Answer:
We have spotted SHOOT (5 Letters) a total of 26 times in our database. Below you may see the clues associated with SHOOT and also when and where was it last seen:
Definition
• | 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. |
• | 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. |
• | 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. |
• | 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. |
• | To send out or forth, especially with a rapid or sudden motion; to cast with the hand; to hurl; to discharge; to emit. |
• | To push or thrust forward; to project; to protrude; -- often with out; as, a plant shoots out a bud. |
• | To plane straight; to fit by planing. |
• | To pass rapidly through, over, or under; as, to shoot a rapid or a bridge; to shoot a sand bar. |
• | To variegate as if by sprinkling or intermingling; to color in spots or patches. |
• | 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. |
• | To discharge a missile; -- said of an engine or instrument; as, the gun shoots well. |
• | 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. |
• | To penetrate, as a missile; to dart with a piercing sensation; as, shooting pains. |
• | To feel a quick, darting pain; to throb in pain. |
• | To germinate; to bud; to sprout. |
• | To grow; to advance; as, to shoot up rapidly. |
• | To change form suddenly; especially, to solidify. |
• | To protrude; to jut; to project; to extend; as, the land shoots into a promontory. |
• | To move ahead by force of momentum, as a sailing vessel when the helm is put hard alee. |
• | The act of shooting; the discharge of a missile; a shot; as, the shoot of a shuttle. |
• | A young branch or growth. |
• | A rush of water; a rapid. |
• | A vein of ore running in the same general direction as the lode. |
• | A weft thread shot through the shed by the shuttle; a pick. |
• | A shoat; a young hog. |
Referring crossword puzzle clues
- Ask away
- Go ahead ask me
- New stem
- Take a picture
- Gig for a model
- Bamboo unit
- Attempt a free throw
- Roll the cameras
- Photography session
- Bamboo sprout
- Dagnabbit!
- Ask me anything!
- Photo session
Usage among publishers:
- Wall Street Journal: Aug 3, 2024
- Wall Street Journal: Jun 29, 2024
- Eugene Sheffer: May 3, 2024
- Newsday: Apr 28, 2024
- LA Times: Dec 30, 2023
- Eugene Sheffer: Dec 13, 2023
- USA Today: Sep 17, 2023
- Newsday: Jul 9, 2023
- New York Times: Jun 27, 2023
- USA Today: May 25, 2023
- LA Times: Mar 20, 2023
- LA Times: Feb 1, 2023
- Thomas Joseph: Jan 12, 2023