SHOOT, v.t. prte. and pp. shot. The old participle shotten, is obsolete. [L. scateo, to shoot out water.]

1. To let fly and drive with force; as, to shoot an arrow.

2. To discharge and cause to be driven with violence; as, to shoot a ball.

And from about her shot darts of desire. Milton.

4. To let off; used of the instrument.

The two ends of a bow shot off, fly from one another. Boyle.

5. To strike with any thing shot; as, to shoot with an arrow or a bullet.

6. To send out; to push forth; as, a plant shoots a branch.

7. To push out; to emit; to dart; to thrust forth.

Beware of the secret snake that shoots a sting. Dryden.

8. To push forward; to drive; to propel; as, to shoot a bolt.

9. To push out; to thrust forward.

They shoot out the lip. Ps. 22.

The phrase, to shoot out the lip, signifies to treat with derision or contempt.

10. To pass through with swiftness; as, to shoot the Stygian flood.

11. To fit to each other by planing; a workman's term.

Two pieces of wood that are shot, that is, planed or pared with a chisel.

1. The act of propelling or driving any thing with violence; the discharge of a fire-arm or bow; as, a good shoot. The Turkish bow giveth a very forcible shoot. – Bacon.
2. The act of striking or endeavoring to strike with a missive weapon. Shak.
3. A young branch. Prune off superfluous branches and shoots of this second spring. – Evelyn.
4. A young swine. [In New England pronounced shote.]

1. To perform the act of discharging, sending with force, or driving any thing by means of an engine or instrument; as, to shoot at a target or mark. When you shoot and shut one eye. – Prior. The archers have sorely grieved him, and shot at him. – Gen. xlix.
2. To germinate; to bud; to sprout; to send forth branches. Onions, as they hang, will shoot forth. – Bacon. But the wild olive shouts and shades the ungrateful plain. – Dryden. Delightful task, / To teach the young idea how to shoot. – Thomson.
3. To form by shooting, or by an arrangement of particles into spiculae. Metals shoot into crystals. Every salt shoots into crystals of a determinate form.
4. To be emitted, sent forth or driven along. There shot a streaming lamp along the sky. – Dryden.
5. To protuberate; to be pushed out; to jut; to project. The land shoots into a promontory.
6. To pass, as an arrow or pointed instrument; to penetrate. Thy words shoot through my heart. – Addison.
7. To grow rapidly; to become by rapid growth. The boy soon shoots up to a man. He'll soon shoot up a hero. – Dryden.
8. To move with velocity; as, a shooting star.
9. To feel a quick darting pain. My temples shoot. To shoot ahead, to outstrip in running, flying or sailing.

1. To let fly and drive with force; as, to shoot an arrow.
2. To discharge and cause to be driven with violence; as, to shoot a ball.
3. To send off with force, to dart. And from about her shot darts of desire. – Milton.
4. To let off; used of the instrument. The two ends of a bow shot off, fly from one another. – Boyle.
5. To strike with any thing shot; as, to shoot one with an arrow or a bullet.
6. To send out; to push forth; as, a plant shoots a branch.
7. To push out; to emit; to dart; to thrust forth. Beware the secret snake that shoots a sting. – Dryden.
8. To push forward; to drive; to propel; as, to shoot a bolt.
9. To push out; to thrust forward. They shoot out the lip. – Ps. xxii. The phrase, to shoot out the lip, signifies to treat with derision or contempt.
10. To pass through with swiftness; as, to shoot the Stygian flood. – Dryden.
11. To fit each other by planing; a workman's term. Two piece's of wood that are shot, that is, planed or pared with a chisel. – Moxon.
12. To kill by a ball, arrow or other thing shot; as, to shoot a duck.

1. An inclined plane, either artificial or natural, down which timber, coal, etc., are caused to slide] also, a narrow passage, either natural or artificial, in a stream, where the water rushes rapidly; esp., a channel, having a swift current, connecting the ends of a bend in the stream, so as to shorten the course.
   
   
   [Written also chute, and shute.] [U. S.]

   To take a shoot, to pass through a shoot instead of the main channel; to take the most direct course. [U.S.]

2. To let fly, or cause to be driven, with force, as an arrow or a bullet; -- followed by a word denoting the missile, as an object.
   
   

   If you please
   To shoot an arrow that self way. Shak.

3. To cause an engine or weapon to discharge a missile; -- said of a person or an agent; as, they shot at a target; he shoots better than he rides.
   
   

   The archers have . . . shot at him. Gen. xlix. 23.

4. The act of shooting; the discharge of a missile; a shot; as, the shoot of a shuttle.
   
   

   The Turkish bow giveth a very forcible shoot. Bacon.

   One underneath his horse to get a shoot doth stalk. Drayton.

5. To discharge, causing a missile to be driven forth; -- followed by a word denoting the weapon or instrument, as an object; -- often with off; as, to shoot a gun.
   
   

   The two ends od a bow, shot off, fly from one another. Boyle.

6. To discharge a missile; -- said of an engine or instrument; as, the gun shoots well.
7. A young branch or growth.
   
   

   Superfluous branches and shoots of this second spring. Evelyn.

8. To strike with anything shot; to hit with a missile; often, to kill or wound with a firearm; -- followed by a word denoting the person or thing hit, as an object.
   
   

   When Roger shot the hawk hovering over his master's dove house. A. Tucker.

9. To be shot or propelled forcibly; -- said of a missile; to be emitted or driven; to move or extend swiftly, as if propelled; as, a shooting star.
   
   

   There shot a streaming lamp along the sky. Dryden.

10. A rush of water; a rapid.
11. To send out or forth, especially with a rapid or sudden motion; to cast with the hand; to hurl; to discharge; to emit.
    
    

    An honest weaver as ever shot shuttle. Beau. *** Fl.

    A pit into which the dead carts had nightly shot corpses by scores. Macaulay.

12. To penetrate, as a missile; to dart with a piercing sensation; as, shooting pains.
    
    

    Thy words shoot through my heart. Addison.

13. A vein of ore running in the same general direction as the lode.
    
    
    Knight.
14. To push or thrust forward] to project; to protrude; -- often with out; as, a plant shoots out a bud.
    
    

    They shoot out the lip, they shake the head. Ps. xxii. 7.

    Beware the secret snake that shoots a sting. Dryden.

15. To feel a quick, darting pain; to throb in pain.
    
    

    These preachers make
    His head to shoot and ache. Herbert.

16. A weft thread shot through the shed by the shuttle; a pick.
17. To plane straight; to fit by planing.
    
    

    Two pieces of wood that are shot, that is, planed or else pared with a paring chisel. Moxon.

18. To germinate; to bud; to sprout.
    
    

    Onions, as they hang, will shoot forth. Bacon.

    But the wild olive shoots, and shades the ungrateful plain. Dryden.

19. A shoat; a young hog.
20. To pass rapidly through, over, or under; as, to shoot a rapid or a bridge; to shoot a sand bar.
    
    

    She . . . shoots the Stygian sound. Dryden.

21. To grow; to advance; as, to shoot up rapidly.
    
    

    Well shot in years he seemed. Spenser.

    Delightful task! to rear the tender thought,
    To teach the young idea how to shoot. Thomson.

22. To variegate as if by sprinkling or intermingling; to color in spots or patches.
    
    

    The tangled water courses slept,
    Shot over with purple, and green, and yellow. Tennyson.

    To be shot of, to be discharged, cleared, or rid of. [Colloq.] "Are you not glad to be shot of him?" Sir W. Scott.

23. To change form suddenly; especially, to solidify.
    
    

    If the menstruum be overcharged, metals will shoot into crystals. Bacon.

24. To protrude; to jut; to project; to extend; as, the land shoots into a promontory.
    
    

    There shot up against the dark sky, tall, gaunt, straggling houses. Dickens.

25. To move ahead by force of momentum, as a sailing vessel when the helm is put hard alee.
    
    

    To shoot ahead, to pass or move quickly forward; to outstrip others.