shoot
verb (used with object)
to hit, wound, damage, kill, or destroy with a missile discharged from a weapon.
shoots
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pluralof shoot.plural
The grammatical form denoting more than one person, place, thing, or idea.
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present tense formof shoot (3rd person singular).present tense
Used to describe things happening now or regularly.
shootverb (used with object)to hit, wound, damage, kill, or destroy with a missile discharged from a weapon.
Example Sentences
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This type of virtual production was used to film more than half of the first season of the show, eliminating location shoots and capturing complicated visual effects.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 17, 2026
The poet himself, who is the kind of guy who shoots pool with blue-collar men after work, starts to seem like a different, less humble, figure.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 6, 2026
After being turned into LPG and shipped across the Atlantic the price shoots up.
From BBC ● Jul. 30, 2026
Carla Cressy worked as a model from the age of five until she was 17, but kept collapsing on shoots.
From BBC ● Jul. 19, 2026
My lunch shoots up my throat…a mouthful of chewed-up burrito.
From "The Tenth Mistake of Hank Hooperman" by Gennifer Choldenko
