[ʃuːt], (Verb)

Definitions:
- kill or wound (a person or animal) with a bullet or arrow
(e.g: he was shot in the leg during an armed robbery)

- move suddenly and rapidly in a particular direction
(e.g: the car shot forward)

- (in soccer, hockey, basketball, etc.) kick, hit, or throw the ball or puck in an attempt to score a goal
(e.g: Williams twice shot wide)

- film or photograph (a scene, film, etc.)
(e.g: she has just been commissioned to shoot a video)

- (of a plant or seed) send out buds or shoots; germinate
(e.g: some years one or other plant fails to shoot)

- inject oneself or another person with (a narcotic drug)
(e.g: he shot dope into his arm)

- plane (the edge of a board) accurately
(e.g: I shot the longer edge down on the planer)


Phrases:
- shoot a line
- shoot from the hip
- shoot it out
- shoot one's cuffs
- shoot one's mouth off
- shoot one's shot
- shoot oneself in the foot
- shoot the breeze
- shoot the shit

Origin:
Old English scēotan, of Germanic origin; related to Dutch schieten and German schiessen, also to sheet, shot, and shut

[ʃuːt], (Noun)

Definitions:
- a young branch or sucker springing from the main stock of a tree or other plant
(e.g: he nipped off the new shoots that grew where the leaves joined the stems)

- an occasion when a group of people hunt and shoot game for sport
(e.g: a grouse shoot)

- an occasion when a professional photographer takes photographs or when a film or video is being made
(e.g: a photo shoot)


- a rapid in a stream
(e.g: follow the portages that skirt all nine shoots of whitewater)


Phrases:
- shoot a line
- shoot from the hip
- shoot it out
- shoot one's cuffs
- shoot one's mouth off
- shoot one's shot
- shoot oneself in the foot
- shoot the breeze
- shoot the shit

Origin:
Old English scēotan, of Germanic origin; related to Dutch schieten and German schiessen, also to sheet, shot, and shut

[ʃuːt], (Interjection)

Definitions:
- used as a euphemism for ‘shit’
(e.g: shoot, it was a great day to be alive)


Phrases:
- shoot a line
- shoot from the hip
- shoot it out
- shoot one's cuffs
- shoot one's mouth off
- shoot one's shot
- shoot oneself in the foot
- shoot the breeze
- shoot the shit

Origin:
Old English scēotan, of Germanic origin; related to Dutch schieten and German schiessen, also to sheet, shot, and shut