I. verb (shot; shooting)
Etymology: Middle English sheten, shoten, shuten, from Old English scēotan; akin to Old Norse skjōta to shoot Date: before 12th century transitive verb
1. a. to eject or impel or cause to be ejected or impelled by a sudden release of tension (as of a bowstring or slingshot or by a flick of a finger) , to drive forth or cause to be driven forth by an explosion (as of a powder charge in a firearm or of ignited fuel in a rocket), to drive forth or cause to be driven forth by a sudden release of gas or air , to propel (as a ball or puck) toward a goal by striking or pushing with part of the body (as the hand or foot) or with an implement, to throw or cast off or out often with force , to cause (as a gun or bow) to propel a missile, c. to utter (as words or sounds) rapidly or suddenly or with force , to emit (as light, flame, or fumes) suddenly and rapidly, to send forth with suddenness or intensity , to discharge, dump, or empty especially by overturning, upending, or directing into a slide, to affect by shooting: as, to strike with a missile especially from a bow or gun, to remove or destroy by use of firearms ,
3. to push or slide (as the bolt of a door or lock) into or out of a fastening, to push or thrust forward ; stick out , to put forth in growing, to place, send, or bring into position abruptly,
4. a. to engage in (a sport or game or a portion of a game that involves shooting) ; play , to achieve (a particular score) in a game that involves shooting , b. to place or offer (a bet) on the result of casting dice , to use up by or as if by betting ; exhaust ,
5. to engage in the hunting and killing of (as game) with firearms especially as a sport , to hunt over ,
6. to cause to move suddenly or swiftly forward , to send or carry quickly ; dispatch , to variegate as if by sprinkling color in streaks, flecks, or patches, to pass swiftly by, past, or along , to plane (as the edge of a board) straight or true, 1
0. set off , detonate , ignite , to effect by blasting, to determine the altitude of, to take a picture or series of pictures or television images of ; photograph , film , 1
3. to give an injection to, to inject (an illicit drug) especially into the bloodstream, intransitive verb
1. to go or pass rapidly and precipitately , to move ahead by force of momentum, to stream out suddenly ; spurt , to dart in or as if in rays from a source of light, to dart with a piercing sensation ,
2. to cause an engine or weapon to discharge a missile, to use a firearm or bow especially for sport (as in hunting), to propel a missile , protrude , project ,
5. to grow or sprout by or as if by putting forth shoots, develop , mature , to spring or rise rapidly or suddenly,
6. to propel an object (as a ball) in a particular way, to drive the ball or puck toward a goal, to cast dice, to slide into or out of a fastening , to record something (as on film or videotape) with a camera, to begin to speak,
II. noun
Etymology: Middle English schot, schote projectile, new growth, in part from shoten, verb , in part from Old English sceot shot
Date: 15th century
a sending out of new growth or the growth sent out: as, a stem or branch with its leaves and appendages especially when not yet mature, offshoot ,
2. an act of shooting (as with a bow or a firearm):, shot , the firing of a missile especially by artillery, b. a hunting trip or party, the right to shoot game in a particular area or land over which it is held, c. a shooting match , a round of shots in a shooting match, the action or an instance of shooting with a camera ; a session or a series of sessions of photographing or filming ,
3. a motion or movement of rapid thrusting: as, a sudden or rapid advance, a momentary darting sensation ; twinge , thrust 2b, the pace between strokes in rowing, a bar of rays ; beam , see: chute a rush of water down a steep or rapid, a place where a stream runs or descends swiftly,
III. interjection
Etymology: euphemism for shit
Date: 1876
— used to express annoyance or surprise