Shoot

shōōt, v.t. to dart: to let fly with force: to discharge from a bow or gun: to strike with a shot: to thrust forward: to pa rapidly through: to lay out, place in position: to hunt over, to kill game in or on: to send forth new parts, as a plant.— v.i. to perform the act of shooting: to variegate, to colour in spots or threads: to be driven along: to fly, as an arrow: to jut out: to germinate: to advance or grow rapidly: to hunt birds, ., with a gun:— pa.t. and pa.p. shot.— n. act of shooting: a match at shooting, shooting-party: a young branch: ( Shak. ) a sprouting horn: a pa age-way in a mine for letting one down: a sloping trough used for discharging articles or goods from a height: a river-fall, rapid.— adj. Shoot′able , that may be shot, or shot over.— ns. Shoot′er , one who, or that which, shoots; Shoot′ing , act of discharging firearms or an arrow: sensation of a quick pain: act or practice of killing game: right to kill game with firearms on a certain area: the district so limited; Shoot′ing-box , a small house in the country for use in the shooting season; Shoot′ing-gall′ery , a long room used for practice in the use of firearms; Shoot′ing-ī′ron ( slang ), a revolver; Shoot′ing-jack′et , a short kind of coat for shooting in; Shoot′ing-range , a place for practising shooting at targets at measured distances; Shoot′ing-star , a meteor or falling star; Shoot′ing-stick , a printer's tool of wood or metal, to be struck with a mallet, for driving quoins.— Shoot ahead , to get to the front among a set of competitors; Shoot over , to go out shooting: to hunt upon.— I′ll be shot ( slang ), a mild imprecation. [A.S. sceótan ; Dut. schieten , Ger. schie en , to dart.]