Clues for the word "SHOOT"
We've had 127 crossword clues used for this word, and seen it 207 times in crosswords. It was last seen in Evening Standard Easy crossword on August 17, 2026.
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
- Photograph a new branch
- Relative of a stalk
Last Seen In
- Evening Standard Easy - August 17, 2026
- Evening Standard Easy - June 25, 2026
- LA Times - April 12, 2026
- Evening Standard Cryptic - March 11, 2026
- Daily American - March 02, 2026
- Daily Cryptic - February 26, 2026
- Evening Standard Quick - February 12, 2026
- Evening Standard Easy - February 04, 2026
- LA Times - December 26, 2025
- Evening Standard Quick - December 17, 2025
- New York Times - December 12, 2025
- Daily American - October 15, 2025
- New York Times - June 13, 2025
- Evening Standard Quick - June 03, 2025
- Evening Standard Cryptic - April 23, 2025
- Daily American - March 19, 2025
- Evening Standard Quick - January 16, 2025
- Evening Standard Cryptic - December 11, 2024
- Evening Standard Quick - November 22, 2024
- King Syndicate - Eugene Sheffer - November 12, 2024
- Evening Standard Quick - September 30, 2024
- Daily American - August 25, 2024
- Evening Standard Easy - August 07, 2024
- King Syndicate - Eugene Sheffer - May 03, 2024
- 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
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