Etymology tree
Proto-Indo-European *(s)kewd-
Proto-Indo-European *-eti
Proto-Indo-European *(s)kéwdeti?
Proto-Germanic *skuttōnąbf.?
Proto-Germanic *skeutaną
Proto-West Germanic *skeutan
Old English sċēotan
Middle English schoten
English shoot
Inherited from Middle English scheten, schoten, from Old English scēotan, from Proto-West Germanic *skeutan, from Proto-Germanic *skeutaną, from Proto-Indo-European *(s)kéwd-e-ti, thematic present of *(s)kewd- (“to shoot, throw”).
Cognates
Cognate with West Frisian sjitte, Low German scheten, Dutch schieten, German schießen, Danish skyde, Norwegian Bokmål skyte, Norwegian Nynorsk skyta, Swedish skjuta; and also, through Indo-European, with Russian кида́ть (kidátʹ), Albanian hedh (“to throw, toss”), Persian چست (čost, “quick, active”), Lithuanian skudrùs.
Meanings
The emerging stem and embryonic leaves of a new plant.
Prune off yet also superfluous branches, and shoots of this second spring. 1664, J[ohn] E[velyn], Sylva, or A Discourse of Forest-trees and the Propagation of Timber in His Majesties Dominions. […], London: […] Jo[hn] Martyn, and Ja[mes] Allestry, printers to the Royal Society, […], →OCLC:
From the bonfire of last autumn's HS2 decision, there are green shoots pushing through the ashes. 2024 April 3, Philip Haigh, “Comment: A new, better version of HS2”, in RAIL, number 1006, page 3:
A photography session.
While you see some of our exploration on camera, I also spent many happy hours between shoots with Chris Nix, digging out dozens of wonderful plans, maps and drawings of projects that I never knew existed, and some that never did exist. 2021 June 30, Tim Dunn, “How we made... Secrets of the London Underground”, in RAIL, number 934, page 50:
"Hmm." "Problem?" "Arianna warned me this might be a challenging shoot. I think she was worried about you being belligerent, but the real issue is turning out to be your specularity. It looks like I'm taking pictures of a flashbang." 2015 July 9, Dave Barrack, Grrl Power (webcomic), Grrl Power #334 – Make down:
A hunt or shooting competition.
(slang) An event that is unscripted or legitimate.
The act of shooting; the discharge of a missile; a shot.
The Turkish bow giveth a very forcible shoot. 1627 (indicated as 1626), Francis [Bacon], “(please specify the page, or |century=I to X)”, in Sylua Syluarum: Or A Naturall Historie. In Ten Centuries. […], London: […] William Rawley […]; [p]rinted by J[ohn] H[aviland] for William Lee […], →OCLC:
One underneath his horse to get a shoot doth stalk. 1612, Michael Drayton, Poly-Olbion:
A rush of water; a rapid.
A weft thread shot through the shed by the shuttle; a pick.
A shoat; a young pig.
A vein of ore running in the same general direction as the lode.
1901, Frank Lee Hess, pubs.usgs.gov report. Rare Metals. TIN, TUNGSTEN, AND TANTALUM IN SOUTH DAKOTA.
In the western dike is a shoot about 4 feet in diameter carrying a considerable sprinkling of cassiterite, ore which in quantity would undoubtedly be worth mining. The shoot contains a large amount of muscovite mica with quartz and very little or no feldspar...
where to find a shoot of ore opposite one they may have taken away on a parallel lode 1853, Thomas McElrath, William Jewett Tenney, William Phipps Blake, The Mining Magazine and Journal of Geology, Mineralogy, Metallurgy:
An inclined plane, either artificial or natural, down which timber, coal, ore, etc., are caused to slide; a chute.
That there was no evidence before the jury that at the time of the accident the timber shoot was worked by the defendant company. 1891, New South Wales. Supreme Court, The New South Wales Law Reports, volume 12, page 238:
The act of taking all point cards in one hand.
A seismic survey carried out with geophones in an attempt to detect oil.
Once the last line of cable has been retrieved, there is little evidence that a shoot has been conducted. 1980, The Williston Basin, 1980, page 159:
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Etymology tree
Proto-Indo-European *(s)kewd-
Proto-Indo-European *-eti
Proto-Indo-European *(s)kéwdeti?
Proto-Germanic *skuttōnąbf.?
Proto-Germanic *skeutaną
Proto-West Germanic *skeutan
Old English sċēotan
Middle English schoten
English shoot
Inherited from Middle English scheten, schoten, from Old English scēotan, from Proto-West Germanic *skeutan, from Proto-Germanic *skeutaną, from Proto-Indo-European *(s)kéwd-e-ti, thematic present of *(s)kewd- (“to shoot, throw”).
Cognates
Cognate with West Frisian sjitte, Low German scheten, Dutch schieten, German schießen, Danish skyde, Norwegian Bokmål skyte, Norwegian Nynorsk skyta, Swedish skjuta; and also, through Indo-European, with Russian кида́ть (kidátʹ), Albanian hedh (“to throw, toss”), Persian چست (čost, “quick, active”), Lithuanian skudrùs.
Meanings
(transitive) To launch (forcefully project) (a projectile or similar object). ▸ To fire (a weapon that releases a bullet or other projectile).
to shoot a gun
(transitive) To launch (forcefully project) (a projectile or similar object). ▸ To fire or launch (a projectile).
If you please / To shoot an arrow that self way. c. 1596–1598 (date written), William Shakespeare, “The Merchant of Venice”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward] Blount, published 1623, →OCLC, [Act I, scene i]:
(transitive) To launch (forcefully project) (a projectile or similar object). ▸ To fire a projectile at (a person or target).
The unfortunate Divisional Director, responsible for the Emperor's safety, shot himself. 1945 September and October, C. Hamilton Ellis, “Royal Trains—V”, in Railway Magazine, page 252:
Shepard: She's surrounded by geth and pointing a gun at us. Shoot her! 2008, BioWare, Mass Effect (Science Fiction), Redwood City: Electronic Arts, →ISBN, →OCLC, PC, scene: Noveria:
The hunter shot the deer to harvest its meat.
I shoot Mr. Marlow twice, severing jugulars and cartoids with near surgical precision. He will die watching me take what is his away from him. This is my design. 2013 April 4, Hannibal, season 1, episode 1, spoken by Will Graham (Hugh Dancy):
The man, in a desperate bid for freedom, grabbed his gun and started shooting anyone he could.
(intransitive) To launch (forcefully project) (a projectile or similar object). ▸ To cause a weapon to discharge a projectile; to use a gun or similar weapon.
They shot at a target.
The man, in a desperate bid for freedom, grabbed his gun and started shooting.
He shoots better than he rides.
(intransitive) To launch (forcefully project) (a projectile or similar object). ▸ To hunt game with a gun; to go hunting for recreation.
The place was called the House of More, and I had shot at it once or twice in recent years. 1899 January – 1902 January, John Buchan, “(please specify the page)”, in The Watcher by the Threshold, and Other Tales, Edinburgh; London: William Blackwood and Sons, published 1902, →OCLC:
They're coming to shoot with us on Sunday.
(transitive) To launch (forcefully project) (a projectile or similar object). ▸ To hunt on (a piece of land) with a gun; to kill game in or on.
Although the estate had been shot previously, there had been no effective keepering and little success with the pheasants released. 1969, Game Conservancy (Great Britain), Annual Review (issues 1-8, page 16)
(intransitive) To launch (forcefully project) (a projectile or similar object). ▸ To function as a weapon that launches a projectile.
The gun shoots well.
(intransitive) To launch (forcefully project) (a projectile or similar object). ▸ To throw dice; to roll.
Then, when it was his turn to shoot, he reached out with a completely empty hand and caught the dice the stickman threw to him. 1980, John Scarne, Scarne on Dice, page 275:
(slang, transitive) To launch (forcefully project) (a projectile or similar object). ▸ To ejaculate.
After a very short time, he shot his load over the carpet.
(colloquial, imperative, intransitive) To launch (forcefully project) (a projectile or similar object). ▸ To begin to speak.
"Can I ask you a question?" "Shoot."
"And now," I suggested, "I think it's about time we began to rough out a plan of campaign. Shall I throw around a few observations first?" […] Josella blew out a feather of smoke and took a sip of her drink. Savouring the flavour, she said: "I wonder whether we shall ever taste fresh oranges again? Okay, shoot." 1951, John Wyndham, The Day of the Triffids, Harmondsworth: Penguin Books, published 1954, page 92:
(figuratively, transitive) To launch (forcefully project) (a projectile or similar object). ▸ To dismiss, reject, or do away with.
His idea was shot on sight.
(ambitransitive, qualifier:analogous) To launch (forcefully project) (a projectile or similar object). ▸ To photograph or film: ▸ To photograph.
He shot the couple in a variety of poses.
We can't shoot until the lighting is better. (intransitive)
I had the pleasure of shooting Arnold Newman while teaching across the hall from him at a summer photo workshop. 2006, Michael Grecco, Lighting and the Dramatic Portrait, Amphoto Books, →ISBN, page 68:
He shot seventeen stills.
(ambitransitive, qualifier:analogous) To launch (forcefully project) (a projectile or similar object). ▸ To photograph or film: ▸ To film.
On June 26, Jodi went to Vansice’s home to watch a homemade videotape he had shot at a surprise birthday party he helped organize for her earlier that month. 2026 August 10, Nicholas Muhoro, “Jodi Huisentruit, 27, Vanished From Her Apartment Parking Lot in 1995. Police Found Signs of a Struggle”, in Skip Boring, archived from the original on 11 Aug 2026:
The film was mostly shot in France.
(transitive) To launch (forcefully project) (a projectile or similar object). ▸ To push or thrust (a bolt) quickly; hence, to open (a lock); to unlock.
There was no answer, so I took the big key, rubbed some salad oil into the wards, and after one or two bad shots, for my hands were shaking, managed to fit it, and shoot the lock. 1886 October – 1887 January, H[enry] Rider Haggard, She: A History of Adventure, London: Longmans, Green, and Co., published 1887, →OCLC:
(intransitive) To move or act quickly or suddenly. ▸ To move past very quickly and suddenly.
Now we plunged into a deep shade with the boughs lacing each other overhead, and crossed dainty, rustic bridges[...]: or anon we shot into a clearing, with a colored glimpse of the lake and its curving shore far below us. 1897 December (indicated as 1898), Winston Churchill, chapter VIII, in The Celebrity: An Episode, New York, N.Y.: The Macmillan Company; London: Macmillan & Co., Ltd., →OCLC:
After an initial lag, the experimental group's scores shot past the control group's scores in the fourth week.
There shot a streaming lamp along the sky. 1697, Virgil, “(please specify the book number)”, in John Dryden, transl., The Works of Virgil: Containing His Pastorals, Georgics, and Æneis. […], London: […] Jacob Tonson, […], →OCLC:
As soon as the dog appeared, the cat shot underneath the couch.
It didn't take me long to get there. I shot past the head at a ripping rate, the current was so swift, and then I got into the dead water and landed on the side towards the Illinois shore. 1884 December 10, Mark Twain [pseudonym; Samuel Langhorne Clemens], chapter VII, in The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn: (Tom Sawyer’s Comrade) […], London: Chatto & Windus, […], →OCLC:
(transitive) To move or act quickly or suddenly. ▸ To go over or pass quickly through.
shoot the rapids
She […] shoots the Stygian sound. 1697, Virgil, “(please specify the book number)”, in John Dryden, transl., The Works of Virgil: Containing His Pastorals, Georgics, and Æneis. […], London: […] Jacob Tonson, […], →OCLC:
It was approaching the time when watermen would not shoot the bridge even without a passenger aboard. 2005, R. G. Crouch, The Coat: The Origin and Times of Doggett's Famous Wager, page 40:
To move or act quickly or suddenly. ▸ To ride a wave.
One of the fishermen was really stoked. He was trying to shoot the shore break in his canoe. 1966, Bruce Brown, director, The Endless Summer:
(transitive) To move or act quickly or suddenly. ▸ To tip (something, especially coal) down a chute.
(transitive) To move or act quickly or suddenly. ▸ To penetrate with pain as if with a bullet; to stab; to cause a piercing sensation.
a shooting pain in my leg
Thy words shoot through my heart. 1712 (date written), [Joseph] Addison, Cato, a Tragedy. […], London: […] J[acob] Tonson, […], published 1713, →OCLC, Act III, scene i, page 37:
(intransitive, obsolete) To move or act quickly or suddenly. ▸ To feel a quick, darting pain; to throb in pain.
These preachers make / His head to shoot and ache. [1633], George Herbert, edited by [Nicholas Ferrar], The Temple. Sacred Poems, and Private Ejaculations, Cambridge, Cambridgeshire: […] Thomas Buck and Roger Daniel; and are to be sold by Francis Green, […], →OCLC:
(obsolete) To move or act quickly or suddenly. ▸ To change form suddenly; especially, to solidify.
If the menstruum be overcharged, metals will shoot into crystals. 1627 (indicated as 1626), Francis [Bacon], “(please specify the page, or |century=I to X)”, in Sylua Syluarum: Or A Naturall Historie. In Ten Centuries. […], London: […] William Rawley […]; [p]rinted by J[ohn] H[aviland] for William Lee […], →OCLC:
1802, Thomas Jefferson, Notes on the State of Virginia, Query VII.
The north-east [wind] is loaded with vapor, insomuch, that the salt-makers have found that their crystals would not shoot while that blows.
To move or act quickly or suddenly. ▸ 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 c. 1608–1610, Francis Beaumont, John Fletcher, “The Coxcomb”, in Comedies and Tragedies […], London: […] Humphrey Robinson, […], and for Humphrey Moseley […], published 1647, →OCLC, (please specify the act number in uppercase Roman numerals, and the scene number in lowercase Roman numerals):
a pit into which the dead carts had nightly shot corpses by scores 1849–1861, Thomas Babington Macaulay, chapter III, in The History of England from the Accession of James the Second, volume (please specify |volume=I to V), London: Longman, Brown, Green, and Longmans, →OCLC:
(ditransitive, informal) To move or act quickly or suddenly. ▸ To send (to someone).
I'll shoot you an email with all the details
(informal, intransitive) To move or act quickly or suddenly. ▸ To leave; to depart.
Is that the time already? I've got to shoot.
To act or achieve. ▸ To lunge.
To act or achieve. ▸ To deviate from kayfabe, either intentionally or accidentally; to actually connect with unchoreographed fighting blows and maneuvers, or speak one's mind (instead of an agreed script).
To act or achieve. ▸ To make (the stated score).
In my round of golf yesterday I shot a 76.
(colloquial, intransitive, transitive) To inject a drug (such as heroin) intravenously.
To develop, move forward. ▸ To germinate; to bud; to sprout.
But the wild olive shoots, and shades the ungrateful plain. 1697, Virgil, “(please specify the book number)”, in John Dryden, transl., The Works of Virgil: Containing His Pastorals, Georgics, and Æneis. […], London: […] Jacob Tonson, […], →OCLC:
Onions, as they hang, will shoot forth. 1627 (indicated as 1626), Francis [Bacon], “(please specify the page, or |century=I to X)”, in Sylua Syluarum: Or A Naturall Historie. In Ten Centuries. […], London: […] William Rawley […]; [p]rinted by J[ohn] H[aviland] for William Lee […], →OCLC:
To develop, move forward. ▸ To grow; to advance.
Well shot in years he seemed. 1596, Edmund Spenser, “Book V”, in The Faerie Queene. […], London: […] [John Wolfe] for William Ponsonbie, →OCLC:
to shoot up rapidly
Delightful task! to rear the tender thought, / To teach the young idea how to shoot. a. 1749 (date written), James Thomson, “Spring”, in The Seasons, London: […] A[ndrew] Millar, and sold by Thomas Cadell, […], published 1768, →OCLC:
To develop, move forward. ▸ To move ahead by force of momentum, as a sailing vessel when the helm is put hard alee.
(transitive) To develop, move forward. ▸ To travel or ride on (breaking waves) rowards the shore.
`Take the tiller, Mahomed!' I roared in Arabic. `We must try and shoot them.' At the same moment I seized an oar, and got it out, motioning to Job to do likewise. 1886 October – 1887 January, H[enry] Rider Haggard, She: A History of Adventure, London: Longmans, Green, and Co., published 1887, →OCLC:
To develop, move forward. ▸ To push or thrust forward; to project; to protrude; often with out.
They shoot out the lip, they shake the head. 1611, The Holy Bible, […] (King James Version), London: […] Robert Barker, […], →OCLC, Psalms 22:7:
A plant shoots out a bud.
Beware the secret snake that shoots a sting. 1697, Virgil, “Pastoral 3”, in John Dryden, transl., The Works of Virgil: Containing His Pastorals, Georgics, and Æneis. […], London: […] Jacob Tonson, […], →OCLC:
(intransitive) To protrude; to jut; to project; to extend.
There is 432 Park Avenue, a surreal square tube of white concrete that appears to shoot twice as high as anything around it, its endless Cartesian grid of windows framing worlds of solid marble bathtubs and climate-controlled wine cellars within. 2019 June 1, Oliver Wainwright, “Super-tall, super-skinny, super-expensive: the ‘pencil towers’ of New York’s super-rich”, in Katharine Viner, editor, The Guardian, London: Guardian News & Media, →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 05 Oct 2020:
There shot up against the dark sky, tall, gaunt, straggling houses. 1836 March – 1837 October, Charles Dickens, “Chapter 49”, in The Posthumous Papers of the Pickwick Club, London: Chapman and Hall, […], published 1837, →OCLC:
The land shoots into a promontory.
(transitive) To plane straight; to fit by planing.
two Pieces of Wood are Shot (that is Plained) or else they are Pared [...] with a Pairing-chissel 1677, Joseph Moxon, Mechanick Exercises: Or, The Doctrine of Handy-works:
(transitive) To variegate as if by sprinkling or intermingling; to color in spots or patches. (See shot silk on Wikipedia)
The tangled water-courses slept, / Shot over with purple, and green, and yellow. 1842, Alfred Tennyson, “The Dying Swan”, in Poems. […], volume I, London: Edward Moxon, […], →OCLC, page 54:
To shoot the moon.
(transitive) To carry out, or attempt to carry out (an approach to an airport runway).
He tried to shoot the visual approach to runway 12, but the visibility was too low.
(transitive) To measure the distance and direction to (a point).
To carry out a seismic survey with geophones in an attempt to detect oil.
Once the area is ready to "shoot," the seismic crew places geophones and cables along the line of the profile to be recorded. 1986, United States. Congress. Senate. Committee on Energy and Natural Resources, Outer Continental Shelf Oil and Gas Moratoria: Hearing, page 438:
(transitive) To drink (a shot of an alcoholic beverage).
You can kiss a hundred boys in bars
Shoot another shot, try to stop the feeling 2024 April 5, Chappell Roan, Justin Tranter, Dan Nigro, “Good Luck, Babe!”performed by Chappell Roan:
ru стреля́ть (to fire a shot) · sv skjuta (to fire multiple shots) · de erschießen (to hit with a shot) · tr ateş etmek (to fire a shot) · eo pafi (to fire a shot) · km បាញ់ (to fire a shot) · tg тир задан (to fire a shot) · tyz bẳn (to fire a shot) · tk tüpe–lemek (to fire a shot) · tyz buốt (to sprout - of a plant) · rgn abàtar (to fire a shot) · sw kupiga risasi (to fire multiple shots) · es chejear (to fire a shot) · vi bắn (to fire a shot) · sk streliť (to hit with a shot) · bn গুলি চালানো (to fire a shot) · vec butar (to sprout - of a plant) · kk ату (to fire a shot) · ota بوداقلانمق (to sprout - of a plant) · cmn 射 (to fire multiple shots) · ru пускать побеги (to sprout - of a plant) · et võrsuma (to sprout - of a plant) · ta சுடு (to fire multiple shots) · tl tirahin (to hit with a shot) · ar صَوَّبَ (to hit with a shot) · it sparare (to fire a shot) · ta முளை (to sprout - of a plant) · af skiet (to fire a shot) · he ירה (to fire multiple shots) · sk strieľať (to fire multiple shots) · tr etmek (to fire a shot) · tyv адып өлүрер (to hit with a shot) · es tirar (to hit with a shot) · de schießen (to fire multiple shots) · fi ampua (to fire a shot) · be здыма́ць (take a picture) · et ambuma (to use a bow and arrows for shooting) · eo pafi (to hit with a shot) · ko 쏘다 (to hit with a shot) · es tirar (to fire multiple shots) · sah ыт (to fire a shot) · gl disparar (to fire a shot) · sv fotografera (take a picture) · vec fotografar (take a picture) · hi गोली मारना (to hit with a shot) · be сфатаграфава́ць (take a picture) · pl strzelić (take a picture) · id tembak (to hit with a shot) · akl pana' (to fire a shot) · ba төшөрөү (take a picture) · sw kupiga risasi (to fire a shot) · de anschießen (to hit with a shot) · pt balear (to hit with a shot) · rup sãdzitedzu (to use a bow and arrows for shooting) · fr tirer (to fire a shot) · ja 撃つ (to hit with a shot) · es tirar (to fire a shot) · ka სროლა (to fire a shot) · gl brotar (to sprout - of a plant) · bg стреля́м (to fire a shot) · ltg saudeit (to fire a shot) · ja 撃つ (to fire a shot) · et tulistama (to fire a shot) · id tembak (to fire multiple shots) · ca brotar (to sprout - of a plant) · tt атарга (to fire a shot) · ba атыу (to fire a shot) · cmn 射擊 /射击 (to fire a shot) · nl schieten (to hit with a shot) · ta எய் (to use a bow and arrows for shooting) · mk пука (to fire a shot) · txb kärsk- (to fire a shot) · bg застре́лвам (to hit with a shot) · lv šaut (to fire a shot) · ca disparar (to fire a shot) · vec zbarar (to fire a shot) · nb skyte (to fire multiple shots) · cmn 射 (to hit with a shot) · et tabama (to hit with a shot) · fr tirer (to fire multiple shots) · ca disparar (to fire multiple shots) · uk сфотографува́ти (take a picture) · cy saethu (to fire a shot) · vec trar (to hit with a shot) · es disparar (to fire multiple shots) · hy կրակել (to fire a shot) · mi mātātupu (to sprout - of a plant) · yue 射 (to fire multiple shots) · ca tirar (to fire a shot) · fa تیراندازی کردن (to fire a shot) · ltg saut (to fire a shot) · enm scheten (to fire a shot) · tr vurmak (to fire a shot) · cmn 槍斃 /枪毙 (to hit with a shot) · cs zastřelit (to hit with a shot) · nrf tither (to fire multiple shots) · yue 射擊 /射击 (to fire a shot) · tyv боолаар (to fire a shot) · sk strieľať (to fire a shot) · pt disparar (to fire multiple shots) · ro împușca (to hit with a shot) · uk ви́стрелити (to fire multiple shots) · ms panah (to fire a shot) · ja 撃つ (to fire multiple shots) · hu kirügyez (to sprout - of a plant) · ru стреля́ть (to fire multiple shots) · ru застрели́ть (to hit with a shot) · nb skyte (to fire a shot) · hu nyilaz (to use a bow and arrows for shooting) · ru фотографи́ровать (take a picture) · el πυροβολώ (to hit with a shot) · fr tirer (to hit with a shot) · mn сумаар буудах (to fire a shot) · cs střílet (to fire a shot) · uk стріля́ти (to fire a shot) · sah ытыалаа (to fire multiple shots) · tyv адар (to fire a shot) · acw طَلَق (to fire a shot) · sq gjuaj (to fire a shot) · cmn 射擊 /射击 (to use a bow and arrows for shooting) · tyv боолап өлүрер (to hit with a shot) · uz chiqmoq (to fire a shot) · ro trage (to fire multiple shots) · nn skyta (to hit with a shot) · tet hana (to fire a shot) · nds scheten (to fire a shot) · hu agyonlő (to hit with a shot) · orv стрѣляти (to fire a shot) · fa زدن (to hit with a shot) · de schießen (to fire a shot) · ar صَوَّبَ (to fire a shot) · nl schieten (to fire a shot) · vec trar (to fire a shot) · ang sċēotan (to fire a shot) · nn skyta (to fire a shot) · nn skyta (to fire multiple shots) · tr çekmek (to fire a shot) · uk стріля́ти (to fire multiple shots) · tl barilin (to fire a shot) · sv skjuta (to hit with a shot) · it tirare (to hit with a shot) · sq shti (to fire a shot) · uk ви́стрелити (to fire a shot) · ar صَوَّبَ (to fire multiple shots) · tl bumaril (to fire a shot) · oc brotar (to sprout - of a plant) · izh ampua (to fire a shot) · bg изстре́лвам (to fire a shot) · gl tirar (to fire a shot) · yi שיסן (to fire a shot) · ba шытыу (to sprout - of a plant) · ta எடு (take a picture) · mi pihi (to sprout - of a plant) · sv plåta (take a picture) · mi pōkihi (to sprout - of a plant) · az vurmaq (to fire a shot) · lt šaudyti (to fire a shot) · is skjóta (to fire a shot) · ms tembak (to fire a shot) · mi puhipuhi (to fire multiple shots) · my ပစ် (to fire a shot) · id menembak (to fire multiple shots) · id menembak (to hit with a shot) · fi ampua (to fire multiple shots) · ro trage (to fire a shot) · lb schéissen (to fire a shot) · bg пускам филизи (to sprout - of a plant) · mi koeata (to sprout - of a plant) · hu rálő (to hit with a shot) · fi laukaista (to fire a shot) · mn буу буудах (to fire a shot) · be фатаграфава́ць (take a picture) · eo pafi (to fire multiple shots) · es brotar (to sprout - of a plant) · mi koiata (to sprout - of a plant) · sh пу̏цати (to fire a shot) · te కాల్చు (to fire a shot) · et laskma (to fire a shot) · ky атуу (to fire a shot) · cs střelit (to hit with a shot) · id menembak (to fire a shot) · th ยิง (to fire a shot) · hu lelő (to hit with a shot) · bg сни́мам (take a picture) · da skyde (to fire a shot) · hu lő (to fire a shot) · pl strzelać (take a picture) · oc tirar (to fire a shot) · enm scheten (to use a bow and arrows for shooting) · te కాల్చు (to fire multiple shots) · ba атыу (to use a bow and arrows for shooting) · ug ئاتماق (to fire a shot) · ro împușca (to fire a shot) · uk зніма́ти (take a picture) · ru вы́стрелить (to fire multiple shots) · fa شلیک کردن (to fire a shot) · sk streliť (to fire a shot) · sq qit (to fire a shot) · pl strzelać (to fire a shot) · mi tinaku (to sprout - of a plant) · izh paukuttaa (to fire a shot) · fi itää (to sprout - of a plant) · uk вистрі́лювати (to fire a shot) · hu kilő (to fire a shot) · sh streljati (to fire a shot) · be страля́ць (to fire a shot) · tl tamaan (to hit with a shot) · mi toroihi (to sprout - of a plant) · be зняць (take a picture) · uk вистрі́лювати (to fire multiple shots) · hu tüzel (to fire multiple shots) · cmn 拍攝 /拍摄 (take a picture) · ckt миԓгэрыткук (to fire a shot) · sq qëlloj (to hit with a shot) · it sparare (to fire multiple shots) · sk vystreliť (to hit with a shot) · bg фотографи́рам (take a picture) · it germogliare (to sprout - of a plant) · ur گولی چلانا (to fire a shot) · tk atmak (to fire a shot) · hu kihajt (to sprout - of a plant) · ta சுடு (to hit with a shot) · uk вистре́лювати (to fire multiple shots) · sv skjuta (to fire a shot) · ga scaoil (to fire a shot) · nrf tither (to fire a shot) · ru расстреля́ть (to hit with a shot) · uk фотографува́ти (take a picture) · ru стрелять (to use a bow and arrows for shooting) · yue 射 (to fire a shot) · pt fotografar (take a picture) · uk ви́стрілити (to fire multiple shots) · hy կրակել (to hit with a shot) · mk стрела (to fire a shot) · pl postrzelić (to hit with a shot) · sh pȕcati (to fire a shot) · tg тир андохтан (to fire a shot) · ru сфотографи́ровать (take a picture) · vi bắn trúng (to hit with a shot) · enm scheten (to sprout - of a plant) · uz otmoq (to fire a shot) · pt atirar (to fire multiple shots) · ta சுடு (to fire a shot) · uk ви́стрілити (to fire a shot) · hu meglő (to hit with a shot) · be стрэ́ліць (to fire a shot) · enm scheten (to hit with a shot) · es disparar (to fire a shot) · cmn 射 (to fire a shot) · et idanema (to sprout - of a plant) · mn буудах (to hit with a shot) · nrf tither (to hit with a shot) · hi गोली चलाना (to fire a shot) · az cücərmək (to sprout - of a plant) · mi pupuhi (to fire a shot) · pt disparar (to fire a shot) · krc атаргъа (to fire a shot) · tl mamaril (to fire a shot) · az atmaq (to fire a shot) · pl wystrzelić (to fire a shot) · el ρίχνω (to fire a shot) · uk зня́ти (take a picture) · nb skyte (to hit with a shot) · hi अंकुरण (to sprout - of a plant) · hu bimbót/rügyet hajt (to sprout - of a plant) · it saettare (to use a bow and arrows for shooting) · ko 쏘다 (to fire multiple shots) · lt šauti (to fire a shot) · nv adiiłdǫǫh (to fire a shot) · vec far na foto (take a picture) · sw kupiga risasi (to hit with a shot) · he יָרָה (to fire a shot) · sh стрељати (to fire a shot) · nl schieten (to fire multiple shots) · ru снять (take a picture) · ar أَطْلَقَ النَّار (to fire a shot) · sl streljati (to fire a shot) · cs střílet (to fire multiple shots) · ta படம்பிடி (take a picture) · lo ຍິງ (to fire a shot) · pt atirar (to fire a shot) · hy կրակել (to fire multiple shots) · tyz thíu (to fire a shot) · ko 쏘다 (to fire a shot) · eu tiro egin (to fire a shot) · tyz bén (to fire a shot) · sv fota (take a picture) · uk вистре́лювати (to fire a shot) · fo skjóta (to fire a shot) · he ירה (to hit with a shot) · fy sjitte (to fire a shot) · tl magpakawala (to fire a shot) · ru снима́ть (take a picture) · ru вы́стрелить (to fire a shot) · pl strzelać (to fire multiple shots) · cs střelit (to fire a shot) · et pildistama (take a picture) · es abalear (to hit with a shot) · hu lövöldöz (to fire multiple shots) · id tembak (to fire a shot) · kxd timbak (to fire a shot) · fi kuvata (take a picture) · as গুলীওৱা (to fire a shot)
She practically stopped dancing, and started looking over everybody’s heads to see if she could see him. “Oh, shoot!” she said. I'd just about broken her heart—I really had. 1951 July 16, J[erome] D[avid] Salinger, The Catcher in the Rye, Boston, Mass.: Little, Brown and Company, →OCLC, page 96:
Didn't you have a concert tonight? —Shoot! I forgot! I have to go and get ready…