shoot

hit with a missile from a weapon

kill by firing a missile

fire a shot

make a film or photograph of something

• “take a scene”
• “shoot a movie”

send forth suddenly, intensely, swiftly

• “shoot a glance”

run or move very quickly or hastily

• “She dashed into the yard”

move quickly and violently

• “The car tore down the street”
• “He came charging into my office”

throw or propel in a specific direction or towards a specific objective

• “shoot craps”
• “shoot a golf ball”

record on photographic film

• “I photographed the scene of the accident”
• “She snapped a picture of the President”

emit (as light, flame, or fumes) suddenly and forcefully

• “The dragon shot fumes and flames out of its mouth”

cause a sharp and sudden pain in

• “The pain shot up her leg”

force or drive (a fluid or gas) into by piercing

• “inject hydrogen into the balloon”

variegate by interweaving weft threads of different colors

• “shoot cloth”

throw dice, as in a crap game

spend frivolously and unwisely

• “Fritter away one”

score

• “shoot a basket”
• “shoot a goal”

utter fast and forcefully

• “She shot back an answer”

measure the altitude of by using a sextant

• “shoot a star”

produce buds, branches, or germinate

• “the potatoes sprouted”

give an injection to

• “We injected the glucose into the patient”

a new branch

the act of shooting at targets

• “they hold a shoot every weekend during the summer”