shootSHOOT, 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 The old participle shotten, is obsolete.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. |