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Shoot
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Shoot
/ʃuːt/
To discharge a bullet or projectile from a weapon, or to take a series of pictures or film footage.
Synonyms:
fire
discharge
launch
photograph
snap
hit
Antonyms:
This word has no antonyms
Examples:
Her eyes
shot
to Jennifer's waistline.
The scout was
shooting
from the flat rock.
Pain
shoots
up my body.
Etymology:
From Old English
sceotan
, meaning
to move swiftly, dart, hurl
, with roots in Proto-Germanic
*skeutaną
. Related to German
schießen
and Dutch
schieten
.
Usage Statistics:
148 mentions per 1 million words
Very Often
Hint:
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