shoot
verb
uk
shoot verb (WEAPON)
B1 [ I or T ]
If he's not armed, don't shoot.
- hurtI hurt my arm climbing over the fence.
- injureThe bomb killed ten people and injured many more.
- woundHe was wounded so badly in the attack that doctors said he might never walk again.
- maimThe atrocities have killed or maimed thousands of people.
- tortureThe guards were accused of torturing prisoners.
- stabHe was fatally stabbed with a kitchen knife.
shoot verb (SPORT)
B1 [ I ]
shoot baskets/hoops US informal
- aggregate score
- assist
- back pass
- backspin
- ballplayer
- bend
- hat trick
- inbounds pass
- indirect free kick
- kicker
- lay someone off
- layoff
- loft
- penalty
- pitch
- square ball
- timeout
- to the showers idiom
- underhand
- underspin
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shoot verb (MOVE QUICKLY)
- speedHe ran back to his car and sped off.
- raceShe raced over and hugged me.
- flyShe flew across the room just in time to stop the baby falling off the chair.
- beltUK Traffic was belting along the motorway.
- tearA fire truck came tearing down the road.
- streakBullets streaked across the sky.
informal He shot three sets of traffic lights (= went past them when they gave the signal to stop) before the police caught him.
It was so exhilarating shooting the rapids (= travelling through the part of a river where the water flows dangerously fast).
shoot verb (PLAY)
shoot verb (DRUG)
Expresiones
shoot
noun
uk
shoot noun (PLANT)
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shoot noun (PHOTOGRAPHS)
[ C usually singular ]
an occasion when photographers take a series of photographs, usually of the same person or people in the same place:
shoot noun (WEAPON)
shoot
exclamation
informal uk
