shoot

  1. Verb.  (transitive) To fire a projectile or energy weapon at.
  2. Verb.  (intransitive, usually, as imperative) To begin to speak.
  3. Verb.  (transitive) To hit with a projectile or energy beam from such a weapon.
  4. Verb.  (intransitive) To move very quickly and suddenly.
  5. Verb.  (transitive) To dismiss or do away with.
  6. Verb.  (transitive) To photograph.
  7. Verb.  (context, professional wrestling) To deviate from kayfabe, either intentionally or accidentally; to actually connect with unchoreographed fighting blows and maneuvers, or speak one's mind (instead of an agreed-to script).
  8. Verb.  (surveying) To measure the distance and direction to (a point).
  9. Verb.  (sports) To make the stated score.
  10. Verb.  (slang) To ejaculate.
  11. Verb.  To go over or pass quickly through.
  12. Verb.  (transitive) To tip (something, especially coal) down a chute.
  13. Verb.  (transitive, colloquial) To inject a drug (such as heroin) intravenously.
  14. Noun.  The emerging stem and embryonic leaves of a new plant.
  15. Noun.  A photography session.
  16. Noun.  (''professional wrestling slang'') In professional wrestling, an event that is unscripted or legitimate.
  17. Interjection.  (non-gloss definition, A mild expletive, expressing disbelief or disdain) .

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This entry was last updated on RefTopia from its source on 3/20/2012.