shoot

CEFRA2

/ʃuːt/

verb

Türkçe translations

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In plain English

  1. 01

    verb

    To send a bullet or other object through the air.

  2. 02

    verb

    To take a photograph or make a film.

Examples

  • It is difficult to shoot a bird flying in the air.

  • The hunter shot the deer to harvest its meat.

At a glance

Sits at A2 on the CEFR scale

Senses
5
Parts of speech
1
Citations
5
Synonyms
5

Also pronounced

  • /ʃut/
  • /ʃʉt/

Deep Dive

verb

Extra meanings

  1. To launch (forcefully project) a projectile.

  2. To fire (a weapon that releases a projectile).

  3. To fire (a projectile).

More examples

In context

  • The man, in a desperate bid for freedom, grabbed his gun and started shooting anyone he could.

  • I'm gonna shoot him.

  • to shoot a gun

Synonyms

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Origin

verb

Inherited from Middle English scheten, schoten, from Old English scēotan, from Proto-West Germanic *skeutan, from Proto-Germanic *skeutaną, from Proto-Indo-European *(s)kéwd-e-ti, from *(s)kewd- (“to shoot, throw”). Cognates Cognate with West Frisian sjitte, Low German scheten, Dutch schieten, German schießen, Danish skyde, Norwegian Bokmål skyte, Norwegian Nynorsk skyta, Swedish skjuta; and also, through Indo-European, with Russian кида́ть (kidátʹ), Albanian hedh (“to throw, toss”), Persian چست (čost, “quick, active”), Lithuanian skudrùs.