shoot

/ʃuːt/

noun

1
The emerging stem and embryonic leaves of a new plant.
2
A photography session.
3
A hunt or shooting competition.
4
An event that is unscripted or legitimate.
5
The act of shooting; the discharge of a missile; a shot.
6
A rush of water; a rapid.
7
A weft thread shot through the shed by the shuttle; a pick.
8
A shoat; a young pig.
9
A vein of ore running in the same general direction as the lode.
10
An inclined plane, either artificial or natural, down which timber, coal, ore, etc., are caused to slide; a chute.
11
The act of taking all point cards in one hand.

1
To launch a projectile.
2
To move or act quickly or suddenly.
3
To act or achieve.
4
To measure the distance and direction to (a point).
5
To inject a drug (such as heroin) intravenously.
6
To develop, move forward.
7
To protrude; to jut; to project; to extend.
“The land shoots into a promontory.”
8
To plane straight; to fit by planing.
9
To variegate as if by sprinkling or intermingling; to color in spots or patches.W
10
To shoot the moon.

1
A mild expletive, expressing disbelief or disdain
“Didn't you have a concert tonight?”

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