How do you use the word "shoot" in a sentence?

Here are real-life examples of using "shoot": I'm gonna shoot him. It is difficult to shoot a bird flying in the air.

Shoot Meaning

/ʃuːt/

Definition, CEFR level A2, pronunciation, examples, and quiz.

Definition

verbTo launch (forcefully project) a projectile.

verbTo launch (forcefully project) a projectile., To fire (a weapon that releases a projectile).

Sentence Examples

I'm gonna shoot him.

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

Synonyms & Antonyms

Synonyms:

hit blast pip

Antonyms:

None

CEFR Practice Quiz

The soldier aimed his gun carefully before pulling the trigger to ____.

CEFR Practice Quiz (Alternate)

The photographer waited patiently for hours to ____ the perfect image of the rare bird in its natural habitat.

Word Origin & History

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.

Literary Quotations & Historical Citations

"If you please / To shoot an arrow that self way." — c. 1596–1598 (date written), William Shakespeare, “The Merchant of Venice”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward] Blount, published 1623, →OCLC, [Act I, scene i]:

"The unfortunate Divisional Director, responsible for the Emperor's safety, shot himself." — 1945 September and October, C. Hamilton Ellis, “Royal Trains—V”, in Railway Magazine, page 252:

"Shepard: She's surrounded by geth and pointing a gun at us. Shoot her!" — 2008, BioWare, Mass Effect (Science Fiction), Redwood City: Electronic Arts, →ISBN, →OCLC, PC, scene: Noveria:

"I shoot Mr. Marlow twice, severing jugulars and cartoids with near surgical precision. He will die watching me take what is his away from him. This is my design." — 2013 April 4, Hannibal, season 1, episode 1, spoken by Will Graham (Hugh Dancy):

"The place was called the House of More, and I had shot at it once or twice in recent years." — 1899 January – 1902 January, John Buchan, “(please specify the page)”, in The Watcher by the Threshold, and Other Tales, Edinburgh; London: William Blackwood and Sons, published 1902, →OCLC:

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