel 112 Half the Warwickshire side had been shot out for 46. l. Slang phrase to shoot a card: to leave a visiting card. ? Obsolete. ΚΠ 1901 Captain V. 7/2 The second-year man is always careful to ‘shoot’ his card when the fresher is abroad. 1924 ‘Sapper’ Third Round vi. 139 He may have heard that Mrs. Goodman is here, and has come to shoot a card. 12. a. To launch (a vessel); to cast forth or let down (an anchor); to lower and place in position (a fishing net). Now also spec. in Angling, to allow a quantity of (line) to run out through the hand at the forward motion of the rod in casting. Also absol. ΘΚΠ society > travel > travel by water > launching a vessel > launch or set afloat [verb (transitive)] launch?a1400 puta1450 shoot1487 lance?1518 to set on the sea, water, afloat1559 to set afloat1785 float1885 society > travel > travel by water > berthing, mooring, or anchoring > berth, moor, or anchor (a ship) [verb (transitive)] > anchor (a ship) > cast (anchor) castc1300 shoot1487 weta1600 the world > food and drink > hunting > fishing > type or method of fishing > [verb (transitive)] > catch fish with net > shoot net shoot1487 cast1526 throw1838 the world > food and drink > hunting > fishing > type or method of fishing > [verb (transitive)] > cast throw?a1425 whip1832 flog1859 cast1892 shoot1931 roll cast1972 1487 (a1380) J. Barbour Bruce (St. John's Cambr.) iv. 629 Than in schort tym men mycht thaim se Schute all thair galais to the se. a1529 J. Skelton Colyn Cloute (?1545) sig. D.vi Shote anker and lye at rode And sayle not farre a brode Tyll the cost be clere. 1552 in R. G. Marsden Sel. Pleas Court Admiralty (1897) II. 21 That no person nor persons from hensfurthe doo shote any wyddenett within x fathom of his next felowe by estimacon in the day tyme... Thesterly man to begynne first and so every man to shote in order. 1583 Reg. Mag. Sig. Scot. 225/2 To haill, schutt, peill and draw nettis on all pairtis usit and wont within the said boundis. 1600 P. Holland tr. Livy Rom. Hist. xxviii. xlv. 706 The ships were finished, rigged, armed, and furnished with all things, and shot into the water. 1630 Order in R. Griffiths Ess. Jurisdict. Thames (1746) 65 No Fisherman..shall shute any Draw-Net, Cord-Net, or other Net or Engine..after Holyrood Day is past. 1776 Act 16 Geo. III c. 36 §3 Unless the Boat..do in the mean Time shoot or cast out into the Water her..Seyne Net. 1870 Kendall God's Hand 9 Has to return without shooting his lines. 1873 Act 36 & 37 Victoria c. 71 §14 Any person who shall shoot or work any seine or draft net for salmon in a river across the whole width. 1894 H. Caine Manxman v. iii. 286 The nets were shot over the starboard quarter. 1931 Hardy's Anglers' Guide 13 In Figs. 1 and 2 the left hand gathers slack line, while in Fig. 3 this line is released during the forward stroke. This is termed ‘shooting’ line. 1977 Chicago Tribune 2 Oct. iii. 10/2 The current will pull on the line, making casting and ‘shooting’ of fly line on the next cast extremely difficult. b. To cause (a vessel) to move forward suddenly or swiftly. to shoot (a vessel) to: to bring it by ‘shooting’ to a required position. †to be shot: of a vessel, to have advanced (a certain distance or to a certain point). Cf. sense 3. ΘΚΠ the world > space > shape > have (specific) shape [verb (intransitive)] > assume definite shape to be shota1450 inform1588 crystallize1796 shape1865 jell1908 society > travel > travel by water > directing or managing a ship > direct or manage ship [verb (transitive)] > in specific manner shoota1450 run1533 to shoot toc1540 push1657 to crowd (a ship) off1743 sweat1890 surf1965 the world > space > extension in space > measurable spatial extent > vertical extent > lack of height > be low [verb (intransitive)] > appear as if thrust down to be shota1450 society > travel > travel by water > action or motion of vessel > [verb (intransitive)] > make progress > have advanced a certain distance to be shot1555 a1450 ( tr. Vegetius De Re Militari (Douce) (1988) 187 Þei schetteþ [c1450 Digby scheten] here schippes togidre & casteþ out plankes or brugges..& fighteþ hand at hande. 1555 R. Eden Two Viages into Guinea in tr. Peter Martyr of Angleria Decades of Newe Worlde f. 353 When yow reken yowre selfe as farre shotte as cape de las Palmas. 1574 W. Bourne Regim. for Sea (1577) xxii. 60 You..shall be well shotte towardes the banke of Silley. 1588 Fenner in State Papers Defeat Spanish Armada (1894) I. 242 Being shot some ten leagues off South and by West of Ushant. 1793 J. Smeaton Narr. Edystone Lighthouse (ed. 2) §137 A north-west wind would shoot the sloop clear of the house reef. 1794 D. Steel Elements & Pract. Rigging & Seamanship II. 316 Her sails tend to shoot her a-head. 1849 W. S. Mayo Kaloolah (1850) vi. 50 With a sweep of his paddle he turned the bow of his boat from us, and with a few vigorous strokes shot it ahead. 1887 G. B. Goode Rev. Fishery Industries U.S. iv. 132 Shooting to. This evolution is peculiar to fore and aft rigged vessels... To shoot a schooner to, it is only necessary, when sailing by the wind, to put the wheel part way down, and as she comes head to wind to keep her in that position by the management of the helm until her headway is stopped. 13. a. To push or slide (a bar or bolt of a door or the like) into or out of its fastenings. Also to force (a lock). ΘΚΠ the world > space > relative position > closed or shut condition > close or shut [verb (transitive)] > close (a door, window, etc.) > bolt, bar, or lock > slide bar or bolt into fastening shootc1000 shutc1000 to shut to?c1225 the world > space > relative position > condition of being open or not closed > open [verb (transitive)] > a door, gate, etc. > unlock, unbolt, etc. > pick or force (a lock) unpicka1393 picka1450 shoot1637 force1855 jemmy1893 the world > space > relative position > condition of being open or not closed > open [verb (transitive)] > a door, gate, etc. > unlock, unbolt, etc. > draw (a bolt) drawa1500 slot1695 undraw1791 unslip1892 shoot1894 c1000 Gosp. Nicodemus xxvii. 15 in Thwaites Heptat. (1698) Belucaþ ða..ærenan gatu & toforan on sceotaþ þa ysenan scyttelsas. 1573 in J. Cranstoun Satirical Poems Reformation (1891) I. xxxix. 209 Thay schot na keyis to brek the coffiris than, Ane day of blythnes for the men of weir. a1617 P. Baynes Comm. Ephes. (1658) 104 I have Power to shoot the bolt and lock it. 1637 S. Rutherford Lett. (1664) 343 I know now..how to shut the lock & unbolt my welbeloved's door. 1696 C. Cibber Love's Last Shift iii. 50 If you have lost it [sc. the key] we must shoot the Lock I think. 1797 A. Radcliffe Italian II. i. 28 I fear we are betrayed; the second lock is shot! 1834 F. Marryat Peter Simple I. ix. 115 One of the midshipmen shot the bolt of the door. 1886 J. Paton in Encycl. Brit. XXI. 144/2 Safe bolts are shot not by the key, as in an ordinary lock, but by the door handle. 1894 A. Robertson Nuggets 92 Annie ran to the stable, shot the wooden bolt, and went in. b. intransitive. Of a bolt: To slide into its fastenings; to admit of being shot. ΘΚΠ the world > space > place > placing or fact of being placed in (a) position > insertion or putting in > insert [verb (intransitive)] > admit of being slid in (of a bolt) shoot1886 society > occupation and work > equipment > building and constructing equipment > fastenings > be fastened [verb (intransitive)] > of bolt: slide into fastenings shoot1886 1886 J. Paton in Encycl. Brit. XXI. 144/2 The frame..into which the bolts shoot is made of great strength. 1886 J. Paton in Encycl. Brit. XXI. 144/2 In all Chubb's safes bolts shoot both to front and back. 14. transitive. a. Weaving. To pass (the shuttle, the weft) between the threads of the warp. Also in figurative context. ΘΚΠ the world > textiles and clothing > textiles > textile manufacture > manufacture textile fabric or that which consists of > manufacture of textile fabric > [verb (transitive)] > weave > throw shuttle across loom shoot1603 pick1848 1603 P. Holland tr. Plutarch Morals 337 I suppose that a weaver will say that his worke is to make a web,..and not to..lay his warpe, shoot oufe, or [etc.]. a1625 F. Beaumont & J. Fletcher Coxcombe v. i, in Comedies & Trag. (1647) sig. Pp/1 An honest Weaver, and as good a work-man as ere shot shuttle. 1839 H. Hallam Introd. Lit. Europe IV. v. 438 Lines of consummate excellence are frequently shot, like threads of gold, through the web. 1849 F. W. Robertson Serm. (1866) 1st Ser. xxi. 351 The woof of life is dark..but..shot through a web of brightness. 1888 J. Paton in Encycl. Brit. XXIV. 464/1 A clear way is thus provided for picking or shooting the shuttle. 1895 R. W. Frazer Silent Gods (1896) 58 The weaver still sang as he quickly shot the shuttle with the weft through the warp. b. To variegate by admixture of different coloured threads in the woof. Hence, in wider sense, to variegate (an expanse of colour) by interspersing streaks or flecks of some other colour. ΘΚΠ the world > matter > colour > variegation > variegate [verb (transitive)] chequer?a1400 fleckc1430 engrail1483 shoot1532 begary1538 intermingle1553 enchase1590 diaper1592 sinew1592 motley1602 intercolour1607 damask1610 particolour1610 inshade1613 freta1616 enamel1650 discolour1656 variegatea1728 jasper1799 intershoot1845 patchwork1853 pattern1898 strand1914 harlequin- the world > matter > colour > variegation > variegate [verb (transitive)] > specifically of textiles shoot1532 strike1701 shot1847 the world > textiles and clothing > textiles > textile manufacture > manufacture textile fabric or that which consists of > manufacture of textile fabric > treating or processing textile fabric > treat or process textile fabric [verb (transitive)] > other processes starch1390 scour1467 burl1483 waterc1500 calender1513 shoot1532 press1555 gum1612 reimbale1623 strike1701 bias1838 pad1839 spirit1854 bray1879 stream1883 crisp1892 block1905 Schreiner1905 mercerize1911 1532–3 Act 24 Hen. VIII c. 2 The same wollen clothes [shall]..be perfectly boyled grayned or maddered vppon the wodde and shotte, with good and sufficient corke or orchall. 1566 Churchwardens' Accts. St. Dunstan's, Canterb. in Archaeologia Cantiana 17 120 One couerlyt shot wyth blew and red. 1684 London Gaz. No. 1944/4 A Petticoat of Musk coloured Silk, shot with Silver on the right side. 1751 S. Johnson Rambler No. 116. ⁋8 Carnation shot with white. 1856 ‘The Druid’ Post & Paddock i. 17 Mundig's stock are nearly all chesnuts, many of them shot with white hairs. 1860 G. A. Sala Baddington Peerage I. i. 26 His stiff, black hair a little shot with gray. 1863 B. Taylor Hannah Thurston xv. 192 The canes of maize shot the brown fields with points of shining green. 1882 Garden 7 Oct. 312/2 Of older flowers we have..Burgundy, rich dark puce, shot and suffused with light purple [etc.]. 1895 Jrnl. Royal Inst. Brit. Architects 14 Mar. 347 The Saviour was dressed in a purple tunic shot with gold. figurative.1850 Fraser's Mag. Sept. 244/2 Vague theory shot with technicalities.1876 L. Stephen Hours in Libr. 2nd Ser. viii. 349 The texture of Disraeli's writings is..ingeniously shot with irony. 15. Formerly, to send out, dispatch (persons) (now dialect: see Eng. Dial. Dict.). Now colloquial, to convey or transfer (a person) with speed. Also to shoot (a person) about: to hurry (him) from place to place. ΘΚΠ the world > movement > transference > sending > send [verb (transitive)] > send off or dispatch fusea1000 asendc1000 senda1122 depeach1483 dispatch1517 despeche1531 shoot1542 to send away1600 dispeed1603 expedite1606 despeed1611 to send off1667 society > travel > [verb (transitive)] > hurry a person from place to place shoot1895 the world > movement > rate of motion > swiftness > swift movement in specific manner > move or cause to move swiftly in specific manner [verb (transitive)] > direct (one's way or steps) with haste > cause to move with haste i-fuseOE speeda1325 hastec1330 hasty?a1425 hasten?1537 press1611 hackney1617 scurry1850 shoot1895 society > travel > transport > [verb (transitive)] > rapidly rush1554 whirr1609 posta1616 whirl1616 spin1696 romp1895 shoot1919 shimmy1923 1542 T. Becon Newe Pathway vnto Praier xxix. sig. M.vij Therfore sayth Christ, praye vnto the Lorde of y^e Heruest, that he may shote forth workemen into his Heruest. 1895 B. M. Croker Village Tales 71 You, as an officer's wife..are shot about from Colombo to Peshawar. 1919 F. Hurst Humoresque 200 Come; I'll shoot you to the club. 1921 E. B. White Let. 15 Sept. (1976) 24 I go to one person and he says hello and shoots me on to another. 1972 T. Stoppard Jumpers i. 50 I'll shoot him in here... You can try your charms on him. 16. a. To emit swiftly and forcibly (rays, flames, etc.). ΘΚΠ the world > movement > motion in a certain direction > going or coming out > letting or sending out > let or send out [verb (transitive)] > emit > suddenly or swiftly shootc1480 dart1593 dartle1855 the world > matter > light > naturally occurring light > emit beams (of a luminary) [verb (transitive)] reflecta1456 streekc1480 shoot1596 stream1880 c1480 (a1400) St. Matthew 157 in W. M. Metcalfe Legends Saints Sc. Dial. (1896) I. 194 Twa dragonyse, þat awful ware one to luke,..& blessis of fyre with brynt-stane at nese & mowthe þai schote owte. 1596 J. Dalrymple tr. J. Leslie Hist. Scotl. (1895) II. 90 A maruellous gret Comet, quhilk toward the South schot fyrie stremes terrabillie. 1690 T. Burnet Theory of Earth iii. xii. 105 At the first opening of the Heavens, the brightness of his Person will scatter the dark Clouds, and shoot streams of light throughout all the Air. 1717 A. Pope Rape of Lock (new ed.) i, in Wks. 122 Sol thro' white curtains shot a tim'rous ray. 1744 J. Thomson Summer in Seasons (new ed.) 111 The Sun has lost his Rage: his downward Orb Shoots nothing now but animating Warmth, And vital Luster. 1792 S. Rogers Pleasures Mem. ii. 49 A cool, sequester'd grot, From its rich roof a sparry lustre shot. 1812 H. F. Cary tr. Dante Paradiso iii. 22 My sweet guide, who, smiling shot forth beams From her celestial eyes. 1823 W. Scott Quentin Durward I. iv. 78 His keen eyes..shot forth occasionally a quick and vivid ray. 1833 N. Arnott Elements Physics (ed. 5) II. 187 A ray..shot from a to the point c, in the surface of a piece of glass g h, would reach directly across to o and b. 1839 J. Sterling Sexton's Dau. i. xxxii As if it were the cloven sky..Shot out its glory suddenly. b. To put forth, utter (words, sounds); chiefly with adverb, out, forth. Now only as transferred from sense 21. ΚΠ a1225 Leg. Kath. 812 Scheoteð forð sum word, & let us onswerien. a1250 Owl & Night. (Jesus Oxf.) 23 Bet þuhte þe drem þat he were Of harpe & pipe þan he nere, Bet þuhte þat heo were i-shote Of harpe & pipe þan of þrote. a1500 R. Henryson tr. Æsop Fables: Trial of Fox l. 847 in Poems (1981) 36 He..Schot out his voce full schyll, and gaif ane schout. 1546 J. Heywood Dialogue Prouerbes Eng. Tongue ii. iii. sig. G^v But shoote out some wordes, yf she be to whot. 1602 J. Marston Hist. Antonio & Mellida ii. sig. D2^v I would shoot some speach forth, to strike the time With pleasing touch of amorous complement. 1656 J. Smith Myst. Rhetorique Unvail'd 143 Acclamo to cry out or shoot forth the voice. 1846 C. Dickens Dombey & Son (1848) iii. 19 Shooting out whatever she had to say in one sentence, and in one breath, if possible. 1848 W. M. Thackeray Vanity Fair lx. 541 Even Dobbin would shoot out a sudden peal [of laughter] at the boy's mimicry. 1886 R. L. Stevenson Kidnapped iii. 22 From time to time..he shot out one of his questions. c. To cause (a pain, an emotion, etc.) to pass rapidly through. ΘΚΠ the mind > emotion > intense emotion > affect intensely [verb (transitive)] thirlc1315 piercec1390 thrilla1400 strikec1475 throb1600 penetratea1616 heart-strikea1637 transfix1649 sink1771 shoot1842 the mind > emotion > aspects of emotion > quality of affecting the emotions > affect with emotion [verb (transitive)] > cause an emotion to pass rapidly through shoot1842 1842 Ld. Tennyson Godiva in Poems (new ed.) II. 114 Her palfrey's footfall shot Light horrors thro' her pulses. 1852 H. B. Stowe Uncle Tom's Cabin II. xxxiii. 197 This question shot a gleam of joy and triumph through Tom's soul. 17. a. To thrust (one's hand, a limb, a weapon, etc.) into something. Also to thrust out, forth, up, etc. ΘΚΠ the world > space > place > placing or fact of being placed in (a) position > insertion or putting in > insert or put in [verb (transitive)] > forcibly > specifically the hand or a limb shootc1275 divea1592 poach1856 c1275 (?a1200) Laȝamon Brut (Calig.) (1963) l. 940 Heo scuten [c1300 Otho soten] heora sconken [in wrestling]. 1489 (a1380) J. Barbour Bruce (Adv.) iii. 117 With that ane othir gan him ta Be the lege, and his hand gan schute Betuix the sterap and his fute. 1533 J. Bellenden tr. Livy Hist. Rome (1901) I. ii. vi. 151 He schot his hand in þe fire. 1567 R. Sempill in J. Cranstoun Satirical Poems Reformation (1891) I. 34 Unles ȝe now sharplie shuit out ȝour handis. 1596 J. Dalrymple tr. J. Leslie Hist. Scotl. (1895) II. 186 Ilk schuteng his rapper in vtheris bellie. 1648 T. Winyard Midsummer-moone 1 His head is shot up, as if it would only converse with the Prince oth'aire. c1730 A. Ramsay Boy & Pig 4 A greedy Callan..Shot his wee nive into the pot. 1774 O. Goldsmith Hist. Earth VIII. 174 They will be found to shoot forth their arms in every direction. 1870 Croodin Doo in R. Chambers Pop. Rhymes Scotl. (new ed.) 53 O it shot out its feet and died. b. to shoot out: To protrude (the tongue, the lips), usually as an expression of mockery. ΘΚΠ the mind > attention and judgement > contempt > derision, ridicule, or mockery > deride, ridicule, or mock [verb (intransitive)] > make derisive gesture bleara1340 blabber1530 to shoot out1535 pot1549 sleak1674 to make a long nose1828 to thumb one's nose1854 1535 Bible (Coverdale) Psalms xxii. 7 They shute out their lippes. 1688 R. Boyle Disquis. Final Causes ii. 69 The camelion..was to take his prey, by shooting out his tongue at the flies he was to live upon. 1840 T. B. Macaulay Ranke's Hist. in Ess. (1851) II. 146 A sect laughing at the Scriptures, shooting out the tongue at the sacraments. 1857 D. Livingstone Missionary Trav. S. Afr. i. 18 Away she would go with her lips shot out. 1865 A. C. Swinburne Chastelard ii. i. 56 As at my Lord the Jews shot out their tongues. 1893 R. L. Stevenson Catriona i. 12 ‘I thoucht ye had been a lad of some kind o' sense,’ he began, shooting out his lips. c. to shoot one's eyes: to gaze eagerly. rare. ΘΚΠ the world > physical sensation > sight and vision > seeing or looking > see [verb (intransitive)] > stare or gaze stareOE gawc1175 darea1225 porec1300 muse1340 glowc1374 gogglec1380 gazec1386 glore?a1400 glopc1400 govec1480 glower?a1513 gowk1513 daze1523 amuse1532 glew1587 to feed one's eyes1590 to seek, buy, or sow gape-seed1598 to shoot one's eyes1602 glazea1616 stargaze1639 gaum1691 to stare like a stuck pig1702 ygaze1737 gawk1785 to feed one's sight1813 gloze1853 glow1856 1602 J. Marston Antonios Reuenge iv. i. sig. G2^v I should not shoote mine eyes into the earth, Poring for mischiefe. d. to shoot one's cuffs or (formerly) linen (colloquial): to pull one's shirt cuffs out so that they project beyond the cuffs of one's coat. Also figurative. ΘΚΠ the world > textiles and clothing > clothing > providing with clothing > provide with clothing [verb (intransitive)] > adjust or arrange to cock one's hat1633 to strip up1664 to shoot one's cuffs or (formerly) linen1878 1878 E. Yates in World 16 Jan. (Farmer) Adjust your curls, your linen shoot, your coat wide open fling. 1887 Poor Nellie (1888) 104 He ‘shot his linen’ in style. 1889 ‘J. S. Winter’ Harvest 168 Major Pottinger..shot his linen till the bystanders..wondered if it was a new kind of conjuring entertainment. 1909 M. Beerbohm Yet Again 230 The large young man, shooting his cuffs, strode forward. 1929 W. Deeping Roper's Row iii. 25 You felt that you had shot your cuffs and scored a point when you wiped Moorhouse's stately eye. 1942 L. A. G. Strong Unpractised Heart 27 The millionaire pulled out a gold pencil and shot his cuff. 1974 S. Coulter Château i. xvii. 133 He shot his cuffs and walked resolutely towards Mademoiselle Aurélie. 1977 J. Cheever Falconer 129 He shot his cuff to check the time. 18. To eject from the body. †a. To eject (venom). Also of a spider: To eject (its thread). ΘΚΠ the world > movement > motion in a certain direction > going or coming out > letting or sending out > let or send out [verb (transitive)] > eject warpc1000 wreaka1300 out-throwa1393 excludec1400 shootc1400 spitc1400 deliver?a1425 outflingc1450 springc1480 bolka1522 vomit1552 spurge1582 out-braid1586 hurl1590 cast1601 spew1605 eject1607 ejaculate1609 spew1610 to cast out1611 throw1625 eructate1632 gullop1646 explode1660 to throw off1660 belch1668 c1400 Mandeville's Trav. (Roxb.) xxxi. 143 Þai er euermare gapand, redy for to schote þaire venym. 1775 G. White Let. 8 June in Nat. Hist. Selborne (1789) 192 Every day in fine weather..do I see those spiders shooting out their webs and mounting aloft. 1775 G. White Let. 8 June in Nat. Hist. Selborne (1789) 192 Those filmy threads, when first shot, might be entangled in the rising dew. †b. To discharge (excreta); also (see quot. 1688). Also to shoot one's belly, bowels. Obsolete. ΘΚΠ the world > life > the body > organs of excretion > defecation or urination > defecation > [verb (transitive)] shita1382 to defy out1382 deliver?a1425 cack1485 evacuate1542 scour1577 shoot1594 foil1599 exstercorate1609 to dung outa1642 move1645 cast1704 to do one's doings1957 1594 T. Nashe Vnfortunate Traveller sig. M4 So swelled Zadoch [with rage], and was readie to burst out of his skinne, and shoote his bowels like chaine-shot full at Zacharies face for bringing him such balefull tidings. a1661 W. Brereton Trav. (1844) 179 My mare chanced to eat some green corn, which did occasion her to shoot her belly, and scour intolerably. 1688 R. Holme Acad. Armory ii. 252/1 Terms in feeding cocks... Shuting the Body, is to purge it from its groser dung. 1740 H. Bracken Farriery Improv'd (ed. 2) II. iv. 84 It is a Sign, if he shoot off his Food very fast, that he gets too little Corn. †c. absol. To have a looseness in the bowels. ΘΚΠ the world > health and disease > ill health > a disease > disorders of internal organs > excretory disorders > have excretory disorder [verb (intransitive)] > diarrhoea skittera1400 squirt1530 scutter1565 squatter1598 squitter1611 shoota1642 skit1805 run1849 a1642 H. Best Farming & Memorandum Bks. (1984) 6 A weake lambe..will shoote and scowre allmost for the space of 2 dayes. d. transitive. Of a fish: To discharge (spawn). Also absol. (Cf. shot adj. 1, shotten adj. 3.) ΘΚΠ the world > animals > fish > [verb (transitive)] > discharge spawn shoot1609 1609 P. Holland tr. Ammianus Marcellinus Rom. Hist. 201 Fishes flocke..to this nooke of the Ocean, to breed and shut their spawne. 1884 G. B. Goode in G. B. Goode et al. Fisheries U.S.: Sect. I 409 The Sea-Bass, when they come into the pounds in the spring, are full of spawn, ready to shoot. e. intransitive. To ejaculate; originally in to shoot one's roe. slang. ΘΚΠ the world > physical sensation > sexual relations > sexual activity > engage in sexual activity [verb (intransitive)] > ejaculate untap1622 spend1662 discharge1683 shoot1879 to get one's nuts offc1932 to get one's rocks off1948 pop1958 spaff1999 1879–80 Pearl (1970) 217 And the little creatures found, When they dragged him to the ground, That, while lecturing, he'd shot his noble roe, roe, roe. 1922 J. Joyce Ulysses ii. xv. [Circe] 528 Bloom (His eyes wildly dilated, clasps himself.) Show! Hide! Show! Plough her! More! Shoot! 1969 P. Roth Portnoy's Complaint 183 Did you warn her you were going to shoot, or did you just come off and let her worry? 1972 H. C. Rae Shooting Gallery iii. 191 I wanted him to shoot and get it over. f. Of a crab, lobster, etc.: to cast off or drop (a leg or limb). ΚΠ 1884 G. B. Goode Nat. Hist. Aquatic Animals 805 Lobsters have the power of dropping or ‘shooting’ one or both claws, which may be more or less completely replaced by a new growth. 19. a. Of a plant: To put forth (buds, leaves, branches, etc.). Chiefly with forth or out. Also figurative. ΘΚΠ the world > plants > by growth or development > grow, sprout, or bear fruit [verb (transitive)] > sprout or put forth new growth cast1340 burgeon1382 shoot1526 sprit1559 sprout1574 to put forth1592 to cast forth1611 to put out1614 emit1660 push1676 tiller1677 to throw out1733 to throw up1735 tillerate1762 flush1877 1526 W. Bonde Pylgrimage of Perfection iii. sig. KKiiii To shote forth y^e braunches of murmure, grudge [etc.]. 1535 Bible (Coverdale) Luke xxi. 30 Whan they now shute forth their buddes. 1611 Bible (King James) Mark iv. 32 It..shooteth out great branches. View more context for this quotation 1657 W. Coles Adam in Eden cx Colts-foot shooteth up a slender stalk, with small yellowish Flowers. 1663 S. Patrick Parable of Pilgrim (1687) xxix. 349 Rosemary and Sweet-Brier,..which shoot flowers, and dart forth Musk. 1719 G. London & H. Wise J. de la Quintinie's Compl. Gard'ner (ed. 7) 143 When a fine Fruit Branch shoots many others. 1766 Compl. Farmer at Turnep Apt to make the wheat shoot fresh ears. 1853 M. Arnold Scholar Gipsy in Poems (new ed.) 201 Nor let..the cropp'd grasses shoot another head. 1908 E. Fowler Between Trent & Ancholme 20 The largest round Lavender bush, soon to shoot forth buds and blossoms generously. b. transferred. Chiefly of an animal, etc.: To put forth (limbs, etc.); also figurative of immaterial things. to shoot the red: of a turkey-cock (see red adj. and n. Phrases 3). ΘΚΠ the world > animals > animal body > general parts > [verb (transitive)] > grow or reproduce (a part) shoot1739 reproduce1743 1596 J. Dalrymple tr. J. Leslie Hist. Scotl. (1888) I. 238 Quhen this Pelagian hæresie..appeired to schute out the hornes ay wyder and wyder. 1739 S. Sharp Treat. Operations Surg. Introd. 31 The callous Edges softening, will, without any great Assistance, shoot out a Cicatrix. 1865 Englishman's Mag. Feb. 155 He throbs and tingles as the new wings shoot their feathers. 1899 T. C. Allbutt et al. Syst. Med. VIII. 875 These..masses of epithelium..do not shoot downwards the root-like processes so characteristic of epithelioma of the malignant type. c. To cause to grow or ‘shoot’; to make to spring up. rare. ΘΚΠ the world > plants > by growth or development > grow, sprout, or bear fruit [verb (transitive)] > cause to sprout or grow multiplya1550 germinate1610 shoot?1610 to put up1626 ?1610 J. Fletcher Faithfull Shepheardesse ii. sig. D2 All the verdent grasse. The spring shot vp stands yet vnbruised heere Of any foote. 1821 J. Clare Village Minstrel II. 107 The Power..Who rules the year, and shoots the spindling grain. 20. With reference to stationary position: To throw out as a projection or protuberance; reflexive to stand out, protuberate in a particular direction. †Also in passive, to appear as if thrust down. ΘΚΠ the world > space > shape > unevenness > projection or prominence > project from (something) [verb (transitive)] > cause to project or stretch forth straightc1400 protend?a1475 shoot1533 raise1568 to set out1573 project1624 protrude1638 to start out1653 penthouse1655 portend1657 to throw out1689 obtend1697 to lay out1748 bumfle1832 out-thrust1855 rank1867 the world > space > shape > unevenness > projection or prominence > thrust out as a projection [verb (reflexive)] shoot1603 13.. K. Alis. 5953 He ne had noither nekke, ne throte, His heued was in his body y-shote. 1533 J. Bellenden tr. Livy Hist. Rome (1901) I. i. xvii. 97 Throw quhilk þe wallis war schot out with mare magnificent boundis þan afore. 1603 G. Owen Descr. Penbrokshire (1891) i. 5 Carmarthenshere that waye shooteinge it selfe on the Northeast. 1635 D. Person Varieties i. 19 Where the mouth of a large valley endeth at the Sea..shooting as it were it selfe forth into the said Sea..there it should be more shallow. 1784 W. Cowper To Mem. Halibut 17 Where Hibernia shoots Her wondrous causeway far into the main. III. To send missiles from an engine.A Common Teutonic specialization of branch II. 21. a. transitive. To send forth, let fly (arrows, bolts, etc.) from a bow or other engine, or (bullets or shot) from a firearm. Const. at, †against, †to. ΘΚΠ society > armed hostility > military equipment > operation and use of weapons > action of propelling missile > assail with missiles [verb (transitive)] > from weapon shoota900 to shoot at (also after, against, on, unto, to)c1290 to shoot with (also in)1297 society > armed hostility > military equipment > operation and use of weapons > action of propelling missile > assail with missiles [verb (transitive)] > discharge (missile) > from weapon shoota900 to shoot a shot (or a shoot)1297 a900 Old Eng. Martyrol. 15 Nov. 206 Hig sceoton hyra strælas on twa healfa tosomne. c1275 (?a1200) Laȝamon Brut (Calig.) (1963) l. 3234 Þa his flæn weoren iscoten þæ iwærd his boȝe to-broken. c1330 Arth. & Merl. 317 Þer was mani arwe yschote. 1338 R. Mannyng Chron. (1725) 178 Oft tille our Inglis men was schewed a mervaile grete, A darte was schot to þem, bot non wist who it schete. c1386 G. Chaucer Parson's Tale ⁋ 500 If a man, by caas or aventure, shete an arwe or caste a stoon with which he sleeth a man, he is homicyde. ?1473 W. Caxton tr. R. Le Fèvre Recuyell Hist. Troye (1894) I. lf. 46^v Tho was drawen & shotte many an arowe. a1500 (?c1450) Merlin xi. 167 Than he shette a-nothir bolte, and slowgh a malarde. c1550 Complaynt Scotl. (1979) xv. 103 Siklyik ane preist of turque callit deruis schot ane bolt befoir the port of tempil contrar basit. a1648 Ld. Herbert Life (1976) 3 The Principal Outlaw shot an Arrow against my Grandfather. 1757 tr. J. G. Keyssler Trav. III. 218 A third [cannon ball]..said to have been shot into the wall at the siege of Padua. 1769 T. Pennant Tour Scotl. (1774) 101 Elf-shots..are supposed to be weapons shot by fairies at cattle. 1819 W. Scott Ivanhoe III. i. 27 The Templar's retreat was rendered perilous by the numbers of arrows shot off at him and his party. b. figurative and in figurative context. to have shot one's bolt: to have done all that one can do. Proverb, a fool's bolt is soon shot: see bolt n.¹ 1a. ΘΚΠ the world > action or operation > completing > complete or conclude action [verb (intransitive)] > have done all one can do to have shot one's bolt1577 a1100 Prudentius in Zeitschr. f. Deutsches Alterthum (1876) VIII. 38 Ða wæpna..ðe þæt yrre scet [L. miserat]. ?c1225 (?a1200) Ancrene Riwle (Cleo. C.vi) (1972) 51 Sikerliche vre fa þe werreur of helle he scheot..ma quarreus to an ancre þenne to seouene & fifti lauedis iðe worlde. ?c1225 (?a1200) Ancrene Riwle (Cleo. C.vi) (1972) 51 Earest [lechery] scheot þe arewen of þe licht echnen þe fleoð lichtliche forð ase flaa þet is iuiðered & stikeð iðere heorte. c1400 Rom. Rose 1800 The thridde arowe he [the God of Love] gan to shete,..Into myn herte he did avale. 1577 R. Stanyhurst Treat. Descr. Irelande i. f. 3/2, in R. Holinshed Chron. I But if I may craue your patience, to tyme you see me shoote my bolt. 1621 T. W. tr. S. Goulart Wise Vieillard 89 Many others haue shot forth the like bolts and censures, whereof this is the totall summe and substance. 1652 E. Benlowes Theophila ix. iii. 127 Hope be thy Bowe, thy Hand Love, Faith the Shaft; Let Hope shoot Faith to God with Loves strong Draft. 1852 Househ. Words 5 577 [The winds] never cease to shoot at us their arrows barbed with the poison of rheum. 1901 Daily Express 28 Feb. 4/5 The home players had shot their bolt, and in thirty minutes the Birmingham team added two goals. c. With cognate object, to shoot a shot (or †a shoot). Now rare. ΘΚΠ society > armed hostility > military equipment > operation and use of weapons > action of propelling missile > assail with missiles [verb (transitive)] > discharge (missile) > from weapon shoota900 to shoot a shot (or a shoot)1297 1297 R. Gloucester's Chron. (Rolls) 11103 An carpenter þat hii sede þat sset þe ssute [MS. Add. þane schote] hii nome. c1400 Pilgr. Sowle (1859) iv. xxix. 61 But, soothly, they sheten neuer shotte. 1545 R. Ascham Toxophilus ii. f. 1^v For in a rayne and at no marke, a man may shote a fayre shoote. 1590 H. Barwick Breefe Disc. Weapons 17 (margin) The archer dooth require more time then dooth the firy weapon to shoot the first shoot. 1633 T. Stafford Pacata Hibernia ii. xiii. 208 All this while the Enemy shot not a shot. 1644 J. Vicars Jehovah-jireh 193 They forced all the Musketeers..to..shroud themselves within their pikes, not daring to shoot a shoot. 1816 W. Scott Old Mortality iii, in Tales of my Landlord 1st Ser. IV. 65 May the hand be withered that shot the shot! †d. To hurl or throw (a spear, etc.). Obsolete. ΘΚΠ society > armed hostility > military equipment > operation and use of weapons > action of propelling missile > assail with missiles [verb (transitive)] > cast (spear or dart) shoota1100 dart1580 a1100 Prudentius in Zeitschr. f. Deutsches Alterthum (1876) VIII. 38 Þæt yrre scyt his spere ongean þæt geðyld. c1275 (?a1200) Laȝamon Brut (Calig.) (1963) l. 2838 And þa oðere hem scuten [c1300 Otho sote] to scærpe gares. 1393 W. Langland Piers Plowman C. xxi. 50 ‘Aue, rabbi’, quaþ þat ribaud and reodes shotte at hus eyen. 1585 T. Washington tr. N. de Nicolay Nauigations Turkie i. viii. 8 Their weapons are three dartes or long Iauelins, whyche they..doe shoote and throw with wonderfull dexteritie. e. transferred. To discharge, send forth like an arrow or a shot. Also figurative with object a glance, question, etc. ΘΚΠ the world > movement > impelling or driving > projecting through space or throwing > throw [verb (transitive)] > project through space > specifically an immaterial thing shoot1612 launch1748 fire1859 1612 M. Drayton Poly-olbion ii. 25 When sharp Winter shoots her sleet and hardned haile. 1622 T. Dekker & P. Massinger Virgin Martir iv. sig. H3^v Doe thine eyes shoote daggers at that man That brings thee health? 1642 T. Fuller Holy State v. i. 358 She hurts most with those glances which are shot from a down-cast eye. a1684 J. Evelyn Diary anno 1658 (1955) III. 222 A Porcupine, of that kind that shoots its quills. 1816 W. Scott Old Mortality iv, in Tales of my Landlord 1st Ser. IV. 72 The sullen and indignant glances which they shot at them. 1881 Scribner's Monthly 21 268/2 She shot the question at him with a force which took away his breath. 1889 A. Conan Doyle Micah Clarke xxiii. 229 A wild race of fishermen..who..shot some rough West-country jest at me as I passed. 22. a. absol. and intransitive. To send forth missiles from a bow, firearm, or similar engine. †Also with forth. ΘΚΠ society > armed hostility > military equipment > operation and use of weapons > action of propelling missile > discharge missile [verb (intransitive)] shoot993 loose1387 discharge1481 fire1848 993 Battle of Maldon 270 Hwilon he on bord sceat, hwilon beorn tæsde. c1275 (?a1200) Laȝamon Brut (Calig.) (1963) l. 6275 & Bruttes weoren igærede. & þene wal weoreden heo scuten [c1300 Otho soten] in heo scuten ut. scalkes þer feollen. 1297 R. Gloucester's Chron. (Rolls) 11218 Hii mette wiþ þis burgeis & bigonne to ssete vaste I wounded þer was manion. c1330 R. Mannyng Chron. Wace (Rolls) 858 An herde of hertes sone þey met, Al a triste to schete, Brutus was set. a1387 J. Trevisa tr. R. Higden Polychron. (St. John's Cambr.) (1865) I. 91 Þey techiþ besiliche here children to ride and to schete. c1400 tr. Secreta Secret., Gov. Lordsh. cxi. 111 Ordeyne þy wenges, on þe right syde of hem þat stryken and assayllen, and of þe left syde hem þat shoten. c1422 J. Lydgate Serpent of Div. (1911) 59 And somme with firye dartes and scharpe hokid arwis schetynge in þe eire. ?1473 W. Caxton tr. R. Le Fèvre Recuyell Hist. Troye (1894) I. lf. 32^v Than the archers of kynge saturne began to drawe & shote. 1569 T. Preston Lamentable Trag. Cambises 870 [Venus to Cupid] Shoot forth, my sonne; now is the time that thou must wound his hart. a1616 W. Shakespeare King John (1623) v. vi. 1 Whose there?..speake quickely, or I shoote . View more context for this quotation 1668 R. Steele Husbandmans Calling viii. 223 If a man stand on a Tower and shoot downward, he that stands at the bottom of it and shoots upward, may fly above him. a1684 J. Evelyn Diary anno 1650 (1955) III. 21 Sir Thomas Osborn..& I shot for a wager of five Loises. 1753 Jago Elegy on Blackbird in Adventurer No. 37 O! had he chose some other game, Or shot as he had used to do! 1899 T. M. Ellis Three Cat's-eye Rings 123 They turned round to shoot, and a bullet from one of their muskets shrieked past Clayside's ear. 1907 J. Galsworthy Country House i. i. 2 Foxleigh; he's no good... But can't he shoot just! That's why they ask him. b. intransitive. To engage in archery (in modern use occasionally in rifle-practice, etc.) as a sport or contest. †to shoot compass (obsolete): see compass adv. 3b. ΘΚΠ society > leisure > sport > types of sport or game > competitive shooting > shoot competitively [verb (intransitive)] shootc1275 to shoot a match1840 to shoot off a tie1840 c1275 (?a1200) Laȝamon Brut (Calig.) (1978) l. 12325 Summe heo gunnen lepen summe heo gunnen sceoten [c1300 Otho sceate]. summe heo wræstleden. c1412 T. Hoccleve De Regimine Principum 651 No more I hadde set þerby or roght, A wif or mayde or nune to deffoule, Than scheete, or pleyen at þe bal or boule. 1589 ‘M. Marprelate’ Hay any Worke for Cooper A iij b When the wether is foule, that men cannot go abroad to boules, or to shoote. 1801 T. Roberts Eng. Bowman 293 To shoot down the butts, to begin at the furthest, and end at the shortest butt. c. well shot! an applauding exclamation when a shooter hits the mark. Also used in sports involving the scoring of goals. Cf. sense 27. Also figurative. ΚΠ 1641 E. Dering Foure Cardinall-vertues Carmelite-fryar ii. 41 Your promise is of thoughts within, and your proof still of things done without. Well shot. Go to your Book again and study the point better. 1655 T. Fuller Church-hist. Brit. vii. 425 One day being shooting at Butts,..He hit the very mark. The Duke of Northumberland, being present,..Well shot my Liege, quoth he. 1981 E. North Dames xiii. 255 ‘Well shot! Well shot!’ Some feeble cheering on the touchline. d. Constructions. (a) to shoot at (†also after, against, on, unto, to) the mark or object aimed at.to shoot at rovers: see to shoot at rovers at rover n.² 1a(a). ΘΚΠ society > armed hostility > military equipment > operation and use of weapons > action of propelling missile > assail with missiles [verb (transitive)] > from weapon shoota900 to shoot at (also after, against, on, unto, to)c1290 to shoot with (also in)1297 c1290 St. Sebastian 47 in S. Eng. Leg. 179 [The emperor] let archers to him scheote: ase it were to one marke. a1325 (c1250) Gen. & Exod. (1968) l. 474 Lamech..wurð bisne, and haued a man Ðat ledde him..To scheten after ðe wilde der. 1340 Ayenbite (1866) 45 An archer uor þet he hedde ylore ate geme: nom his boȝe and ssat an heȝ aye god. c1400 Laud Troy-bk. 7779 To schote at him so was he prest. c1450 Mirk's Festial 64 But euer deþe sewyth hym wyth his bow drawen and an arow þeryn redy to choton at hym. ?1473 W. Caxton tr. R. Le Fèvre Recuyell Hist. Troye (1894) I. lf. 73 He entryd among tharchers of the troians that shotte thikke on hym. 1496 in T. Dickson Accts. Treasurer Scotl. (1877) I. 273 Giffin to the King himself to schute at the prop with James Mersar,..x s. 1497 in T. Dickson Accts. Treasurer Scotl. (1877) I. 360 Item, to the king, to schut at the schell..xvjd. a1538 T. Starkey Dial. Pole & Lupset (1989) 71 Ever as a marke to schote un to. ?1576 G. Gascoigne Spoyle of Antwerpe sig. A4^v They of the Towne did not shote at the prince of Orenges Shippes. 1611 Bible (King James) Gen. xlix. 23 The archers haue sorely grieued him, and shot at him. View more context for this quotation 1673 R. Leigh Transproser Rehears'd 97 They fought for his crown when they shot at his person. a1715 Bp. G. Burnet Hist. Own Time (1724) I. 242 Van Gheudt..shot against Bruntisland without doing any mischief. 1774 O. Goldsmith Hist. Earth VI. 96 They have stood to be shot at in flocks, without offering to move. 1816 W. Scott Black Dwarf ii, in Tales of my Landlord 1st Ser. I. 52 Willie of Winton whom you shot at? 1908 E. M. Gordon Indian Folk Tales (1909) ix. 85 A young man..asked me to shoot at an owl. (b) to shoot with (also †in) a bow, gun, etc.; also rarely with an arrow. ΘΚΠ society > armed hostility > military equipment > operation and use of weapons > action of propelling missile > assail with missiles [verb (transitive)] > from weapon shoota900 to shoot at (also after, against, on, unto, to)c1290 to shoot with (also in)1297 c1275 (?a1200) Laȝamon Brut (Calig.) (1978) l. 8262 Nu ich hine [Hengest] ȝiue þe..& let þine hired-childeren..scotien mid heore flan & his cun scenden anan.] 1297 R. Gloucester's Chron. (Rolls) 7735 He wolde..ssete [v.rr. schute, schete] also mid bowe & arblaste. c1440 Promptorium Parvulorum 445/2 Schetyn yn a bowe [v.r. shotyn with bowes] sagitto. 1530 J. Palsgrave Lesclarcissement 704/2 I shote in any bowe, crosse bowe, or longe bowe. 1546 J. Heywood Dialogue Prouerbes Eng. Tongue ii. vi. sig. I But many a man speaketh of Robyn hood, That neuer shotte in his bowe. 1610 P. Holland tr. W. Camden Brit. i. 633 Surnamed Strongbow, because he shot in a bow of exceeding great bent. 1647 N. Nye Art of Gunnery i. 35 It is as easie to shoot in a great Gun as in a Musket. c1665 L. Hutchinson Mem. Col. Hutchinson (1973) To Children 4 He shott excellently in bowes and gunns, and much us'd them for his exercise. a1684 J. Evelyn Diary anno 1646 (1955) II. 528 Here I first saw huge Balistæ or Crosse bows..shot in. (c) to shoot at (†to, etc.) (an object) with a bow, gun, etc.; also with an arrow. ΚΠ 971 Blickl. Hom. 199 Þa genam he his bogan..& ða mid geættredum stræle ongan sceotan wiþ þæs þe he geseah þæt hryþer stondan. c1290 St. Cristopher 204 in S. Eng. Leg. 277 With bouwe and Areblast þare schoter to him four hondret knyȝtes and mo. c1440 Gesta Romanorum (Add. MS.) ii. xix. 335 The knyght..shotte to [Cambr. MS. shot at] hym with an arowe, and slough hym. 1613 S. Purchas Pilgrimage 740 They shoot at the Fish with their darts. 1873 B. Harte What B. Harte Saw in Fiddletown 100 There was a mark at which a few credulous people shot with a toy rifle. (d) With adverb or phrase, to shoot beside, to shoot far from, to shoot near the mark; to shoot short, to shoot straight, etc. Often figurative. ΚΠ ?1473 W. Caxton tr. R. Le Fèvre Recuyell Hist. Troye (1894) I. lf. 127^v Hercules and many other shotte at most strayt and next the marke. 1545 R. Ascham Toxophilus i. f. 48^v But to shoote wyde and far of the marke is a thynge possyble. 1546 J. Heywood Dialogue Prouerbes Eng. Tongue i. vi. sig. Biii Ye mary (quoth he) now ye shoote ny the pricke. 1577 W. Harrison Hist. Descr. Islande Brit. iii. i. f. 95^v/2, in R. Holinshed Chron. I Wherein they [sc. foreign writers] haue shot so farre wyde as the quantity of ground was betweene themselues and their marke. 1585 Queen Elizabeth I Let. to James VI (Camden) 17 Who seaketh two stringes to one bowe, he [printed the] may shute strong, but neuer strait. 1658 W. Gurnall Christian in Armour: 2nd Pt. 335 Man he lets flie against God (though against his will he shoots short) whole vollies of sinnes and impieties. a1704 T. Brown Ess. Women in 4th Vol. Wks. (1709) i. 39 But alas! how far do you shoot from the Mark? [in answer to a question]. 1862 ‘F. G. Trafford’ City & Suburb (1869) iii. 22 He had shot wonderfully near the truth. (e) to shoot to kill (cf. kill v. 6c), implying the desire or intention to kill, rather than frighten or wound, a living target. Also shoot-to-kill adjectival phr. ΘΚΠ the world > life > death > killing > kill [verb (intransitive)] > try to kill shoot-to-kill1867 the world > life > death > killing > [adjective] > eager to kill sanguinolent1577 sanguineous1612 sanguisugous1615 sanguinary1623 sanguinarian1637 sanguinarious1654 sanguinous1663 sanguine1705 bloodhot1866 red-handed1879 red-hand1894 kill-crazy1942 shoot-to-kill1973 1867 Harper's Mag. Feb. 274/2 Wild Bill with his own hands has killed hundreds of men... ‘He shoots to kill’, as they say on the border. 1949 N. Marsh Swing, Brother, Swing iii. 48 Plays like he shoots an' he shoots to kill. 1956 ‘J. Christopher’ Death of Grass v. 79 ‘Must you shoot to kill?’ He began to say: ‘It's a matter of safety.’ 1973 Black Panther 7 Apr. 10/3 LEAA was the liberal establishment's attempt to modernize police techniques as a substitute for ‘shoot to kill’ repression. 1977 New Yorker 15 Aug. 67/1 A Cuban businessman..recalled favorably Mayor Richard Daley's calling for the National Guard and giving the police shoot-to-kill orders because of the Chicago riots. (f) to shoot it out: to settle (a dispute) by shooting or by the exchange of military fire. Cf. fight v. 8. ΘΚΠ society > armed hostility > military equipment > operation and use of weapons > action of propelling missile > discharge of firearms > discharge firearms [verb (intransitive)] > settle dispute by firing to shoot it out1912 1912 W. M. Raine Brand Blotters xii. 327 Had he shown any sign of indecision, they would have taken a chance and shot it out. 1939 War Illustr. 18 Dec. 458/3 Two gangsters have temporarily joined hands to plunder the wealthier citizens, on the understanding that they will ‘shoot it out’ between them later. 1949 F. Maclean Eastern Approaches ii. iv. 221 To try and shoot it out with them would bring the whole place about our ears. e. quasi-transitive. to shoot a match: to engage in a shooting-match. Also to shoot off a tie: to decide a tie in a shooting-match by a supplementary contest. ΘΚΠ society > leisure > sport > types of sport or game > competitive shooting > shoot competitively [verb (intransitive)] shootc1275 to shoot a match1840 to shoot off a tie1840 1840 D. P. Blaine Encycl. Rural Sports §2763 Captain R. and Mr. S. then shot the tie off. 1840 D. P. Blaine Encycl. Rural Sports §2763 Two matches were then shot by Capt. Ross and Mr. Osbaldeston. 1859 ‘Stonehenge’ Shot-gun ii. 7 Lord Huntingfield,..and Mr. Bateson having repeatedly shot matches at Hornsey Wood House. 1861 Temple Bar 3 266 This target was chosen for shooting off the ties at the long distances. f. transferred. intransitive and transitive. To take a snapshot (of) with a camera; to photograph (a scene, action, person, etc.) with a cinematographic camera; to take (cinematographic film), to film; occasionally with the actor as subject. ΘΚΠ society > leisure > the arts > visual arts > photography > action of taking photograph > take photograph [verb (intransitive)] > in specific manner shoot1890 Kodak1891 snap1891 snapshot1894 mug1899 society > leisure > the arts > visual arts > photography > action of taking photograph > photograph [verb (transitive)] > in specific manner to fire away1859 stereograph1860 flashlight1886 shoot1890 snap1890 Kodak1891 snapshot1898 mug1899 mutoscope1899 telephotograph1899 mutograph1908 photomaton1927 soft-focus1928 minicam1937 microfiche1975 pap1993 society > leisure > the arts > performance arts > cinematography > filming > film [verb (intransitive)] film1913 shoot1916 lens1983 society > leisure > the arts > performance arts > cinematography > filming > film [verb (transitive)] kinetograph1891 cinematograph1897 take1897 biograph1898 kinematograph1898 film1899 make1914 shoot1916 can1935 lens1942 1890 Internat. Ann. Anthonys Photogr. Bull. 3 Beside him is another sort of shutter operator with an ordinary camera and fairly good shutter... Does he shoot when his companion did? 1892 Photogr. Ann. II. 51 We at first tried the other method, namely, looking at the object and shooting at the critical moment. 1896 Punch 30 May 264/2 I even bless the Kodak now With which, dear Nell, you ‘shot’ me. 1916 ‘B. M. Bower’ Phantom Herd ii. 22 He..debated whether it should be ‘shot’ with two cameras or three. 1919 Conquest Dec. 70/2 First, the camera man ‘shoots’ on the tank containing the fishes with one half of the lens open. 1923 Publishers' Circular 29 Sept. Miss May Edgington's new novel, ‘Triumph’, is at the present moment being ‘shot’ for film production. 1927 Daily Tel. 21 June 17/1 Mr. Fox sent the players specially to this country in order to ‘shoot’ as many scenes as possible in the appropriate places. 1928 L. North Parasites 26 He passed a group of people gathered round the camera that had just shot the abortion he had seen enacted. 1930 E. Waugh Vile Bodies ix. 156 ‘All right,’ said one of the men with megaphones... ‘We'll shoot the duel now.’ 1932 News Chron. 23 Sept. 3/5 The film of Cervantes' book which is being ‘shot’ in the Alps near Nice. 1953 Manch. Guardian Weekly 27 Aug. 7/1 While the big-city exhibitors were pondering this expensive outlay a small studio in Hollywood shot a poor film with two interlocking lenses. 1962 Montagu & Leyda tr. Nizhny Lessons with Eisenstein iii. 66 Could the set-up be so changed as to shoot past Dessalines' back? 1976 Observer 9 May (Colour Suppl.) 10/2 She has also shot the odd film here. 1978 J. Krantz Scruples iii. 77 If anyone was going to go down to the Virgin Islands and shoot three models in next year's monokinis..it was Hank. g. to shoot a profile: see to shoot a profile at profile n. 16. 23. figurative and in figurative context. a. With reference to metaphorical arrows or darts, e.g. of love, temptation, affliction. ΚΠ a1000 Minds of Men 35 He..hygegar leteð, scurum sceoteþ. c1175 Ormulum (Burchfield transcript) l. 3839 & ȝiff he [the devil] seoþ þe mann forrdredd He wile himm skerrenn mare. & ræfenn himm hiss rihhte witt & shetenn inn hiss heorrte. c1386 G. Chaucer Parson's Tale ⁋714 An ydel man is lyk to a place that hath no walles; deueles may entre on euery syde and sheten at hym at discouert, by temptacion on euery syde. c1400 Rom. Rose 1777 And whanne that love gan nyghe me nere, He..shette at me with all his myght. 1895 R. W. Chambers King in Yellow (1909) 255 I think..that he [Cupid] does shoot fairly—yes, and even gives one warning. †b. to shoot at: to assail with censure or contempt. Obsolete. ΘΚΠ the mind > attention and judgement > contempt > disapproval > invective or abuse > abuse [verb (transitive)] vilea1300 rebutc1330 revilea1393 arunt1399 stainc1450 brawl1474 vituper1484 rebalk1501 to call (rarely to speak) (all) to naught1542 rattle1542 vituperate1542 bedaub1570 beray1576 bespurt1579 wring1581 misuse1583 caperclaw1589 abuse1592 rail1592 exagitate1593 to shoot atc1595 belabour1596 to scour one's mouth on1598 bespurtle1604 conviciate1604 scandala1616 delitigate1623 betongue1639 bespatter1644 rant1647 palt1648 opprobriatea1657 pelt1658 proscind1659 inveigh1670 clapperclaw1692 blackguard1767 philippize1804 drub1811 foul-mouth1822 bullyrag1823 target1837 barge1841 to light on ——1842 slang1844 villainize1857 slangwhang1880 slam-bang1888 vituperize1894 bad-mouth1941 slag1958 zing1962 to dump on (occasionally all over)1967 c1595 Countess of Pembroke Psalme lii. 23 in Coll. Wks. (1998) II. 52 The Iust shall..shoote at thee With scornfull glaunces. 1643 R. Baker Chron. Kings of Eng. iv. 57 The Queen conceiving, that through the sides of the Prelates, she her self was shot at, suppressed them what she could. 1652 H. Bell tr. M. Luther Colloquia Mensalia 113 The Turks and Jews do acknowledg God the Father, but it is the Son that they shoot at. 1665 R. South Serm. preached before Court 31 If it is a Pleasure to be envied and shot at, to be maligned standing,..then is it a pleasure to be great. c. to shoot at (with express or implied reference to a metaphorical mark or target): (a) to aim at, to seek to have or accomplish; to aspire to, strive after (now archaic); †(b) to ‘drive at’, mean, to have reference to; †(c) to aim at imitating, follow the example of. ΘΚΠ the mind > will > intention > intend [verb (transitive)] > have as purpose or object followeOE studylOE turna1200 pursuea1382 purposec1384 to shoot atc1407 ensue1483 proponea1500 studyc1503 prick1545 tread1551 suit1560 to go for ——1568 to set (up) one's rest1572 expect1578 propose1584 propound1596 aima1616 scope1668 to set up1691 aim1821 to go in for1835 to be out for1887 to be flat out for1930 target1966 shoot1967 the world > relative properties > relationship > imitation > imitate [verb (transitive)] > follow advice, example, etc. followOE counterfeitc1405 to shoot atc1407 ensue1430 enfollowc1449 to follow suit with1655 to follow the lead of1863 the mind > mental capacity > intelligibility > meaning > meaning of linguistic unit > mean, signify, express [verb (transitive)] > make reference to to shoot atc1407 mean1513 to have respect to1542 to intend at1572 eye1594 to turn upon ——1697 to turn on ——1765 (a) c1407–10 T. Hoccleve Min. Poems (1892) 58 But myn herte is euere bent To sheete at yow good wil in soothfastnesse. 1528 W. Tyndale That Fayth Mother of All Good Workes 30 The same is blynde and wotteth not what he dothe: erreth and shoteth at a wronge marke. a1568 R. Ascham Scholemaster (1570) ii. f. 51 Thou, that shotest at perfection in the Latin tong, think not thy selfe wiser than Tullie was. 1630 R. Norton tr. W. Camden Hist. Princesse Elizabeth iii. 36 The Queene of Scotts..easily vnderstood, that her distruction was shot at by this Association. 1647 J. Trapp Marrow Good Authors 652 Their evil dissembled ambitious desires plainly declared..that they both shot at one and the same mark. 1888 R. L. Stevenson Black Arrow iii. iii. 163 I shoot at no advantage to myself. (b)1577 H. I. tr. H. Bullinger 50 Godlie Serm. I. i. ix. sig. F.ij^v/1 For to this ende shoote all the exhortations of the Prophets and Apostles.1583 G. Babington Very Fruitfull Expos. Commaundem. viii. 373 An equalitie of commodities present is plainely shot at in this law.1583 G. Babington Very Fruitfull Expos. Commaundem. viii. 390 I might recite the lawes of God,..which directly shoote at the shame of this sinne.1629 H. Burton Truth's Triumph 307 The maine thing Vega shootes at in this chapter.(c)c1515 in State Papers Henry VIII (1834) II. 15 Bycause the Deputye useyth the said wrongfull extortion, all the noble folke of the lande shotes at hym, folowyth his wayes in that behalf, asmuche as in them is. †d. To have an aim or reference (beyond something mentioned). Obsolete. ΘΚΠ the mind > mental capacity > intelligibility > meaning > meaning of linguistic unit > implied meaning > have implied meaning [verb (intransitive)] squint1599 shoot1680 1680 H. More Apocalypsis Apocalypseos 66 This part of the Vision therefore shoots beyond the Pergamenian and Thyatirian Interval of the church, and begins with the Sardian. †e. to shoot over: to overshoot the mark. Obsolete. ΘΚΠ the world > action or operation > prosperity > advancement or progress > outdoing or surpassing > outdo or surpass [verb (intransitive)] > go beyond bounds > go too far overdoa1325 outreacha1400 overreacha1568 to overshoot the mark1583 to shoot over1605 overact1611 to outrun the constable1631 to overstep the mark (also line)1827 1605 F. Bacon Of Aduancem. Learning ii. sig. Bbb3^v And certaynelye, it is an errour frequent, for men to shoot ouer, and to suppose deeper ends, and more compasse reaches then are. View more context for this quotation †f. in certain proverbial phrases. Obsolete. ΚΠ 1530 J. Palsgrave Lesclarcissement 704/2 I shote at all adventures, or at the unhappyest, Je tire a la volée. 1577 tr. ‘F. de L'Isle’ Legendarie sig. Giij^v Now in making warre against the Protestants, they shotte sundry wayes with owne selfe arrowe. 1630 P. Massinger Renegado v. iii. sig. L Neither can I Be wonne to thinke, but if I should attempt it, I shoote against the Moone. g. slang (originally U.S.). to shoot off one's mouth: to talk indiscreetly or abusively; to talk unrestrainedly or at length, to assert one's opinions; to boast or brag. Also to shoot one's mouth off and similar phrases. ΘΚΠ the mind > emotion > pride > boasting or boastfulness > boast [verb (intransitive)] yelpc888 kebc1315 glorify1340 to make avauntc1340 boast1377 brag1377 to shake boastc1380 glorya1382 to make (one's) boastc1385 crackc1470 avaunt1471 glaster1513 voust1513 to make (one's or a) vauntc1515 jet?1521 vaunt?1521 crowa1529 rail1530 devauntc1540 brave1549 vaunt1611 thrasonize1619 vapour1629 ostentate1670 goster1673 flourish1674 rodomontade1681 taper1683 gasconade1717 stump1721 rift1794 mang1819 snigger1823 gab1825 cackle1847 to talk horse1855 skite1857 to blow (also U.S. toot) one's own horn1859 to shoot off one's mouth1864 spreadeagle1866 swank1874 bum1877 to sound off1918 woof1934 to shoot a line1941 to honk off1952 to mouth off1958 blow- the mind > language > malediction > [verb (intransitive)] > abuse, scold, or wrangle chidec1175 to say or speak (a, no, etc.) villainy1303 scold1377 revilea1460 raila1470 fare1603 extirp1605 camp1606 callet1620 oblatrate1623 cample1628 objurgate1642 reprobate1698 slang1828 vituperate1856 to shoot one's mouth off1864 the mind > language > speech > loquacity or talkativeness > be talkative [verb (intransitive)] > talk excessively or chatter chavel?c1225 babblea1250 chattera1250 clacka1250 janglea1300 ganglec1300 clapc1315 mumblec1350 blabberc1375 carp1377 tatterc1380 garre1382 rattlec1400 clatter1401 chimec1405 gabc1405 pattera1450 smattera1450 languetc1450 pratec1460 chat1483 jabber1499 clittera1529 cackle1530 prattle1532 blatter1533 blab1535 to run on pattens1546 tattle1547 prittle-prattlea1555 trattlea1555 tittle-tattle1556 quiddlea1566 brabble1570 clicket1570 twattle1573 gabble1574 prittle1583 to like to hear oneself speak, talk1597 to word it1612 deblaterate1623 tongue1624 twitter1630 snatter1647 oversay1656 whiffle1706 to gallop away1711 splutter1728 gob1770 gibble-gabble1775 palaver1781 to talk (etc.) nineteen to the dozen1785 gammon1789 witter1808 yabble1808 yaff1808 mag1810 chelp1820 tongue-pad1825 yatter1825 potter1826 chipper1829 jaw-jaw1831 buzz1832 to shoot off one's mouth1864 yawp1872 blate1878 chin1884 yap1888 spiel1894 to talk (also lie, swear, etc.) a blue streak1895 to run off at the mouth1908 chattermag1909 clatfart1913 to talk a streak1915 to run one's mouth1916 natter1942 ear-bash1944 rabbit1950 yack1950 yacker1961 to eat parrot head (also bottom)1965 yacket1969 to twat on1996 society > communication > manifestation > disclosure or revelation > disclose or make revelations [verb (intransitive)] > disclose or reveal secrets tell1537 blaba1616 to let the cat out of the bag1760 to blow the gab or gaff1834 to shoot off one's mouth1864 to give the show away1879 unload1904 to spill the beans1919 to shoot the works1922 1864 Weekly Rocky Mountain News (Denver) 3 Aug. 4/2 A Dutch married woman..was taxed $17·80 for ‘shooting off her mouth’ against the virtue and morality of a neighbouring maiden. 1880 News & Press (Cimarron, New Mexico) 8 Apr. 1/5 Nobby, you've..never yit shot off yer mouth on the marryin' biz. 1890 N. P. Langford Vigilante Days I. 295 Why, you fool; there you go, shooting off your mouth to me the first thing. Didn't I caution you not to tell any one? 1896 S. Crane Maggie (U.K. ed.) xi. 96 Youse fellers er lookin' fer a scrap an' it's damn likely yeh'll fin' one if yeh keeps on shootin' off yer mout's. 1919 O. W. Holmes Let. 5 Apr. (1964) iii. 184 They make me want to write a letter to ease my mind and shoot off my mouth; but of course I keep a judicial silence. 1933 D. L. Sayers Murder must Advertise x. 165 That don't prove nothing... Not without you know 'ow long it took Mr. Tompkin to shoot 'is mouth off. 1946 E. O'Neill Iceman Cometh ii. 99 He ought to do it, and not just shoot off his old bazoo about it. 1954 P. G. Wodehouse Jeeves & Feudal Spirit xiii. 123 So this was how the woman was accustomed to shoot off her bally head about me in my absence. 1967 Boston Globe 5 Apr. 51/5 The only way we can keep Red..quiet is to beat Boston... I'm tired of hearing him shoot off his mouth. 1973 W. J. Burley Death in Salubrious Place i. 24 With Matthew Eva shooting his mouth off about Peters it could turn ugly. h. transitive and intransitive. To inject by means of a hypodermic syringe (used esp. with reference to the taking of addictive drugs). Also reflexive. Frequently const. up. slang (originally U.S.). ΘΚΠ the world > physical sensation > use of drugs and poison > take drugs [verb (intransitive)] > by injection shoot1914 hypo1925 fix1938 jab1938 skin-pop1951 the world > physical sensation > use of drugs and poison > take drugs [verb (transitive)] > inject (with) drugs shoot1914 jab1938 mainline1938 main1952 pop1952 skin1953 fix1969 the world > physical sensation > use of drugs and poison > take drugs [verb (reflexive)] > inject with drugs shoot1951 1914 L. E. Jackson & C. R. Hellyer Vocab. Criminal Slang 75 Shoot, verb, current amongst hypodermic habitues. To inject morphine or other drug with a syringe. Example; ‘How many times do you shoot a day?’ 1926 J. Black You can't Win xii. 161 They grew so despondent over their plight..they decided to ‘shoot up’ the small portion of white stuff they had left. 1951 Life 25 June 120/1 But furnishes hypodermics and other paraphernalia so he may ‘shoot himself’ on the spot. 1953 W. S. Burroughs Junkie i. 23 He shot another syrette. 1953 W. S. Burroughs Junkie iii. 36 I began shooting in the main line to save stuff and because the immediate kick was better. 1969 H. Waugh Young Prey iv. 65 The junkies..need a place to go where they can shoot themselves and where an expert can shoot the novices. 1971 Oz May 5/2 They were using those needles man, they were shooting up. 1979 R. Jaffe Class Reunion (1980) ii. iv. 204 He [sc. a dermatologist] would be the magician who would..peel off wrinkles, shoot silicone into laugh lines. i. intransitive. To proceed, go ahead (with a speech, question, etc.), to ‘fire away’. Usually imperative, as an invitation to introduce a topic. Also transitive to direct (words); to say, speak; occasionally imperative with it, and to shoot back, to riposte, retort. colloquial (originally U.S.). ΘΚΠ the mind > language > speech > speak, say, or utter [verb (transitive)] speakc825 queatheOE forthdoc900 i-seggenc900 sayeOE speak971 meleOE quidOE spella1000 forthbringc1000 givec1175 warpa1225 mootc1225 i-schirea1250 upbringa1250 outsay?c1250 spilec1275 talec1275 wisea1300 crackc1315 nevena1325 cast1330 rehearsec1330 roundc1330 spend1362 carpa1375 sermona1382 to speak outc1384 usea1387 minc1390 pronouncea1393 lancec1400 mellc1400 nurnc1400 slingc1400 tellc1400 wordc1400 yelpc1400 worka1425 utterc1444 outspeakc1449 yielda1450 arecchec1460 roose?a1475 cutc1525 to come forth with1532 bubble1536 prolate1542 report1548 prolocute1570 bespeak1579 wield1581 upbraid1587 up with (also mid) ——1594 name1595 upbrayc1600 discoursea1616 tonguea1616 to bring out1665 voice1665 emit1753 lip1789 to out with1802 pitch1811 go1836 to open one's head1843 vocabulize1861 shoot1915 verbal1920 be1982 the mind > language > speech > speak [verb (intransitive)] > begin to speak upbreakc1275 to set spell on enda1300 gina1333 to take up (one's) parablea1382 braidc1400 to take up the word1477 begin1563 exordiate1594 to speak upa1723 to lug out1787 to speak out1792 upspeak1827 exordize1887 shoot1915 open1926 to come in1949 the mind > attention and judgement > answer > answer [verb (transitive)] > sharply returna1500 reply1526 snap1550 pat1575 retort1597 regyre1606 regest1614 retaliate1632 snap1647 repartee1677 riposte1823 to shoot back1974 1915 Dial. Notes 4 235 Shoot, imper., continue; go ahead. 1917 G. Ade Let. 12 June (1973) 64 The other day a harelipped man working for me stopped me and said he wished to ask a question. I told him to shoot. 1920 S. Lewis Main St. x. 121 ‘Shall we try “The Idylls of the King”?They're so full of color.’ ‘Go to it. Shoot.’ 1930 H. R. Wakefield in London Mercury Feb. 317 ‘Surely he wouldn't tell us,’ said Dandylion. ‘He'd be on the other side.’ ‘Well, shoot some of your S.A.,’ said the young person, ‘He'll soon come across.’ 1930 Observer 23 Mar. 15 At shooting the smart stuff, Miss Blakeney has the world well beaten. 1934 J. M. Cain Postman always rings Twice ii. 9 I shot it right close to her ear, almost in a whisper. ‘How come you married this Greek, anyway?’ 1935 W. D. Hubbard Thousandth Frog 157 ‘Well,’ said Gratton. ‘Shoot it.’ 1942 Amer. Mercury July 90 Dat what you shooting ain't worth a damn! 1951 J. C. Fennessy Sonnet in Bottle vii. iii. 259 ‘I want to ask your advice about something.’.. Rupert said, ‘Well, shoot.’ 1974 ‘E. Lathen’ Sweet & Low xi. 112 ‘Where's Amory?’... ‘How do I know?’ Yeoman shot back. 1978 H. Wouk War & Remembrance xxxvii. 388 ‘Can I pick your brain on one more point?’ ‘Shoot.’ j. Chiefly U.S. slang. to shoot the works: to effect something to the fullest extent; spec. to discharge the necessary business; to tell the truth, reveal all; to shoot the bull: to talk nonsense (cf. bull n.⁴ 3); to shoot a line: see to shoot a line at line n.² 13g. ΘΚΠ society > communication > manifestation > disclosure or revelation > disclose or make revelations [verb (intransitive)] > disclose or reveal secrets tell1537 blaba1616 to let the cat out of the bag1760 to blow the gab or gaff1834 to shoot off one's mouth1864 to give the show away1879 unload1904 to spill the beans1919 to shoot the works1922 the mind > mental capacity > intelligibility > absence of meaning > nonsense, rubbish > insincere or pretentious talk > talk insincerely [verb (intransitive)] vapour1629 cant1648 quack1650 gas1849 bull1850 to shoot the bull1922 blah1924 1922 E. O'Neill Hairy Ape vii. 74 Can't youse see I belong? Sure! I'm reg'lar. I'll stick, get me? I'll shoot de woiks for youse. 1930 Amer. Speech 5 197 (heading) Shooting the bull. 1946 M. Mezzrow & B. Wolfe Really Blues i. 5 We had a yen..to strut and act biggity and shoot the works. 1951 W. Stevens Let. 27 Dec. (1967) 735 We have people who seem to hand a list of names to a stenographer and tell her to shoot the works. 1972 Maclean's Mar. 41/2 ‘Writes all my speeches,’ he'd say and slap me on the back. ‘Smart boy! He can sure shoot the bull.’ k. Bridge. To play abnormally in a tournament in order to achieve a high score, e.g. one needed to win a tournament. ΘΚΠ society > leisure > entertainment > pastimes > game > card game > bridge > play bridge [verb (intransitive)] > actions or tactics echo1885 peter1887 declare1895 false-card1902 finesse1902 to go over1902 to go down1905 switch1906 pass1908 exit1930 break1952 shoot1957 1957 M. Miles How to win at Duplicate Bridge vii. 318 Why do people invariably overbid when they are shooting? There are many better opportunities to shoot by underbidding. 1972 Times 3 June 8/6 It was the 98th deal of a 100 board match and North South were ‘shooting’ for top scores. l. To strive for, to aim at. U.S. colloquial. ΘΚΠ the mind > will > intention > intend [verb (transitive)] > have as purpose or object followeOE studylOE turna1200 pursuea1382 purposec1384 to shoot atc1407 ensue1483 proponea1500 studyc1503 prick1545 tread1551 suit1560 to go for ——1568 to set (up) one's rest1572 expect1578 propose1584 propound1596 aima1616 scope1668 to set up1691 aim1821 to go in for1835 to be out for1887 to be flat out for1930 target1966 shoot1967 1967 Technol. Week 23 Jan. 15/3 The space agency is currently shooting for a nuclear engine that would operate for 1,000 hours before refueling. 1976 Billings (Montana) Gaz. 20 June 6- e/2 Mississippi College long jumper Larry Myricks is shooting for a jump of 27 feet. 24. Of a bow, engine, or firearm: a. transitive. To send forth (a missile). ΘΚΠ society > armed hostility > military equipment > operation and use of weapons > action of propelling missile > assail with missiles [verb (transitive)] > discharge (missile) > of weapon castc1325 shoot?a1366 throwa1382 ?a1366 Romaunt Rose 989 That bowe semede wel to shete These arowis fyve. 1547 in Archaeologia (1888) 51 262 Brode fawcons shotinge iij shotte. 1679 T. Blount Fragmenta Antiquitatis 3 Catapulta, was an ancient warlike Engine to shoot Darts. b. intransitive. To send forth missiles; to ‘carry’ a certain distance. Also, of a gun, to be discharged, go off (e.g. in a salute). ΘΚΠ society > armed hostility > military equipment > operation and use of weapons > action of propelling missile > discharge missile [verb (intransitive)] > of weapon shoota1575 society > armed hostility > military equipment > operation and use of weapons > action of propelling missile > discharge of firearms > discharge firearms [verb (intransitive)] > of gun: go off or fire fire1542 discharge1565 shoota1575 go1598 to let fly1611 scatter1736 poop1915 a1575 G. Gascoigne Weeds in Posies in Wks. (1907) I. 374 A peece which shot so well, so gently and so streight. a1578 R. Lindsay Hist. & Cron. Scotl. (1899) II. 124 Quhan thir proclematiounis war endit..than the trumpattis and schalmes blew and so did the arteilȝerie schuit and bellis rang. a1616 W. Shakespeare Merry Wives of Windsor (1623) iii. ii. 29 This boy will carrie a letter twentie mile as easie, as a Canon will shoot point-blanke twelue score. View more context for this quotation 1663 Marquis of Worcester Cent. Names & Scantlings Inventions §67 To make Guns shoot. 1669 S. Sturmy Mariners Mag. v. xii. 68 The Piece directed by her Metal, will shoot about twice as far as when..set by a Dispert. 1846 W. Greener Sci. Gunnery (new ed.) 406 We have seen American rifle-barrels, which were far from the straight..yet they shot well. 25. transitive. To discharge (a bow, catapult, etc.), to fire (a gun or other firearm); also with off out. Const. at, †against, etc. spec. in gun-making (see quots. 1886¹, 1886²). ΘΚΠ society > armed hostility > military equipment > operation and use of weapons > action of propelling missile > assail with missiles [verb (transitive)] > discharge (a missile weapon) shoot1482 discharge1523 1482 W. Cely Let. 16 Aug. in Cely Lett. (1975) 169 All the gvnnes yn the bollewarkys and abowte the wallys were schett ffor joye. c1500 Melusine (1895) xxi. 116 Oure galeyes..bygan of al partes to shutte theire gonnes. 1506 in J. B. Paul Accts. Treasurer Scotl. (1901) III. 203 To the pynouris of Leith quhilk carying the irn gun to the sandis to schut hir thair before the King. 1530 J. Palsgrave Lesclarcissement 704/2 They have shotte fourscore peces agaynst this towre in lesse than halfe an houre. 1557 Peebles Burgh Rec. (1872) 240 The counsall ordanis gif thair cum ony sodane fray to the toun..to James Frank to schoit ane goone. 1619 W. Phillip tr. W. C. Schouten Relation Wonderfull Voiage 11 We shot two peeces, an houre betweene each shot, to call her. a1648 Ld. Herbert Life (1976) 34 Then you may shoote of a Pistoll in the stable. 1826 W. Scott Woodstock II. v. 122 The malignants shooting their wall-pieces at us. 1834 C. A. Davis Lett. J. Downing, Major iii. 36 Says he, ‘Can you shoot a rifle, Major?’ ‘Pretty considerable,’ says I. 1886 Ld. Walsingham & R. Payne-Gallwey Shooting (Badminton Libr. of Sports & Pastimes) I. 71 The gun is now stocked and screwed, and then in the rough state is sent to the ground to be shot and regulated. 1886 Ld. Walsingham & R. Payne-Gallwey Shooting (Badminton Libr. of Sports & Pastimes) I. 75 A high-class gunmaker will spend days in shooting a gun in order to get its pattern and force up to the mark he considers requisite to make it a perfect weapon. in extended use.1681 J. Dryden Spanish Fryar v. ii. 75 But man..should make Examples; Which like a Warning-piece must be shot off, To fright the rest from Crimes. 26. a. To propel (a marble, pellet, etc.) as from the thumb and forefinger. Also U.S., to throw a die or dice; to play at dice. colloquial. ΘΚΠ the world > movement > impelling or driving > impel or drive [verb (transitive)] > by impact or force > by a blow of fingernail flirt1582 shoot1820 society > leisure > entertainment > pastimes > game > games of chance > dice-playing > play at dice [verb (transitive)] shoot1909 1820 W. Irving Sketch Bk. (1821) I. 47 Rip Van Winkle..taught them to fly kites and shoot marbles. 1857 T. Hughes Tom Brown's School Days i. v. 106 Some of whom were..shooting pellets, or digging their forks through the tablecloth. 1909 Webster's New Internat. Dict. Eng. Lang. 526/1 The caster throws or ‘shoots’ the dice, and wins if the throw is 7 or 11. 1929 Amer. Mercury Sept. 49/2 We got to stop shootin' dices. 1932 W. Faulkner Light in August 34 I would have thought that maybe shooting dice would be the one thing he could do. 1940 W. Faulkner Hamlet 258 Vagrancy or razor fights or shooting dice for ten or fifteen cents. b. U.S. colloquial. To play (a game), as in to shoot pool, to shoot casino, etc. Cf. to shoot craps at craps n. a, crap n.⁴ ΘΚΠ society > leisure > entertainment > pastimes > game > play (a game) [verb (transitive)] playeOE to sit in1601 shoot1926 1926 E. Hemingway In our Time 183 They talk and tell stories and shoot pool. 1935 A. Squire Sing Sing Doctor xiv. 207 Perhaps he goes for a walk, or attends a movie, or shoots a practice game of pool. 1949 A. Miller Death of Salesman i. 48 Come in later, we'll shoot a little casino. 1979 R. Jaffe Class Reunion (1980) ii. ii. 187 He liked to dance, play golf, drink, shoot skeet, and laugh. 27. Sport. a. To kick, hit, drive (the ball) at goal. Also with goal, basket, etc. as object. ΘΚΠ society > leisure > sport > types of sport or game > ball game > characteristics of team ball games > play team ball games [verb (transitive)] > actions or manoeuvres pass1865 to throw in1867 work1868 centre1877 shoot1882 field1883 tackle1884 chip1889 feed1889 screen1906 fake1907 slap1912 to turn over1921 tip-in1958 to lay off1965 spill1975 1882 Daily News 4 Mar. The last-named shot it [the football] between the posts. 1885 Field 24 Jan. 108/2 On restarting Marlow again shot the ball through the posts. 1900 Springfield Daily Republican 4 Dec. 3/1 Both teams warmed up slowly and played open polo. Curtis shot the first goal in from the side. 1901 A. Farrell Ice Hockey & Polo Guide 54 This sudden movement surprises the man and he is liable to shoot the puck inaccurately. 1908 in H. A. Fisher Basket Ball Guide 1908–9 67 It was he who shot Williams' two baskets in the first overtime period. 1935 F. Hewitt Down Ice (rev. ed.) iv. 88 The best play is to shoot the puck at the boards and jump ahead to receive the carom. 1975 New Yorker 7 Apr. 112/2 He went over to shoot some baskets by himself, and while he was doing this it suddenly hit him that the game meant too much to him to give up. b. intransitive. To kick or drive the ball at goal. Also in Croquet, to aim at a ball from a long distance. ΘΚΠ society > leisure > sport > types of sport or game > ball game > characteristics of team ball games > play team ball games [verb (intransitive)] > shoot at goal shoot1874 society > leisure > sport > types of sport or game > ball game > croquet > play croquet [verb (intransitive)] > types of play or stroke to knock the balls about1864 to take off1872 cut1874 finesse1874 shoot1874 peel1960 1874 J. D. Heath Compl. Croquet-player 65 But Yellow is confident of hitting, so he shoots at Blue, and roquets him. 1890 Field 1 Nov. 671/2 Hewitt soon after had a chance to equalise but shot over. 1900 H. C. Needham Croquet 50 When thinking of taking a bisque, instead of shooting hard, shoot so as to hit, if possible,..but to lie quite handy if you miss. 1901 Daily Express 18 Mar. 8/1 Both sides being too excited to shoot straight. 1917 N.Y. Times 4 Feb. viii. 1/5 The Aggies won the game in the final period when D. Ross shot at random from the centre of the rink. 1929 J. G. Buss Basketball vi. 71 Shoot high—and do not aim at the rim of the basket. 1951 Netball (‘Know the Game’ Series) 28/2 The player..must..aim directly at the goal... If she shoots and then catches the ball again, she must not shoot again directly. 1978 Washington Post 26 Oct. a 19/5 The ‘problem’ is that the girls' game has only forwards and guards, and the three guards do not shoot. c. Golf (originally U.S.). transitive. To record (a score) for a round or part of one; also to shoot a birdie, to achieve a score of one under par for a hole. Also intransitive. ΘΚΠ society > leisure > sport > types of sport or game > ball game > golf > play golf [verb (transitive)] > score to halve a hole1857 to shoot a birdie1922 card1929 par1961 1922 Golfers Mag. Aug. 28/1 This class of golfers, the fellows who shoot from 90 up, make golf possible in this country. 1923 Daily Mail 13 June 10 Then he went all out to ‘shoot birdies’..the American colloquialism for aiming at doing holes in a stroke under the par scores. 1933 Amer. Golfer July 34/1 How about birdies and eagles?.. In order to shoot a birdie, you'd have to play the hole in 3.3 strokes. 1941 Sat. Evening Post 19 Apr. 118/3 They shot a twelve-under-par score in winning their first match. 1977 Rolling Stone 5 May 47/5 He played a round every day, shooting in the low 100s. IV. To assail, wound, or kill with a shot. 28. a. transitive. To wound or kill with a missile from a bow or firearm (in early use, occasionally with a spear or javelin). Const. with. †Also, to assail with arrows or gunshot: = to shoot at at sense 23c (see 22d).The simple verb is now often used where formerly the fuller expression ‘to shoot dead’ or ‘to death’ would have been preferred (see 28b); e.g. with reference to the infliction of death as a penalty. ΘΚΠ the world > food and drink > hunting > shooting > shoot game [verb (transitive)] shootc893 to gun for1888 the world > life > death > killing > killing by specific method > kill [verb (transitive)] > by shooting shootc893 shootc1275 to blow away1523 carry1653 to shoot (a person) down1845 stop1845 blow1871 ventilate1875 Maxim1894 poop1917 to blow apart1920 smoke1926 clip1927 cowboy1941 zap1942 Sten-gun1949 to light up1967 slot1987 the world > health and disease > ill health > injury > injure [verb (transitive)] > wound > wound with missile shootc893 shoot1297 feather1415 to shoot (a person, thing) through1535 daga1572 pistol1598 lace1622 to shoot‥through and througha1648 pink1661 pop1762 plump1785 wing1802 drill1808 rifle1821 leg1829 hole1847 shot1855 blunderbuss1870 riddle1874 pip1900 slot1987 society > armed hostility > military equipment > operation and use of weapons > action of propelling missile > assail with missiles [verb (transitive)] > of missile: hit > hit with missile warpc888 shootc893 shoot1297 strike1377 nail1787 society > armed hostility > military equipment > operation and use of weapons > action of propelling missile > discharge of firearms > fire (a gun) [verb (transitive)] > shoot (a person or thing) shoot1617 to bird off1688 to knock downa1744 to pick off1745 pop1762 drill1808 plug1833 perforate1838 slap1842 stop1845 pot1860 spot1882 plunk1888 pip1900 souvenir1915 poop1917 spray1922 smoke1926 zap1942 crack1943 pot-shoot1969 c893 tr. Orosius Hist. iv. vi. §7 Ac þonne hie [the serpent] mon slog oþþe sceat. 993 Battle of Maldon 143 Ða he oþerne ofstlice sceat. a1250 Owl & Nightingale 1121 If þu art i-worpe oþer i-scote [Cott. MS. i-shote], Þenne þu myht erest to note. c1275 (?a1200) Laȝamon Brut (Calig.) (1963) l. 159 He wende to sceoten [c1300 Otho sceote] þat hea der. 1297 R. Gloucester's Chron. (Rolls) 242 As he wolde ssete [v.r. scheten] an hert al aȝen is wille, To deþe he sset [v.r. scheet] his owe fader. 13.. K. Alis. 6345 They buth archeris with the beste, And scheoteth [Laud MS. shoten] theo gryp in his neste. a1340 R. Rolle Psalter x. 2 That thai shote in myrke the right of hert. a1400 R. Gloucester's Chron. (1724) 353 After þat Wyllam, þe rede kyng, yssote was by cas. a1400 Sir Perc. 213 He wolde schote with his spere Bestes and other gere. c1460 Frere & Boye 84 in J. Ritson Pieces Anc. Pop. Poetry (1833) 38 Than sayd the boye..It is best that I haue a bowe, Byrdes for to shete. 1561 S. Withers tr. Calvin Treat. Relics H j But they muste also make reliques of the arrowes wher with he was shotten. 1617 F. Moryson Itinerary ii. 49 My Lord himselfe had his horse shot under him. 1650 O. Cromwell Let. 25 Sept. in Writings & Speeches (1939) (modernized text) II. 345 They have done us no harm, except one soldier shot (but not to the danger of his life). 1678 G. Mackenzie Laws & Customes Scotl. i. 208 It should be unlawful to kill or shoot them, as it is to shoot or hunt other wild beasts. 1709 J. Lawson New Voy. Carolina 151 The bald, or white Faces are a good Fowl. They cannot dive and are easily shotten. 1765 Ld. Holland in J. H. Jesse G. Selwyn & his Contemp. (1843) I. 382 But there is no use in the D. of Bolton's shooting himself. 1807 J. Hall Trav. Scotl. II. 425 A variety of other beautiful birds which we shot with water, not to spoil their plumage. 1809–10 S. T. Coleridge Friend (1865) 211 Do you hesitate to shoot a mad dog? 1839 J. Murray Hand-bk. for Travellers on Continent (ed. 3) 482/1 The duke was inhumanly shot 6 days after. 1842 Ld. Tennyson Audley Court in Poems (new ed.) II. 44 Oh! who would fight and march and countermarch, Be shot for sixpence in a battle-field. 1848 W. M. Thackeray Vanity Fair xlv. 405 Mr. James, the Colonel, and Horn, the keeper, went and shot pheasants. 1873 Chambers's Jrnl. 20 Dec. 802/2 A man who was shot on leaving a ballroom told me that he could not guess who was his assailant. 1896 A. E. Housman Shropshire Lad lvi. 85 Fly I would, for who would not? 'Tis sure no pleasure to be shot. b. Amplified with dead or to death added. ΘΚΠ society > authority > punishment > capital punishment > execute [verb (transitive)] > shoot shootc1275 to blow from (the mouth of) a gun1857 the world > life > death > killing > killing by specific method > kill [verb (transitive)] > by shooting shootc893 shootc1275 to blow away1523 carry1653 to shoot (a person) down1845 stop1845 blow1871 ventilate1875 Maxim1894 poop1917 to blow apart1920 smoke1926 clip1927 cowboy1941 zap1942 Sten-gun1949 to light up1967 slot1987 c1275 (?a1200) Laȝamon Brut (Calig.) (1963) l. 129 For his ahne sune seoþen hine sceat [c1300 Otho set] to deaþe. c1290 St. Christopher 203 in S. Eng. Leg. 277 To a piler he let him binde faste and knyȝtes a-boute him go, For-to scheoten him to deþe with Mani a kene flo. a1578 R. Lindsay Hist. & Cron. Scotl. (1899) I. 3 Sum Invyand vthir with maist crewell feid with sword and dag to schut him to the deid. 1617 F. Moryson Itinerary ii. 37 Condemning to bee shot to death an Irish Lieutenant. 1697 W. Dampier New Voy. around World i. 2 We gave out, that if any man faultred in the Journey over Land he must expect to be shot to death. 1719 J. Ozell tr. F. M. Misson Mem. Trav. Eng. 226 Deserters are shot to Death. 1836 J. Richardson Jrnl. Brit. Legion iv. 116 A priest..was publicly shot to death without the walls of that city. 1863 W. C. Baldwin Afr. Hunting viii. 317 I shot him dead in two bullets. 1863 E. Twisleton in W. Smith Dict. Bible III. 1849/1 He betrayed into the king's power one hundred of the most distinguished citizens of Sidon, who were all shot to death with javelins. 1924 G. Overton Cargoes for Crusoes 41 In his chamber Doomdorf lay shot to death. c. To hit or wound with a shot in (or †into) or through a part of the body. ΘΚΠ the world > health and disease > ill health > injury > injure [verb (transitive)] > wound > wound with missile shootc893 shoot1297 feather1415 to shoot (a person, thing) through1535 daga1572 pistol1598 lace1622 to shoot‥through and througha1648 pink1661 pop1762 plump1785 wing1802 drill1808 rifle1821 leg1829 hole1847 shot1855 blunderbuss1870 riddle1874 pip1900 slot1987 society > armed hostility > military equipment > operation and use of weapons > action of propelling missile > assail with missiles [verb (transitive)] > of missile: hit > hit with missile warpc888 shootc893 shoot1297 strike1377 nail1787 1297 R. Gloucester's Chron. (Rolls) 7483 Þe ssetare donward al uor noȝt vaste slowe to gronde So þat harald þoru þen eie issote [v.r. shotte] was deþes wounde. c1440 Gesta Romanorum (Harl.) i. i. 3 He hath y-schotte him selfe in þe lungen, and lyeth ded. a1500 in Hist. Coll. Citizen London (Camden) 58 At the Castelle Gaylerde in Normandy he was schottyn thorowe the hedde. 1596 J. Dalrymple tr. J. Leslie Hist. Scotl. (1888) I. 250 The king passing furth to do his eise..in the heid he is schott. 1649 C. Walker Anarchia Anglicana 255 A party of Horse..shot an old Woman into the head. 1703 Clarendon's Hist. Rebellion II. vii. 204 Hambden..being shot into the Shoulder with a brace of Bullets. 1761 D. Hume Hist. Eng. III. lxi. 323 Tromp..was shot through the heart with a musket ball. 1771 O. Goldsmith Hist. Eng. I. 133 Harold..was shot into the brains by an arrow. 1816 J. K. Tuckey Narr. Exped. River Zaire (1818) iv. 141 He had been taken..by a slave catcher, who had shot him in the neck with a ball. d. to shoot flying: to shoot (birds) on the wing. Now usually absol., as denoting a sportsmanlike accomplishment. ΘΚΠ the world > food and drink > hunting > shooting > shoot [verb (intransitive)] > shoot flying birds to shoot flying1698 the world > food and drink > hunting > shooting > shoot game [verb (transitive)] > shoot flying birds to shoot flying1698 flight1892 1698 J. Fryer New Acct. E.-India & Persia 291 Flocks of Water Fowl, which the Persians are skill'd..to shoot flying. 1706 G. Farquhar Recruiting Officer i. ii. 11 I can do every thing with my Father but drink and shoot flying. 1852 W. M. Thackeray Henry Esmond I. xi. 249 He had learned to ride and to drink, and to shoot flying. †e. To hit (a thing) with shot. Obsolete. ΘΚΠ society > armed hostility > military equipment > operation and use of weapons > action of propelling missile > discharge of firearms > fire (a gun) [verb (transitive)] > shoot (a person or thing) > hit with shot shoot1662 shot1855 ding1907 1662 J. Davies tr. A. Olearius Voy. & Trav. Ambassadors 218 He also, with a Fire-lock, shot an Apple, which he had caus'd to be cast into the Air. 29. intransitive. To engage in or practise the sport of killing game with a gun (formerly with a bow or the like). ΘΚΠ the world > food and drink > hunting > shooting > shoot [verb (intransitive)] shoota1300 to go gunning1622 to shoot over1868 a1300 K. Horn 939 Til o dai þat he ferde To wude for to schete. 1687 A. Lovell tr. J. de Thévenot Trav. into Levant i. 13 This Island, as all the rest of the Archipelago, being full of Game, we went a shore to shoot. 1766 Earl of March in J. H. Jesse G. Selwyn & his Contemp. (1843) II. 82 Cadogan and Thomond are gone into the country to shoot. 1820 J. W. Croker in L. J. Jennings Croker Papers (1884) I. 156 Huskisson, Peel and I were to have gone to-day to shoot at Sudbourne with Lord Yarmouth. 1862 Frederick Lillywhite's Cricket Scores & Biogr. Cricketers I. 303 He also shot with a license for fifty years, which can be recorded of few sportsmen. 1908 R. Bagot Anthony Cuthbert xviii. 225 I have read of your English country life—and of how the women ride and shoot. 30. transitive. With adverbs and adverbial phrases. a. With away, off, out: To remove or separate from its place or environment by shooting; to carry away, destroy, or break off by a shot. Also to shoot to pieces and similar phrases. To shoot the corn off: to celebrate the harvest-home with the shooting of guns. South African. Cf. blow v.¹ 24. ΘΚΠ the world > space > place > removal or displacement > remove or displace [verb (transitive)] > remove or take away > by shooting shoot1340 1340–70 Alisaunder 277 A schaft with a scharp hed shet oute his yie. 1615 R. Cocks Diary (1883) I. 63 A Duch marener..had his hand shott offe and his face all batterd. 1632 W. Lithgow Totall Disc. Trav. ii 62 We shot away their middle mast. 1707 E. Ward Wooden World Dissected 73 He will..fix ye a couple of new [Ship's] Knees, when the old ones are shot to the Devil. 1849 W. S. Mayo Kaloolah (1850) vii. 65 People had been shot all to pieces and survived. 1859 C. Knight Pop. Hist. Eng. V. xx. 309 His..equerry had his head shot off by a cannon ball. 1886 Hist., Product., & Resources C.G.H. 226 Powder is given them to enable them to carry out what is known in the vernacular as ‘shooting the corn off’. 1901 D. B. Hall & A. Osborne Sunshine & Surf v. 55 The man-of-war fired fifteen shots before they shot away the flagstaff. 1939 R. G. Collingwood Autobiogr. vi. 49 A philosophical doctrine was stuck up and shot to pieces by the ‘realistic’ criticism. 1946 W. H. Auden in Harvard Alumni Bull. 15 June 707 And nerves that never flinched at slaughter Are shot to pieces by the shorter Poems of Donne. 1955 E. Pound Section: Rock-drill xcii. 81 Semele's personality shot to atoms. 1973 Black Panther 31 Mar. 2/1 These same pilot officers..are now being encouraged to avenge their injured pride which was shot to hell because many of the anti-war enlisted men were Black. 1979 Homes & Gardens June 81/1 The Season has been shot to pieces this century. b. to shoot (a person, thing) through: to pierce with a shot. to shoot..through and through: to riddle with shot; also †figurative to overwhelm with exactions. ΘΚΠ the world > health and disease > ill health > injury > injure [verb (transitive)] > wound > wound with missile shootc893 shoot1297 feather1415 to shoot (a person, thing) through1535 daga1572 pistol1598 lace1622 to shoot‥through and througha1648 pink1661 pop1762 plump1785 wing1802 drill1808 rifle1821 leg1829 hole1847 shot1855 blunderbuss1870 riddle1874 pip1900 slot1987 society > armed hostility > military equipment > operation and use of weapons > action of propelling missile > discharge of firearms > fire (a gun) [verb (transitive)] > shoot (a person or thing) > pierce or riddle riddle1511 to shoot (a person, thing) through1535 lace1622 to shoot‥through and througha1648 pink1661 hole1847 society > trade and finance > fees and taxes > impost, due, or tax > tax > taxation > levy (a tax) [verb (transitive)] > tax (a person or thing) > burden or oppress with taxes charge1330 scat1481 overtax1607 screwa1643 to shoot‥through and through1690 rack1862 1535 Bible (Coverdale) Exod. xix. 13 There shal no hande touch it, but he shall either be stoned, or shot thorow. 1599 R. Hakluyt Princ. Navigations (new ed.) II. ii. 106 We..at last shooting her maine-yard through, she came to an anker and yeelded. a1648 Ld. Herbert Life (1976) 9 The English shot her [the Spanish ship] through and through so often that she run her self a ground. 1690 A. Wood Life & Times (1894) III. 348 Complayning..against the salaries and pensions paid to great persons, officers, etc. who pay no taxes,..while the country is shot thro and thro. c. to shoot (a person) down: to kill by a shot (usually with suggestion of merciless cruelty or determination); to bring down (an aircraft, hence a pilot, etc.) by shooting; (frequently in to shoot down in flames). Also figurative, to overwhelm (a person) in argument, to destroy (an argument or theory); to assail with objections; to bring down to size. ΘΚΠ the world > life > death > killing > killing by specific method > kill [verb (transitive)] > by shooting shootc893 shootc1275 to blow away1523 carry1653 to shoot (a person) down1845 stop1845 blow1871 ventilate1875 Maxim1894 poop1917 to blow apart1920 smoke1926 clip1927 cowboy1941 zap1942 Sten-gun1949 to light up1967 slot1987 society > armed hostility > hostilities in the air > attack with aircraft [verb (transitive)] > bring down to bring down1917 to shoot down in flames1918 to claw down1942 clobber1944 the mind > attention and judgement > testing > refutation, disproof > confound, confute [phrase] bray1535 to beat the nail back1581 to nail (a fact, information, etc.) to the counter1842 to nail a lie (also charge, etc.)1843 to sew up one's stocking1859 to knock galley-west1875 to knock the bottom out of1875 to shoot down in flames1943 1845 J. Coulter Adventures Pacific xiii. 175 I have witnessed several of their battles, and it appears to be the first object to shoot down, or otherwise kill a man. 1897 Sir G. T. Goldie in Times 23 Jan. 13/1 It is more humane to shoot down promptly a few running carriers than to sacrifice the lives of some 2,000 men of a column. 1918 W. A. Bishop Winged Warfare xii. 160 I turned on the nearer of the two-seaters and..managed to shoot him down. 1928 E. Wallace Tam o' the Scouts iii. 29 Captain Muller shot down his twenty-seventh aeroplane. 1943 N. Balchin Small Back Room 5 ‘Just army conservatism,’ he said wearily. ‘Just the army's usual trick of shooting things down.’ 1943 C. H. Ward-Jackson It's a Piece of Cake 54 Shot down in flames, hopelessly beaten at anything. 1948 Daily Tel. 26 May 4/5 Another enemy aircraft was shot down in flames. 1958 Times 18 Dec. 11/4 To be shot down in flames may be an exaggerated description of getting the worse of an argument. 1959 Listener 3 Sept. 351/1 This is the way in which we shoot down cosmological theories. 1962 J. F. Powers Morte d'Urban iv. 98 He had no choice but to shoot the woman down. 1969 M. O'Brine Mills xi. 43 She, herself, had been a little shocked by his answer, but had secretly enjoyed seeing Eileen shot down in flames. 1977 R.A.F. News 11 May 8/6 He saw..Baron von Richtofen, shot down. 1981 J. B. Hilton Playground of Death vi. 81 Please shoot me down in flames if you think I'm making a bloody idiot of myself. d. Nautical. to be shot by the board: of masts, etc. (see quot. 1706). to be shot between wind and water: of a vessel, to receive a shot causing a dangerous leak; also slang (see quot. 1699). ΘΚΠ society > armed hostility > hostilities at sea > operations or manoeuvres > perform operation or manoeuvre [verb (intransitive)] > have leak due to shot to be shot between wind and water1620 society > travel > travel by water > shipwreck > suffer shipwreck [verb (intransitive)] > be broken by shot (of masts) to be shot by the board1620 the world > health and disease > ill health > a disease > disorders of internal organs > venereal disease > have venereal disease [verb (intransitive)] to be shot between wind and water1620 swingea1640 1620 F. Beaumont & J. Fletcher Phylaster iv. 40 The wench has shot him betweene wind and water, and I hope sprung a lake. 1623 P. Massinger Duke of Millaine iii. ii. sig. G3^v A she Dunckerke, that was shot before Betweene winde and weather. 1663 Marquis of Worcester Cent. Names & Scantlings Inventions §12 A Ship not possible to be sunk though shot an hundred times betwixt wind and water by Cannon. 1692 Smith's Sea-mans Gram. (new ed.) i. xvi. 82 If a Ship lose her Masts in Fight, we say, her Masts were shot by the Board. 1699 B. E. New Dict. Canting Crew Shot 'twixt Wind and Water Clapt, or Poxt. 1706 Phillips's New World of Words (new ed.) Shot by the Board, a Sea-Phrase, us'd when a Mast or Yard is broken by the Enemies Shot, in a Fight. e. colloquial (originally U.S.). to shoot up: to assail (a person, thing) by shooting; to terrorize or rampage around (a place). Also R.A.F. slang of an aircraft or its pilot: to dive over (a person, thing) as if or in order to attack. ΘΚΠ the world > action or operation > behaviour > bad behaviour > violent behaviour > treat violently [verb (transitive)] > rampage about (a place) to shoot up1890 society > armed hostility > military equipment > operation and use of weapons > action of propelling missile > discharge of firearms > fire (a gun) [verb (transitive)] > assail with gunfire guna1679 crack1835 to shoot up1890 to light up1967 1890 Stock Grower & Farmer 18 Jan. 5/2 This so enraged the boys that they began shooting up the town. 1890 Stock Grower & Farmer 21 June 3/1 Three cowboys shot each other up. 1901 S. E. White Westerners iv. 31 If you try to shoot us up any, we'll kill every hoof you have. 1909 Chambers's Jrnl. Feb. 104/1 Armed and masked men..took entire possession of it [sc. Princeton], ‘shot it up’ until opposition subsided. 1926 Daily Colonist (Victoria, Brit. Columbia) 22 July 15/7 Paul Davis..wounded after ‘shooting up’ rooming houses here early yesterday morning, died in hospital today. 1937 New Statesman 20 Feb. 288/2 Mr. Partridge is not quite so strong with regard to the slang of flying... I think..to shoot-up, to dive onto, and the wind-sock should all find a place. 1946 D. Hamson We fell among Greeks xvii. 180 When he had finished unloading his parachutes and parcels, he would take a long circle round and ‘shoot us up’, i.e. dive and roar over us at less than fifty feet, and, as he zoomed up, dip his wings left and right in salute. 1973 L. M. Boston Memory in House iv. 40 A squadron would roar over the house from which one plane swooped down to shoot us up. 1976 Daily Tel. 5 July 1 The Air France airbus which was skyjacked..a week ago, was also ‘shot up’. f. With out: to render (something) useless with a shot; spec. to puncture (a tyre), extinguish (a lamp) by shooting. ΘΚΠ the world > matter > light > darkness or absence of light > make dark [verb (transitive)] > quench (light) > in specific way flapc1540 puff1547 purge1573 to blow out1617 spit1681 shoot1972 the world > space > relative position > condition of being open or not closed > making holes or becoming holed > make (an opening or hole) [verb (transitive)] > by boring, piercing, or perforating > by sharp-pointed instrument > by pricking > by shooting shoot1972 1972 Daily Tel. 9 Feb. 4/5 The vehicle was halted when police shot its tyres out. 1976 D. Barnes Yesterday is Dead (1977) ii. 267 Couple of cut-'em-up family disputes and a guy that shot out fourteen street lights. 1977 J. Cartwright Fighting Men viii. 102 He was sorely tempted to shoot out the plane's tyres. 31. slang or colloquial. I'll be shot (occasionally shortened to shot!) if ——: used as a strong expression of denial or refusal. Similarly, I'll see you shot first. ΘΚΠ the mind > language > statement > negation > [phrase] I'll be far (enough) if1752 I'll be shot (occasionally shortened to shot!) if1761 over my dead body1796 let's don't1854 I'll see you shot first1894 the mind > language > statement > refusal > [phrase] not if I can help it1682 I'll be far (enough) if1752 I'll be shot (occasionally shortened to shot!) if1761 to have none of it1849 not if you paid me1853 not likely1878 that's your problem1951 1761 L. Sterne Life Tristram Shandy IV. xiv. 111 Canst thou carry Trismegistus in thy head... If she can, I'll be shot, said my father. 1803 J. Kenney Raising Wind ii. i. 24 What a fine seal; and I'll be shot if it [sc. a letter] don't feel like a bank note. 1826 Buckstone Luke the Labourer iii. i Bob. He, he he! I'll be shot if Lunnun temptation be onything to this. 1853 C. Dickens Bleak House vii. 62 I'll be shot if it an't very curious how well I know that picture! 1860 F. W. Robinson Grandmother's Money ii. iii Shot, if I have not forgotten him too. 1894 ‘J. S. Winter’ Red Coats 56 Then..let me tell you straight, I'll just see you shot first. 32. Transferred uses. a. To injure or kill by witchcraft. (Cf. elf-shoot v.) ΘΚΠ the world > life > death > killing > killing by specific method > kill [verb (transitive)] > by occult methods shootc1000 the world > the supernatural > the occult > sorcery, witchcraft, or magic > [verb (transitive)] > injure or kill using witchcraft shoot1790 the world > health and disease > ill health > injury > injure [verb (transitive)] > wound > wound by witchcraft shoot1790 c1000 Sax. Leechd. III. 54 Gif ðu wære on fell scoten oððe wære on flæsc scoten, oððe wære on blod scoten, oððe wære on lið scoten. 1790 R. Burns Tam o' Shanter 167 in Poems & Songs (1968) II. 562 For mony a beast to dead she shot. b. figurative. Of Cupid, love, etc. ΘΚΠ the mind > emotion > love > amorous love > be in love or infatuated with [verb (transitive)] > inflame with love or desire enamour1303 assot1393 burna1400 shoot?1473 esprise1474 talent1486 enamorate1591 inamorate1624 smite1652 besmite1685 to be struck on1893 ?1473 W. Caxton tr. R. Le Fèvre Recuyell Hist. Troye (1894) II. lf. 310 Than was Achilles shoten with the darte of loue. 1852 W. M. Thackeray Henry Esmond II. x. 182 One poor gentleman, who had been shot by her young eyes two years before. 1885 R. Bridges Eros & Psyche xii. xxvii. 155 Whom gently Eros shooteth. c. to shoot the sun: see sun n.¹ Phrases 2c(a). d. slang. to shoot the cat: To vomit. shot in the neck (U.S.): drunk. to shoot one's grandmother (U.S.): see quot. 1855¹. to shoot the breeze (U.S.): to chat, talk idly. to shoot the crow (Scottish): to steal away without paying one's bill; to depart hurriedly, abscond, ‘do a bunk’ (see S.N.D.). ΘΚΠ the world > health and disease > ill health > a disease > disorders of internal organs > digestive disorders > have digestive disorder [verb (intransitive)] > vomit spewc897 vomea1382 brake1393 perbreak?a1400 castc1440 envomish1480 parbreak1495 vomita1500 to cast the crawa1529 to cast (up), heave, spue up, vomit one's gorgea1529 galpa1535 to cast out1561 puke1586 purge1596 void1605 to jerk, shoot, whip the cat1609 rid1647 to flay the fox1653 posset1781 to shoot the cat1785 to throw up1793 throw1804 cascade1805 reject1822 yark1867 sick1924 to toss (also shoot, blow, etc.) one's cookies1927 to lose a dinner (or a meal)1941 to spew one's ring1949 chunder1950 barf1960 upchuck1960 yuck1963 ralph1966 to go for the big spit1967 vom1991 the world > food and drink > drink > thirst > excess in drinking > [adjective] > drunk fordrunkenc897 drunkena1050 cup-shottenc1330 drunka1400 inebriate1497 overseenc1500 liquor1509 fou1535 nase?1536 full1554 intoxicate1554 tippled1564 intoxicated1576 pepst1577 overflown1579 whip-cat1582 pottical1586 cup-shota1593 fox-drunk1592 lion-drunk1592 nappy1592 sack-sopped1593 in drink1598 disguiseda1600 drink-drowned1600 daggeda1605 pot-shotten1604 tap-shackled1604 high1607 bumpsy1611 foxed1611 in one's cups1611 liquored1611 love-pot1611 pot-sick1611 whift1611 owl-eyed1613 fapa1616 hota1616 inebriated1615 reeling ripea1616 in one's (or the) pots1618 scratched1622 high-flown?1624 pot-shot1627 temulentive1628 ebrious1629 temulent1629 jug-bitten1630 pot-shaken1630 toxed1635 bene-bowsiea1637 swilled1637 paid1638 soaken1651 temulentious1652 flagonal1653 fuddled1656 cut1673 nazzy1673 concerned1678 whittled1694 suckey1699 well-oiled1701 tippeda1708 tow-row1709 wet1709 swash1711 strut1718 cocked1737 cockeyed1737 jagged1737 moon-eyed1737 rocky1737 soaked1737 soft1737 stewed1737 stiff1737 muckibus1756 groggy1770 muzzeda1788 muzzya1795 slewed1801 lumpy1810 lushy1811 pissed1812 blue1813 lush1819 malty1819 sprung1821 three sheets in the wind1821 obfuscated1822 moppy1823 ripe1823 mixed1825 queer1826 rosined1828 shot in the neck1830 tight1830 rummy1834 inebrious1837 mizzled1840 obflisticated1840 grogged1842 pickled1842 swizzled1843 hit under the wing1844 obfusticatedc1844 ebriate1847 pixilated1848 boozed1850 ploughed1853 squiffy?1855 buffy1858 elephant trunk1859 scammered1859 gassed1863 fly-blown1864 rotten1864 shot1864 ebriose1871 shicker1872 parlatic1877 miraculous1879 under the influence1879 ginned1881 shickered1883 boiled1886 mosy1887 to be loaded for bear(s)1888 squiffeda1890 loaded1890 oversparred1890 sozzled1892 tanked1893 orey-eyed1895 up the (also a) pole1897 woozy1897 toxic1899 polluted1900 lit-up1902 on (also upon) one's ear1903 pie-eyed1903 pifflicated1905 piped1906 spiflicated1906 jingled1908 skimished1908 tin hat1909 canned1910 pipped1911 lit1912 peloothered1914 molo1916 shick1916 zigzag1916 blotto1917 oiled-up1918 stung1919 stunned1919 bottled1922 potted1922 rotto1922 puggled1923 puggle1925 fried1926 crocked1927 fluthered1927 lubricated1927 whiffled1927 liquefied1928 steamed1929 mirackc1930 overshot1931 swacked1932 looped1934 stocious1937 whistled1938 sauced1939 mashed1942 plonked1943 stone1945 juiced1946 buzzed1952 jazzed1955 schnockered1955 honkers1957 skunked1958 bombed1959 zonked1959 bevvied1960 mokus1960 snockered1961 plotzed1962 over the limit1966 the worse for wear1966 wasted1968 wired1970 zoned1971 blasted1972 Brahms and Liszt?1972 funked up1976 trousered1977 motherless1980 tired and emotional1981 ratted1982 rat-arsed1984 wazzed1990 mullered1993 twatted1993 bollocksed1994 lashed1996 the world > action or operation > harm or detriment > disadvantage > uselessness > uselessness, vanity, or futility > be of no avail [verb (intransitive)] > expend effort in vain > discover what is well-known to shoot one's grandmother1855 the world > movement > motion in a certain direction > going away > go away [verb (intransitive)] > go away suddenly or hastily > secretly or abscond to run awayOE elope1596 to step aside1620 abscond1652 shirk1681 decamp1751 levant1797 absconce1823 skip1865 skin1871 to shoot the crow1887 sneak1896 to go through1933 to take a run-out powder1933 the mind > language > speech > conversation > converse [verb (intransitive)] > chat dallyc1300 confablec1450 crack1529 tattle1547 chat1551 confabulate1604 confab1741 prosea1764 parleyvoo1765 coze1818 yarn1819 cosher1833 to pass a good morning1835 small-talk1848 mardle1853 cooze1870 chinwag1879 rap1909 kibitz1923 to shoot the breeze1941 old-talk1956 ole-talk1971 gyaff1976 gist1992 1785 F. Grose Classical Dict. Vulgar Tongue Shoot the Cat, to vomit from excess of liquor, called also catting. 1830 Cherokee Phoenix (New Echota, Georgia) 21 Apr. 4/3 Counsel. What do you mean by corned? Witness. I mean, pretty well shot in the neck. 1855 T. C. Haliburton Nature & Human Nature II. x. 297 You showed her how she had shot her grandmother. [Note] Shooting one's granny, or grandmother, means fancying you have discovered what was well known before. 1855 Brooklyn Jrnl. 18 Apr. (Bartlett 1860) Mr. Schumacher defended his client by observing that some of the prisoner's attorneys got as often ‘shot in the neck’, as the Under-Sheriff in the head. 1887 Fun 8 June 246/2 A canny Scot was recently sentenced to ten days' hard for shooting the crow—i.e. ordering half-a-quartern of whiskey, drinking it rapidly, and neglecting to pay. 1941 Guide to U.S. Naval Academy 149 Breeze, shoot the, to refight the Civil War, etc. 1943 Sun (Baltimore) 4 June 30/2 He can..walk across the camp to meet some friend in another outfit, and ‘shoot the breeze’. 1971 R. K. Smith Ransom (1972) iii. 113 There were other negative signs, too. No one had come by to shoot the breeze, to have a cup of coffee. 1973 ‘J. Patrick’ Glasgow Gang Observed xi. 97 He had been serving a sentence of twenty-eight days detention in the last week of which he had ‘shot the crow’ and ‘jolted’, i.e. absconded. 1977 W. McIlvanney Laidlaw xliv. 206 There'll only be his mother in the house. His father shot the crow years ago. 33. a. intransitive. to shoot over or to (a dog), to train by use on a shooting expedition. to shoot over (a cover, a tract of country), to kill game upon. ΘΚΠ the world > food and drink > hunting > shooting > shoot [verb (intransitive)] shoota1300 to go gunning1622 to shoot over1868 the world > food and drink > farming > animal husbandry > keeping dogs or cats > [verb (transitive)] > train dog > train gun dog or hunting dog stoop1781 walk1845 to shoot over or to (a dog)1868 1868 Field 4 July 22/1 For Sale, a Brace of..Spaniels..; they..have been thoroughly broken and shot to by an experienced breaker. 1888 Cent. Mag. Mar. 671/2 This holiday he was about to spend in shooting over his two handsome young setters. 1894 Times (Weekly ed.) 19 Jan. 58/1 During his stay the Belvoir covers were shot over. b. transitive. To go over (a piece of country) shooting game. to shoot one's way: to shoot game as one goes along. to be shot out: of a district, to have its supply of game exhausted through overshooting. ΘΚΠ the world > food and drink > hunting > shooting > shoot game [verb (transitive)] > shoot over an area shoot1833 the world > food and drink > hunting > hunting area > [verb (passive)] > exhaust supply of game to be shot out1900 1833 T. Hook Parson's Daughter II. vi. 107 As the [shooting-] party at Colonel Bradfield's were shooting their way home. 1857 G. A. Lawrence Guy Livingstone vi We shoot an outlying cover after luncheon. 1865 Earl of Malmesbury Mem. Ex-Minister (1884) II. 333 We shot the park, and the Miss Jolliffes accompanied us. 1900 I. Savory Sportswoman in India 234 Gaggai was a sportsman's paradise, but it has been shot out. 1903 M. G. Gerard Leaves from Diaries v. 107 I shot my way through the Bheel country, from Ahmedabad..to Mhow. 34. In Mining, to blast. In the Oil Industry, to detonate an explosive charge in (a well) in order to increase the flow of oil or gas. ΘΚΠ society > occupation and work > industry > mining > mine [verb (transitive)] > activities for blasting stem1791 shoot1830 hulk1881 society > occupation and work > industry > drilling for oil or gas > drill for oil or gas [verb (transitive)] > other procedures to fang a pump, (loosely) a well1819 to rack up1839 shootc1870 torpedo1873 pull1895 sidetrack1906 swab1916 stab1922 re-enter1937 rack1949 1830–60 Eng. & For. Mining Gloss. 23 (Cornwall terms). c1870 Scribner's Monthly 3 576 They [explosives] are used in the petroleum industry to shoot the wells, so as to remove the paraffine which prevents the flow of oil. 1872 J. H. Collins First Bk. Mining & Quarrying Index & Gloss. 112 Shutting or Shooting, blasting. 1903 Dial. Notes 2 344 Shoot (the well), to cause an explosion of several quarts of nitro~glycerine at the depth of the pay-streak..so as to break and crack the oil rock, enabling the oil to flow faster from the pores. 1921 Daily Colonist (Victoria, Brit. Columbia) 11 Mar. 12/3 The report states that in Ironville No. 1 a good showing of thick oil was obtained at various depths... It was decided to shoot this well, but owing to water it was not yet known what result this would have. 1949 Our Industry (Anglo-Iranian Oil Co.) (ed. 2) ii. 52 Some rocks..containing oil are..compact and ‘tight’... In such cases the well is often ‘shot’ in order to shatter the rock. V. Senses of uncertain position. †35. a. In Old English: To refer (a case) to a person or court; also absol. Obsolete. ΚΠ a1000 in Thorpe Dipl. Angl. Sax. (1865) 288 Ða nolde he, butan hit man sceote to sciregemote. c1000 Ælfric Homilies II. 306 Ðus wrat Hieronimus..gif hwa elles secge, we sceotað to him. b. In early Middle English: To trust, to submit oneself to a person's mercy. Obsolete. ΘΚΠ society > authority > subjection > obedience > submissiveness > submission > submit to [verb (transitive)] undergangc1000 undergoc1175 abidec1275 bidec1275 shootc1275 undergoc1315 submit1397 incline?a1400 vail1610 cede1633 defer1686 c1275 (?a1200) Laȝamon Brut (Calig.) (1963) l. 491 Ȝif we sceoteð [c1300 Otho tristeþ] to heora mæðe þat bið ure imone deað. †36. transitive (or const. dative). To fall to the lot of. Obsolete. ΘΚΠ the world > existence and causation > occurrence > [verb (transitive)] > fall to one shootc1175 happen1477 to come in one's way1533 land1679 to come a person's waya1816 to drop into the lap of1962 c1175 Ormulum (Burchfield transcript) l. 19952 Forr þi þatt he. Ne wollde nohht forrbuȝhenn. To seggenn soþ biforr þe king. Þohh þatt himm shollde shetenn. To þolenn forr hiss soþe word Full grimmme dæþess pine. 37. †a. To avoid, escape. Scottish. Obsolete. ΘΚΠ the world > action or operation > inaction > not doing > abstaining or refraining from action > abstain or refrain from (action) [verb (transitive)] > avoid or shun > avoid (duty, work, or exertion) shoot1543 scuff1595 to shuffle off1604 shirk1785 funk1834 gold-brick1918 dingo1930 squib1934 skate1945 the world > action or operation > safety > escape > escape from [verb (transitive)] > contrive to escape or evade fleec1175 shunc1275 forgoc1305 passc1330 escapea1340 beglidea1350 voidc1380 shuntc1400 missa1522 evade1535 delude1536 to dally out1548 illude1553 prevent1598 outruna1616 to fail of1624 elude1634 subterfugea1643 shoot1685 shift1724 to get out of ——a1817 win by…1816 1543 in State Papers Henry VIII (1836) V. 321 The misdemeanour and evill behaviour of the Wardens of Scotland on the Borders towardes thobservation of the peax, with their delayes of redresse, shoting their dayes of meating, and continuall rodes and forreys made into England. 1685 Peden Let. in P. Walker Life (1827) 98 I am confident, the safest Way to shoot the Shower, is, to hold out of God's Gate, and to keep within his Doors, until the Violence of the Storm begin to ebb. b. colloquial (originally dialect). In passive, to be rid of. Cf. shut v. 11. ΘΚΠ the world > space > place > removal or displacement > remove or displace [verb (transitive)] > get or be rid of refusea1387 to be rid of (also on)c1450 beskyfte1470 to be, get shut of, (dialect) shut on?a1500 to claw off1514 get1558 to put away1577 to get rid of1591 quit1606 to get off with1719 ding1753 shoot1805 to stay shet of1837 shuck1848 shunt1858 shake1872 to dust off1938 1805 R. Anderson Ballads in Cumberland Dial. 39 He'd gi'e aw his gear to get shot o' the gout. 1819 W. Scott Bride of Lammermoor v, in Tales of my Landlord 3rd Ser. I. 62 Are you not glad to be fairly shot of him? 1837 T. Carlyle Let. 22 Jan. in Coll. Lett. T. & J. W. Carlyle (1981) IX. 125 One infallible truth, most precious for us all, is, that I am shot of it [sc. a book just finished], and you are all shot of it. 1866 Morning Star 22 Dec. 3 I thought, when I came out, I would do this [murder], and so get shot of my life. 1891 T. Hardy Tess of the D'Urbervilles I. x. 129 ‘Jump up behind me’, he whispered, ‘and we'll get shot of the screaming cats in a jiffy!’ 1952 ‘R. Gordon’ Doctor in House i. 9 His love for his old hospital, like one's affection for the youthful homestead, increased steadily with the length of time he had been shot of it. 1976 Daily Tel. 22 Sept. 16/1 Advising its members to make haste to get shot of unsuitable employees. 38. To splice (a rope); to mend (a bar); †to fit (boards) together by a mortise or the like (obsolete); to weld (metals). Obsolete exc. dialect.Cf. shut v. 6. In this use the verbs shut and shoot seem to have been more or less confused. ΘΚΠ society > occupation and work > industry > manufacturing processes > rope-making > make rope [verb (transitive)] > splice shoot1499 splice1524 marry1815 society > occupation and work > industry > working with specific materials > working with metal > work with metal [verb (transitive)] > weld well1424 shut1490 shoot1499 to run together1631 weld1678 smithy1866 1499 in E. Hobhouse Church-wardens' Accts. (1890) 124 To Antony for schothyng the clapyr xiij^d. 1545 Luton Trinity Guild (1906) 232 For shotynge of the tapers of the awtere ageynst relyk Sonday [0 0] 2. 1548 in T. Wright Churchwardens' Accts. Ludlow (1869) 33 For shottynge the belle rope ij tymes iiij d. 1569 in T. Wright Churchwardens' Accts. Ludlow (1869) 134 For shutting and mending of the clapper of the santes bell, iiij d. 1573–4 in J. Raine Fabric Rolls York Minster (1859) 116 For shootinge and mendinge certeyne barres to the glasse wyndowes, 4 d. 1608 A. Willet Hexapla in Exodum 605 These regals serued to shoot the boords together. 1608 A. Willet Hexapla in Exodum 605 One boord should have been shot within another. 1888 S. O. Addy Gloss. Words Sheffield Shoot, to weld a piece of iron to the blade of a table knife. 1892 Labour Comm. Gloss. Shooting, the process by which the iron which is to form the ‘bolster’ and ‘tang’ in a genuine hand-forged table blade is welded to the steel of the blade. 39. Carpentry and Joinery. To plane accurately (the edge of a board), esp. with the aid of a shooting-board. ΘΚΠ society > occupation and work > industry > building or constructing > constructing or working with wood > build or construct with wood [verb (transitive)] > trim, smooth, or plane try1593 shoot?1677 traverse1678 trim1679 stick1703 dub1711 adze1744 to rough off1748 strike1842 jack-plane1861 society > occupation and work > industry > building or constructing > constructing or working with wood > build or construct with wood [verb (transitive)] > join > with specific joint or method mortisea1450 culver-tail1616 scarf1627 tenon1652 dovetail1657 cock1663 shoot?1677 knee1711 indent1741 mitre1753 halve1804 box1815 tongue1823 sypher1841 cog1858 butt joint1859 jag1894 lap-join1968 ?1677 S. Primatt City & Covntry Purchaser & Builder 61 For plaining the boards, and shooting them for a Square, two shillings. 1678 J. Moxon Mech. Exercises I. iv. 59 Two Pieces of Wood are Shot (that is Plained)... They are Shot or Pared..so exactly straight, that when they are set upon one another, light shall not be discerned betwixt them. 1793 J. Smeaton Narr. Edystone Lighthouse (ed. 2) §146 Slips of deal board..shot straight upon the edges by a plane. 1846 C. Holtzapffel Turning & Mech. Manip. II. 502 In squaring or shooting the edges of boards, the shooting board..is very much used. 1881 F. Young Every Man his own Mechanic §384. 167 The Amateur unless he has a trying-plane will use his jack-plane for shooting the edges of boards. Compounds The verb stem in combination. shoot-hole n. a hole through which to shoot. ΘΚΠ society > armed hostility > defence > defensive work(s) > defensive walls > [noun] > loophole loop1393 lancet-loupe1562 loophole1591 barbican1600 eyelet hole1774 arrow slit1789 meurtrière1802 murderess1802 shot-hole1819 arrowlet1837 arrow loop1840 eyelet1851 musket-slit1856 cross-oylet1859 shoot-hole1892 1892 R. G. Cumming Five Years' Hunting Adventures S. Afr. (rev. ed.) vii. 78 Having constructed a shoot-hole [1850, 1879 shooting-hole]..I took up my position for the night. shoot-rail n. (see quot. 1856). ΘΚΠ the world > space > relative position > closed or shut condition > that which or one who closes or shuts > a barrier > [noun] > hedge or fence > a fence > post-and-rail fence > rail kneeling-rail1703 fence-raila1744 split rail1826 slip-rail1827 shoot-rail1856 guard-rail1860 spar1882 rail- 1856 P. Thompson Hist. & Antiq. Boston, Lincoln 722 Shottles, shoot-rails. Rails easily removed in a fence, to make an entrance into an inclosure, and then shot (thrust) back again into their places. † shoot-serpent n. Obsolete (see quot. 1731). ΚΠ 1731 G. Medley tr. P. Kolb Present State Cape Good-Hope II. 163 She is likewise call'd the Dart- or Shoot-serpent, on account of her darting herself very swiftly either at or from an enemy. shoot-off n. the subsequent competition between tied contestants in a shooting-match. ΘΚΠ society > leisure > sport > types of sport or game > competitive shooting > [noun] > types of match or contest turkey-shoot1845 pool1860 tie-shot1887 shoot-off1892 tie-shooting1902 miss-and-out1903 tie-shoot1909 cowboy action shooting1989 1892 W. W. Greener Breech-loader 250 The tie was immediately shot off at 25 birds each, Captain Brewer killing all his birds while Mr. Fulford scored 24, leaving Mr. Brewer..the winner of the shoot-off by a single bird. 1900 Westm. Gaz. 16 July 6/3 Three competitors tie with 34..the shoot-off takes place to-morrow. Draft additions September 2016 Surfing. to shoot the pier: to ride a wave through or between the pilings of a pier. ΚΠ 1961 Pasadena (Calif.) Independent 29 Sept. 22/2 The worst conditions occurred during the women's prelims Saturday when the south swell became so south that the girls were required to shoot the pier on each wave they attempted. 1986 Courier-Mail (Brisbane) (Nexis) 1 Aug. So the next time the northerly blows, take along a crash helmet for protection from the crowd and, if you're game, shoot the pier. 2004 R. Sumpter 100 Best Surf Spots in World 46/2 Head straight for, first, a tube ride, and then a walled-up wave to shoot the pier. Draft additions 1993 to drive past (a traffic signal indicating that one should stop or slow down). Cf. jump v. 10b, run v. 23c. ΘΚΠ society > travel > transport > transport or conveyance in a vehicle > vehicular traffic > [verb (transitive)] > provide with traffic signals > drive past shoot1937 1937 E. Partridge Dict. Slang 761/1 Shoot the amber, (of a motorist) to increase speed when the amber light is showing, in order to pass before the red (‘stop’) light comes on. 1958 Sunday Times 6 July 10/4 The mind races at 60 m.p.h. in a built-up area, so to speak, and shoots all the traffic-lights. 1972 Police Rev. 10 Nov. 1463/1 The letter of the law required that such emergency vehicles should not ‘shoot the red lights’. 1986 M. Howard Expensive Habits 112 Automotive fantasy he calls it at school, listening to his friends' tales of shooting stoplights, cruising down Colombus Avenue. Draft additions July 2002 intransitive. Originally U.S. to shoot from the hip: to fire a shot from a handgun instantly after drawing it from a holster, without taking proper aim; (in later use usually figurative) to make a snap decision, to act or react impulsively, intuitively, or spontaneously; spec. to speak hastily, frankly, or without concern for the consequences. ΚΠ 1869 Galaxy May 739 Point your pistol quickly with your forefinger along the barrel; don't stop to take aim, but shoot at once from the hip. 1911 J. London Inevitable White Man in South Sea Tales 249 They are not used to putting the guns to their shoulders. They wait until they are right on top of a man, and then they shoot from the hip. 1932 W. H. Auden Orators ii. 66 Heathcliffe before you as the newspaper peer: I'm the sea dog, he said, who shall steer this ship.., I succour the State, I shoot from the hip. 1951 Amer. Econ. Rev. 41 92 Sometimes problems can be studied at leisure. Very often, the executive has to shoot from the hip. 1971 Wall St. Jrnl. 30 Apr. 2/3 He's convinced the Nixon administration failed to give enough study to a cost-price squeeze in steel before ‘shooting from the hip’ in criticising recent steel-price increases. 2000 Arena July 17 Arena installed itself as the smartest, coolest, funniest, sexiest, brightest high-roller in the bar and has stayed there living the dream, punching above its weight, shooting from the hip for 100 issues. Draft additions July 2002 transitive. figurative. to shoot oneself in the foot and variants: to cause oneself difficulty or harm inadvertently; to make one's own situation worse.In quot. 1959, as part of an extended metaphor. ΚΠ 1959 W. Howells Mankind in Making vi. 97 Certain common useful phrases can be dangerous... Like guns, they will do the right thing in the right hands, but they are loaded, and ordinary citizens without Ph.D.'s are not the only ones who have accidents with them. Many a specialist has shot himself in the foot when he thought he was only cleaning a paragraph. 1976 Aviation Week (Nexis) 5 Apr. 9 Why we seem to insist on shooting ourself in the foot over this issue, I'll never know. 1980 Time 21 Jan. 22 Said Morton Sosland..of the grain embargo: ‘America has just shot itself in the foot.’ 1989 Nursing Times 29 Nov. 22/2 Once again ministers have shot themselves in their collective feet by their obsessive desire to privatise everything. 1991 A. Campbell Sidewinder i. 1 Sidewinder is a demon of a fairly high order—although from his ludicrous propensity to shoot himself in the foot you may find that hard to believe. 2001 AXM Aug. 124/2 I did gain a few Brownie points when I told her I'm a journalist... But I proceeded to shoot myself in the foot by informing her that it doesn't pay anything more than chump change. Draft additions June 2016 (to be like) shooting fish in a barrel and variants: used to describe something accomplished without difficulty, esp. by taking advantage of easy targets. Cf. like taking candy from a baby at candy n.² Phrases 2. ΚΠ 1902 Pittsburg Press 23 Feb. 6/4 ‘Just as simple as shooting fish in a barrel,’ said the lucky winner. 1903 Anaconda (Montana) Standard 8 Feb. It was as easy as shootin' fish in a barrel w'en once youse got used to it. 1941 C. Brackett & B. Wilder Ball of Fire (film script) 138 Perhaps it wasn't quite worthy of you to choose us as the subjects of your demonstration. Eight pushovers. Like shooting fish in a barrel. 2011 Sunday Express (Nexis) 20 Feb. (Features section) 73 ‘It was like shooting fish in a barrel,’ he said ruefully of the regular drugs busts he once performed in Washington Square Park. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1914; most recently modified version published online June 2022). shootint. Etymology: Arbitrary alteration of shit int.In some instances this may perhaps be regarded as an imperative use of shoot v. 11j. U.S. slang. = shit int. ΚΠ 1934 Webster's New Internat. Dict. Eng. Lang. 2319/2 Shoot.., interj. Pshaw! Bother!—often with it. 1941 E. Welty Curtain of Green 42 Oh, shoot, that was about three and a half years ago. 1950 R. Moore Candlemas Bay 301 ‘Oh shoot,’ she told Jen, when Jen suggested they'd better write the next batch of boarders not to come. 1979 Tucson (Arizona) Mag. Feb. 42/1 Back in high school, I tried other so-called sports, but I always went back to rodeo. Shoot, that's the only sport there is. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1986; most recently modified version published online June 2018). < n.¹a1450n.²1405n.³1587v.c893int.1934
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