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…
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释义 | 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) (34) shoot1617 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… to bird off1688 transitive. to bird off: to shoot (people) one by one from a distance in the manner of a hunter shooting birds. In passive in quots. Cf. to pick off… to knock downa1744 transitive. To strike or fell to the ground with a blow or blows; figurative to overcome, vanquish, cause to succumb. Also, to bring down by a… to pick off1745 transitive. Originally Military. To select and eliminate (a member of a group), esp. by shooting carefully from a distance; to aim at and shoot… pop1762 transitive. To pick off with a shot; †to shoot down (obsolete). drill1808 transitive. To pierce or bore a hole, passage, etc. in (anything); to perforate with or as with a drill or similar tool. Also spec. to shoot with a… plug1833 transitive. slang. To shoot (a person); (also) to fire (a bullet) into. Also figurative. perforate1838 transitive. U.S. slang. To shoot or stab (a person). slap1842 To strike or fire at a person. Also transitive, to throw (in quot. 1957 figurative). stop1845 To bring down (a bird) with the gun. Also, to arrest the rush of (a charging enemy or wild beast) with rifle-fire. (Said also of the bullet and of… pot1860 transitive. colloquial. To shoot or kill (game, etc.) for food rather than for sport (cf. pot-hunter, n. 2a, pot-shot, n.1 2); to bring down or… spot1882 transitive. U.S. slang. To shoot (a person); to kill (a person). Cf. on the spot, adv. adj.phrases 2a. Now rare. plunk1888 transitive. Chiefly U.S. To hit, to wound; to shoot. pip1900 transitive. Originally Military. To hit or wound with a shot from a gun. souvenir1915 transitive. Military slang. In the First World War (1914–18): to pierce or wound with a shell or bullet. Cf. souvenir, n. 2c. poop1917 transitive. To fire (a bullet, shell, or other projectile), to discharge (a gun); frequently with off. Also: to shoot (a person or animal). Also figur… spray1922 transferred. To subject to a rapid succession or shower of bullets, shot, etc. smoke1926 To shoot (a person) with a firearm. U.S. slang. zap1942 To kill, esp. with a gun; to deal a sudden blow to. crack1943 colloquial. To shoot (with firearms), fire. Also with down (trans. and intr.). pot-shoot1969 transitive and intransitive. To take a pot-shot at (a person or animal); to take pot-shots. Also figurative. Subcategories:— parachutists (1) — in specific part (2) — pierce or riddle (6) — hit with shot (3) — draw gun on (1) |
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