Definitions for shoots

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IPA: /ʃut/

Shoots is a 6 letter English word. It's valid Scrabble word worth 7 points. It's valid Words with friends word worth 6 points.

You can make 62 anagrams from letters in shoots (hoosst).

Definitions for shoots

noun

1. the act of shooting with a bow, firearm, etc.
2. Chiefly British. a hunting trip or expedition.
3. a match or contest at shooting.
4. a growing or sprouting, as of a plant.
5. a new or young growth that shoots off from some portion of a plant.
6. the amount of such growth.
7. a young branch, stem, twig, or the like.
8. a sprout that is not three feet high.
9. a chute.
10. Rocketry. the launching of a missile.
11. Informal. a photographic assignment or session, as for a feature film or a television commercial:
12. Rowing. the interval between strokes.
13. Mining. a small tunnel branching off from a larger tunnel. a narrow vein of ore.

Idioms

1. shoot from the hip, to act or speak without due consideration or deliberation.
2. shoot off one's mouth / face, Slang. to talk indiscreetly, especially to reveal confidences, make thoughtless remarks, etc. to exaggerate:
3. shoot one's bolt. bolt1 (def 29).
4. shoot one's wad. wad1 (def 13).
5. shoot the breeze. breeze1 (def 11).
6. shoot the bull. bull3 (def 2).
7. shoot the works. work (def 55).

Verb phrases

1. shoot down, to cause to fall by hitting with a shot: Informal. to disparage, reject, or expose as false or inadequate; debunk:
2. shoot for/at, to attempt to obtain or accomplish; strive toward:
3. shoot up, to grow rapidly or suddenly. Informal. to damage or harass by reckless shooting: to wound by shooting: Slang. to inject an addictive drug intravenously.

verb (used with object)

1. to hit, wound, damage, kill, or destroy with a missile discharged from a weapon.
2. to execute or put to death with a bullet:
3. to send forth or discharge (a missile) from a weapon:
4. to discharge (a weapon):
5. to send forth (words, ideas, etc.) rapidly:
6. to fling; propel:
7. to direct suddenly or swiftly:
8. to move suddenly; send swiftly along.
9. to go over (country) in hunting game.
10. to pass rapidly through, over, down, etc.:
11. to emit (a ray or rays, as of light) suddenly, briefly, or intermittently.
12. to variegate by threads, streaks, etc., of another color.
13. to cause to extend or project:
14. to discharge or empty, as down a chute:
15. Sports. to throw, kick, or otherwise propel (a ball, puck, etc.), as at a goal or teammate. to score (a goal, points, etc.) by propelling the ball, puck, etc.
16. Games. to propel (a marble) from the crook or first knuckle of the forefinger by flicking with the thumb.
17. to throw (the dice or a specific number). to wager or offer to bet (a sum of money):
18. Photography. to photograph or film.
19. to put forth (buds, branches, etc.), as a plant.
20. to slide (a bolt or the like) into or out of its fastening.
21. to pull (one's cuffs) abruptly toward one's hands.
22. Golf. to make a final score of (so many strokes):
23. to take the altitude of (a heavenly body):
24. to detonate; cause to explode, as a charge of explosives.
25. Aeronautics. to practice (a maneuver) by repetition:
26. Slang. to inject (an addictive drug) intravenously.

verb (used without object)

1. to send forth missiles from a bow, firearm, or the like.
2. to be discharged, as a firearm.
3. to hunt with a gun for sport:
4. to move or pass suddenly or swiftly; spurt:
5. Nautical. to acquire momentum and coast into the wind, as a sailboat in a confined area.
6. to grow forth from the ground, as a stem.
7. to put forth buds or shoots, as a plant; germinate.
8. Photography. to photograph.
9. Movies. to film or begin to film a scene or movie.
10. to extend; jut:
11. Sports, Games. to propel a ball, puck, etc., at a goal, basket, pocket, etc., or in a specific direction: to propel a ball in a specific way:
12. to be felt by or flow through or permeate the body:
13. to carry by force of discharge or momentum:
14. Informal. to begin, especially to begin to talk:

Origin of shoots

before 900; Middle English shoten (v.), Old English scēotan; cognate with Dutch schieten, German schiessen, Old Norse skjōta; akin to shot¹

Examples for shoots

And so the two friends were shot up together to the fifth floor.

Reagan later told a reporter that his pilot followed the mysterious light before it suddenly “shot up into the heavens.”

The Fort was low over the sea now and Stan saw that it was shot up a bit.

Her house has been shot up in firefights and in the background we can hear the occasional report of guns.

I would a shot up a few in that courtroom if Tom had been convicted.

How came it there, shot up in the midst of that wide, flat stretch of rock?

Since last year, public approval for the ban has shot up from an already astronomical 91 percent to 93 percent.

She shot up a quick glance into his face and said in a moment, "You saw us, didn't you?"

Have I got shot up with painkillers and Xylocaine and different things to numb areas so I can play?

Earlier this year, army Apaches shot up several convoys that refused to stop while navigating mountainous dunes near the border.