1. The act of firing a projectile
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1. Varying in colour when seen in different lights or from different angles
   "shot silk"
   - changeable, chatoyant, iridescent

1. Hit with a missile from a weapon
   - hit, pip 
2. Kill by firing a missile
   - pip 
3. Fire a shot
   - blast 
4. Make a film or photograph of something
   "shoot a movie"
   - film, take 
5. Send forth suddenly, intensely, swiftly
   "shoot a glance" 
6. Run or move very quickly or hastily
   - dart, dash, scoot, scud, flash 
7. Move quickly and violently
   - tear, shoot down, charge, buck, bomb [Brit] 
8. Throw or propel in a specific direction or towards a specific objective
   "shoot craps"; "shoot a golf ball" 
9. Record on photographic film
   - photograph, snap 
10. Emit (as light, flame, or fumes) suddenly and forcefully
    "The dragon shot fumes and flames out of its mouth" 
11. Cause a sharp and sudden pain in
    "The pain shot up her leg" 
12. Force or drive (a fluid or gas) into by piercing
    - inject 
13. Variegate by interweaving weft threads of different colours
    "shoot cloth" 
14. Throw dice, as in a crap game 
15. Spend frivolously and unwisely
    - fritter, frivol away, dissipate, fritter away, fool, fool away 
16. Score
    "shoot a basket"; "shoot a goal" 
17. Utter fast and forcefully
    "She shot back an answer" 
18. Measure the altitude of by using a sextant
    "shoot a star" 
19. Produce buds, branches, or germinate
    - spud, germinate, pullulate, bourgeon [archaic], burgeon forth, sprout, burgeon 
20. Give an injection to
    - inject

Derived forms: shots

See also: colorful [US], colourful [Brit, Cdn], shoot up, shooter, shooting

Type of: ache, actuation, administer, approximation, attempt, belt along, blow, bucket along, burster, bursting charge, cannonball along, cast, chance, charge, comment, consume, contrive, discharge, dispense, effort, emit, enclose, endeavor [US], endeavour [Brit, Cdn], enter, estimate, estimation, expert, explosive charge, exposure, fire, give off, give out, grow, hasten, hie [archaic], hit, hotfoot, hurt, idea, inclose, injure, input, insert, interweave, introduce, kill, let loose, let out, maneuver [US], manoeuvre [Brit, Cdn], measure, measure out, medical aid, medical care, mensurate, missile, opportunity, pelt along, photo, photograph, pic, picture, play, project, projectile, propulsion, put down, put in, race, rack up, record, remark, rocket firing, rocket launching, rush, rush along, score, small indefinite amount, small indefinite quantity, smart, speed, sports equipment, squander, step on it, stick in, tally, throw, try, utter, ware, waste, weave, wound

Part of: canister, canister shot, case shot, film, flick, motion picture, motion-picture show, movie, moving picture, moving-picture show, pic, picture, picture show

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