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shoot

  • verb
  • sho͞ot

To launch forcefully project a projectile.

Other meanings

  1. To fire (a weapon that releases a projectile).

  2. To fire (a projectile).

Word history

From Old English "scēotan".

Where this comes from

This definition is adapted from “shoot” on Wiktionary, by its contributors, published under CC BY-SA 4.0. This page is published under the same licence.