n.

1. a new branch
2. the act of shooting at targets
   
   • they hold a shoot every weekend during the summer

v.

1. hit with a missile from a weapon;
   hit, pip
2. kill by firing a missile;
   pip
3. fire a shot
4. make a film or photograph of something;
   film, take
   
   • take a scene
   • shoot a movie
5. send forth suddenly, intensely, swiftly
   
   • shoot a glance
6. run or move very quickly or hastily;
   dart, dash, scoot, scud, flash
   
   • She dashed into the yard
7. move quickly and violently;
   tear, shoot down, charge, buck
   
   • The car tore down the street
   • He came charging into my office
8. throw or propel in a specific direction or towards a specific objective
   
   • shoot craps
   • shoot a golf ball
9. record on photographic film;
   photograph, snap
   
   • I photographed the scene of the accident
   • She snapped a picture of the President
10. emit (as light, flame, or fumes) suddenly and forcefully
    
    • The dragon shot fumes and flames out of its mouth
11. cause a sharp and sudden pain in
    
    • The pain shot up her leg
12. force or drive (a fluid or gas) into by piercing;
    inject
    
    • inject hydrogen into the balloon
13. variegate by interweaving weft threads of different colors
    
    • shoot cloth
14. throw dice, as in a crap game
15. spend frivolously and unwisely;
    fritter, frivol away, dissipate, fritter away, fool, fool away
    
    • Fritter away one's inheritance
16. score
    
    • shoot a basket
    • shoot a goal
17. utter fast and forcefully
    
    • She shot back an answer
18. measure the altitude of by using a sextant
    
    • shoot a star
19. produce buds, branches, or germinate;
    spud, germinate, pullulate, bourgeon, burgeon forth, sprout
    
    • the potatoes sprouted
20. give an injection to;
    inject
    
    • We injected the glucose into the patient's vein