Shoot+out

  • 51shoot — I. verb (shot; shooting) Etymology: Middle English sheten, shoten, shuten, from Old English scēotan; akin to Old Norse skjōta to shoot Date: before 12th century transitive verb 1. a. (1) to eject or impel or cause to be ejected or impelled by a… …

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  • 52shoot — v., n., & int. v. (past and past part. shot) 1 tr. a cause (a gun, bow, etc.) to fire. b discharge (a bullet, arrow, etc.) from a gun, bow, etc. c kill or wound (a person, animal, etc.) with a bullet, arrow, etc. from a gun, bow, etc. 2 intr.… …

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  • 53shoot — [c]/ʃut / (say shooht) verb (shot /ʃɒt / (say shot), shooting) –verb (t) 1. to hit, wound, or kill with a missile discharged from a weapon. 2. to execute or put to death with a bullet. 3. to send forth (arrows, bullets, etc.) from a bow, firearm …

  • 54shoot — v 1. hit, wound, hurt, harm, damage, injure; shoot down, bring down, drop, fell; riddle, Sl. pump full of lead, Sl. zap, pick off; kill, slay, Sl. knock off, Sl. snuff out. 2. send forth, discharge, fire or fire off, let fly, let off, eject;… …

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  • 55shoot — Synonyms and related words: Photostat, X ray, Xerox, ache, acute pain, agonize, ail, aim at, altitude peak, anguish, annihilate, assassinate, automatic control, backfire, barf, barrage, be bright, beacon, beam, beat, bedazzle, behead, bine, bite …

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  • 56shoot — {{11}}shoot (n.) young branch of a tree or plant, mid 15c., from SHOOT (Cf. shoot) (v.). Meaning conduit for coal, etc. is from 1844. Shoot out is from 1953. {{12}}shoot (v.) O.E. sceotan to shoot (class II strong verb; past tense sceat, pp.… …

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  • 57shoot up — Synonyms and related words: accrue, accumulate, advance, appreciate, balloon, bloat, blossom, bob up, boom, break water, breed, brew, bristle up, broaden, bud, burgeon, burst forth, cock up, crescendo, develop, extrude, float up, flourish, fly up …

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  • 58shoot — [sho͞ot] vt. shot, shooting [ME shoten < OE sceotan, akin to ON skjōta, Ger schiessen < IE base * (s)keud , to throw, shoot > SHUT, OSlav is kydati, to throw out] 1. a) to move swiftly over, by, across, etc. [to shoot the rapids in a… …

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  • 59Out 1 — The title card to Out 1 Directed by Jacques Rivette Suzanne Schiffman (co director) …

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  • 60out|shoot — «verb. owt SHOOT; noun. OWT SHOOT», verb, shot, shoot|ing, noun. –v.t., v.i. 1. to shoot better or farther than: »they outshot Robin Hood (Philip Sidney). 2. to shoot beyond. 3. to shoot or send forth. – …

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