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Shoot Pronunciation

Pronounce Shoot as S HH OW OW T.

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    Shoot phonetic transcription:

    When you start learning English, it's important to become familiar with the typical sounds of the language. The best way to do this is by studying phonetics. Below is the UK transcription for the word 'shoot'. Get the right phonetic representation for any word using our free Phonetic Transcription Tool.

    • Traditional IPA representation of shoot: /shoʊoʊt/
    • Modern IPA representation of shoot: /shɒɒt/

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    List of meaning for shoot

    to fire, launch, or otherwise propel a projectile

    shoot(noun)

    a new branch

    shoot(verb)

    the act of shooting at targets

    "they hold a shoot every weekend during the summer"

    shoot, hit, pip(verb)

    hit with a missile from a weapon

    shoot, pip(verb)

    kill by firing a missile

    blast, shoot(verb)

    fire a shot

    "the gunman blasted away"

    film, shoot, take(verb)

    make a film or photograph of something

    "take a scene"; "shoot a movie"

    shoot(verb)

    send forth suddenly, intensely, swiftly

    "shoot a glance"

    dart, dash, scoot, scud, flash, shoot(verb)

    run or move very quickly or hastily

    "She dashed into the yard"

    tear, shoot, shoot down, charge, buck(verb)

    move quickly and violently

    "The car tore down the street"; "He came charging into my office"

    shoot(verb)

    throw or propel in a specific direction or towards a specific objective

    "shoot craps"; "shoot a golf ball"

    photograph, snap, shoot(verb)

    record on photographic film

    "I photographed the scene of the accident"; "She snapped a picture of the President"

    shoot(verb)

    emit (as light, flame, or fumes) suddenly and forcefully

    "The dragon shot fumes and flames out of its mouth"

    shoot(verb)

    cause a sharp and sudden pain in

    "The pain shot up her leg"

    inject, shoot(verb)

    force or drive (a fluid or gas) into by piercing

    "inject hydrogen into the balloon"

    shoot(verb)

    variegate by interweaving weft threads of different colors

    "shoot cloth"

    shoot(verb)

    throw dice, as in a crap game

    fritter, frivol away, dissipate, shoot, fritter away, fool, fool away(verb)

    spend frivolously and unwisely

    "Fritter away one's inheritance"

    shoot(verb)

    score

    "shoot a basket"; "shoot a goal"

    shoot(verb)

    utter fast and forcefully

    "She shot back an answer"

    shoot(verb)

    measure the altitude of by using a sextant

    "shoot a star"

    shoot, spud, germinate, pullulate, bourgeon, burgeon forth, sprout(verb)

    produce buds, branches, or germinate

    "the potatoes sprouted"

    inject, shoot(verb)

    give an injection to

    "We injected the glucose into the patient's vein"

    a branch of a main stem especially of a plant

    collected the most tender shoots for the vegetable dish he was making

    a sharp unpleasant sensation usually felt in some specific part of the body

    there'd be a shoot of pain from that molar whenever I bit down

    to cause (a projectile) to be driven forward with force

    BB guns shoot small round metal pellets

    to cause a weapon to release a missile with great force

    soldiers train extensively to learn to shoot accurately and quickly

    to strike with a missile from a gun

    hunters can shoot deer only during the legally specified open season

    to proceed or move quickly

    some show-off shot past all the other skiers on the slope

    to take a photograph of

    shooting the lakeside scene while the light lasted

    to throw or give off

    suddenly the old, broken-down toaster began shooting out sparks

    to voice one's opinions freely with force

    you've been wanting to say something since this meeting started, so shoot

    to mark with small spots especially unevenly

    hazel eyes that were brown shot with green

    to cause to go or be taken from one place to another

    shot a congratulatory e-mail to his friend as soon as he heard the good news

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    shoot in sentence

    1. The fighter jet had to shoot a missile at the alien mothership, but the warhead was deflected by a powerful energy shield.

    2. As a punishment, my teacher required me to stand in front of her desk and recite 100 times that I would not shoot spitballs during class.

    3. The filming crew decided to film at an archipelago since they could shoot video and take images from different island nations quickly.

    4. The soldiers were trained to shoot any enemy insurgent on sight.

    5. In order for Native Americans to kill any British soldier in the 1800s, they had to shoot at point blank range since this tribe used spears as their weapons.

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    Quotes and sayings containing the term shoot

    It's totally unpredictable. Anybody that says he can shoot somebody and still get elected, that's beyond any framework of politics that I've ever seen.

    – Ted Cruz

    I woke up to basically people ducking and then I was, like, 'Why is everybody ducking?' and then, when I turned round to look, he, the gunman, had just entered the car with the AK and then I was, like: 'This is really happening', we just all ran back there and we tried to do whatever we could to try and beat him up so he didn't shoot anybody. He pulled out a box cutter and cut Spencer a couple of times but beside that we just tried to do whatever we could.

    – Anthony Sadler

    Only shooting one-under yesterday on the south course, I knew I needed to go out and shoot something at least in the mid 60s to just make the cut, let alone get back in the golf tournament, so it was nice to eagle the first hole we played and it's always a bonus when you can hole a wedge shot as well. All in all a good round of golf and at least have a shot going into the weekend.

    – Rory McIlroy

    I’ll shoot the first three jakes that stand still, and not give one damn about it, they’re delicious.

    – Jeremy Atkins

    When you’re young, you look at television and think, There’s a conspiracy. The networks have conspired to dumb us down. But when you get a little older, you realize that’s not true. The networks are in business to give people exactly what they want. That’s a far more depressing thought. Conspiracy is optimistic! You can shoot the bastards!

    – Steve Jobs

    I've had to do things that I hope that Officer Peter Casuccio generation never has to do. Having that said, the last thing I ever want to do is shoot an 11-year-old man because Officer Peter Casuccio life hasn't even gotten started yet, and it could've ended, because I wouldn't have missed, right.

    – Officer Peter Casuccio

    We have received additional data which confirm that Islamic State oil ... enters the territory of Turkey, the decision to shoot down the plane was dictated specifically by a desire to defend supplies.

    – Russian President Vladimir Putin

    It was weird because it was my first shoot since before the storm.

    – Anne Bequette

    The political posture around the ongoing (West Bank) occupation is a really huge question that differentiates us from the Americans in Afghanistan and so on, the IDF (Israel Defence Forces) functions on the basis of young people who are inducted, bring their own views from the street, and there is always the danger that they will act on their own accord and shoot when there's no need.

    – Asa Kasher

    Words can't describe it, you hope that when you win you have a bit of breathing space coming to the last. I've only won one before and it was a five-hole play-off so it was a bit more nerve-wracking, we stuck to our game-plan, we said we were going to go aggressive and see if we could shoot another low score and put it out of reach for the other players. Luckily we did and it was a really good win.

    – Danny Willett

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