Clues for the word "SHOOT"
We've had 125 crossword clues used for this word, and seen it 183 times in crosswords. It was last seen in King Syndicate - Eugene Sheffer crossword on March 21, 2024.
Definition of shoot
- n. - An inclined plane, either artificial or natural, down which timber, coal, etc., are caused to slide; also, a narrow passage, either natural or artificial, in a stream, where the water rushes rapidly; esp., a channel, having a swift current, connecting the ends of a bend in the stream, so as to shorten the course.
- v. i. - To let fly, or cause to be driven, with force, as an arrow or a bullet; -- followed by a word denoting the missile, as an object.
- v. i. - To discharge, causing a missile to be driven forth; -- followed by a word denoting the weapon or instrument, as an object; -- often with off; as, to shoot a gun.
- v. i. - To strike with anything shot; to hit with a missile; often, to kill or wound with a firearm; -- followed by a word denoting the person or thing hit, as an object.
- v. i. - To send out or forth, especially with a rapid or sudden motion; to cast with the hand; to hurl; to discharge; to emit.
- v. i. - To push or thrust forward; to project; to protrude; -- often with out; as, a plant shoots out a bud.
- v. i. - To plane straight; to fit by planing.
- v. i. - To pass rapidly through, over, or under; as, to shoot a rapid or a bridge; to shoot a sand bar.
- v. i. - To variegate as if by sprinkling or intermingling; to color in spots or patches.
- v. i. - To cause an engine or weapon to discharge a missile; -- said of a person or an agent; as, they shot at a target; he shoots better than he rides.
- v. i. - To discharge a missile; -- said of an engine or instrument; as, the gun shoots well.
- v. i. - To be shot or propelled forcibly; -- said of a missile; to be emitted or driven; to move or extend swiftly, as if propelled; as, a shooting star.
- v. i. - To penetrate, as a missile; to dart with a piercing sensation; as, shooting pains.
- v. i. - To feel a quick, darting pain; to throb in pain.
- v. i. - To germinate; to bud; to sprout.
- v. i. - To grow; to advance; as, to shoot up rapidly.
- v. i. - To change form suddenly; especially, to solidify.
- v. i. - To protrude; to jut; to project; to extend; as, the land shoots into a promontory.
- v. i. - To move ahead by force of momentum, as a sailing vessel when the helm is put hard alee.
- n. - The act of shooting; the discharge of a missile; a shot; as, the shoot of a shuttle.
- n. - A young branch or growth.
- n. - A rush of water; a rapid.
- n. - A vein of ore running in the same general direction as the lode.
- n. - A weft thread shot through the shed by the shuttle; a pick.
- n. - A shoat; a young hog.
Referring Clues
- "Fiddlesticks!"
- "Go ahead and ask"
- Photo session
- Make a film
- Throw dice
- "Darn!"
- Model's session
- "Go ahead, ask"
- Turkey ___ (marksmanship contest)
- "Go ahead, ask!"
- "Ask!"
- "Dang it!"
- "Tell me"
- "Drat!"
- Bamboo unit
- Photograph
- Move rapidly through
- "I'm all ears"
- "Phooey!"
- "Go ahead, ask me!"
- "Ask away!"
- Pull the trigger
- Cast dice
- Get the picture
- Euphemistic expletive
- Filming session
- Propel
- Model session
- "Go ahead!"
- Take, as a photo
- Take a photo
- "Go ahead, ask!"
- Take a pic
- "Ask away!"
- Exclamation of disappointment
- Film a scene
- Use a camera
- Take pictures
- Slang exclamation of disappointment
- What you can do to the last words of the answers to starred clues, with "the"
- Get the picture?
- Roll the cameras
- Photographer's gig
- Fire
- Modeling gig
- "Go ahead!"
- Studio session
- "Fire away!"
- Turkey ______
- "Ask me anything"
- Try for a basket
- 'Phooey!'
- Fire a gun
- 'Rats!'
- Pass quickly, as on a highway
- Try for a three-pointer
- Take a photo of
- "Dagnabbit!"
- "Doggone it!"
- Turkey ___ (marksmanship contest)
- "I'm all ears!"
- Try for a two-pointer
- "Okay, ask away!"
- "Rats!"
- New branch
- Snap
- Tendril, e.g.
- Stalk
- Fire a weapon
- Film a movie
- Attempt to score, in hockey
- "Darn it!"
- Take a picture
- Use a water gun
- Fire a water pistol
- Destroy skeet
- What AC/DC will do to "Thrill"
- AC/DC "___ to Thrill"
- In case of fire, move fast!
- Eject that drunkard out of the house!
- Moved rapidly round the ring to take pictures
- Sporting event occasioning wild hoots
- Drunkard going round the house to take photos
- Move quickly south with a loud cry
- Hurl a drunkard out of the house
- Tip of a plant?
- To fire
- To dart
- Go away with sounds of fairy rings stealing around - damage just where one didn't want it
- Play pool, say
- Drive away on time and move fast
- Fire second before cry of derision
- Pump full of lead
- Son - and Henry, too - retreating from fire
- Photograph new growth
- Go for a goal
- Sprig
- "Try me"
- Try to make a basket
- Possibly kill when there's little growth
- Plant sprout
- Slap the puck toward the goal
- Use a gun to scare off the cat at last!
- Bud
- Photograph a sporting event
- Aim for the basket
- Young sprout
- Chuck a drunk out of the house
- Model's gig
- Chuck a drunkard out of the house
- Drop the rubbish and say your piece!
- Film on a movie set
- Film
- Model's photo session
- Dart
- Edible bamboo part
- Score nothing when shot out!
- Try to score a goal
- Attempt a three-pointer, for example
- Tip of a plant?
- Bamboo sprout
- Photography session
- Attempt a free throw
- Gig for a model
- New stem
Last Seen In
- King Syndicate - Eugene Sheffer - March 21, 2024
- King Syndicate - Eugene Sheffer - March 04, 2024
- Daily American - March 01, 2024
- Daily Cryptic - February 26, 2024
- Evening Standard Easy - February 06, 2024
- LA Times - December 30, 2023
- King Syndicate - Eugene Sheffer - December 13, 2023
- Daily American - October 15, 2023
- USA Today - September 17, 2023
- New York Times - June 27, 2023
- Evening Standard Easy - June 15, 2023
- Evening Standard Easy - June 01, 2023
- USA Today - May 25, 2023
- Evening Standard Cryptic - April 13, 2023
- Evening Standard Quick - April 10, 2023
- Evening Standard Cryptic - March 30, 2023
- LA Times - March 20, 2023
- Daily American - March 19, 2023
- LA Times - February 01, 2023
- King Syndicate - Thomas Joseph - January 12, 2023
- Evening Standard Quick - November 09, 2022
- Daily American - August 25, 2022
- Evening Standard Quick - August 19, 2022
- Evening Standard Easy - November 29, 2017
- Daily American - October 15, 2017
- King Syndicate - Thomas Joseph - October 13, 2017
- King Syndicate - Premier Sunday - October 08, 2017
- Pat Sajack's Code Letter - June 28, 2017
- Evening Standard Easy - May 15, 2017
- Evening Standard Easy - May 01, 2017
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