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Meanings of shoot in English

Catalan
llançar-se

Run or move very quickly or hastily.

        Related terms
        llançar-se
        Portuguese
        desperdiçar
        Catalan
        malgastar
        Spanish
        prodigar

        Spend frivolously and unwisely.

            desperdiçar
            Portuguese
            germinar
            Catalan
            créixer
            Spanish
            brotar

            Produce buds, branches, or germinate.

                germinar
                Spanish
                despedir

                Move quickly and violently.

                      Related terms
                      despedir
                      Usage of shoot in English
                      1
                      Despite a shoot-to-kill policy on the border, thousands still leave each month.
                      The Guardian
                      2
                      No further details were immediately available, including the time of the shoot-down.
                      Reuters
                      3
                      This optical arms race presents a problem for makers of point-and-shoot cameras.
                      Wired
                      4
                      That is, the defender may shoot to kill; the offender may not.
                      Rolf in the Woods
                      5
                      Monstrous creatures writhe about the crags; the men shoot some of them.
                      Anglo-Saxon Literature
                      6
                      We shoot crackers in China when evil spirits come in the air.
                      Little Sky-High; Or, The Surprising Doings of Washee-Washee-Wang
                      7
                      In 1710 it was still possible to shoot woodcock in Regent Street.
                      Our Legal Heritage : 600-1776 King Aethelbert - King George III
                      8
                      The old hunter took pride in training the boys to shoot well.
                      On a Torn-Away World; Or, the Captives of the Great Earthquake
                      9
                      That figure was probably doubled when the soccer game's penalty shoot-out concluded.
                      The Irish Times
                      10
                      Thirty-six miles an hour its turbines could shoot it through the sea.
                      We Can't Have Everything: A Novel
                      11
                      The tutor will teach the young ideas how to shoot, of course.
                      Magnum Bonum; Or, Mother Carey's Brood
                      12
                      And he was sheltered behind the Crown; Raud was afraid to shoot.
                      The Keeper
                      13
                      It'll shoot up the canyons and crisscross the forest in no time.
                      The Young Forester
                      14
                      Five soldiers also died in the shoot-out and another 12 were injured.
                      The Guardian
                      15
                      They shoot between the logs of the palisade down the narrow lane.
                      The Leopard Woman
                      16
                      I took some photos of the images we saw using a point-and-shoot.
                      Wired