Synonyms for shoot
verb
To discharge
fire, shoot off, expel, pull the trigger, set off, torpedo, explode, ignite, blast, sharpshoot, open fire, rake, gauntlet, pump full of lead*.
To move rapidly
dart, spurt, rush; see hasten 1, hurry 1.
To kill by shooting
dispatch, murder, execute; see kill 1.
To hunt
follow the chase, go afield, go gunning; see hunt 1.
*To inquire
request, solicit, ask; see question 1.
See shoot in Webster's New World Roget's A-Z Thesaurus II
verb
To wound or kill with a firearm:
gun (down), pick off. (Slang) plug. See helpTo launch with great force:
fire, hurtle, loose, project, propel. Idiom: let fly. See moveTo discharge a gun or firearm:
fire. Idiom: take a shot at. See actionTo move swiftly:
bolt, bucket, bustle, dart, dash, festinate, flash, fleet, flit, fly, haste, hasten, hurry, hustle, pelt2, race, rocket, run, rush, sail, scoot, scour2, speed, sprint, tear1, trot, whirl, whisk, whiz, wing, zip, zoom. (Informal) hotfoot, rip. (Slang) barrel, highball. (Chiefly British) nip1. Idioms: get a move on, get cracking, go like lightning, go like the wind, hotfoot it, make haste, make time, make tracks, run like the wind, shake a leg, step (or jump) on it. See moveTo pass quickly and lightly through the air:
dart, float, fly, sail, skim. See moveTo send through the air with a motion of the hand or arm:
cast, dart, dash, fling, heave, hurl, hurtle, launch, pitch, shy2, sling, throw, toss. (Informal) fire. See move
phrasal verb shoot down- (Informal)
To cause to be no longer believed or valued:
debunk, deflate, discredit, explode, puncture. Idioms: knock the bottom out of, shoot full of holes. See value
phrasal verb shoot up- (Informal)
To rise abruptly and precipitously:
rocket, sky, skyrocket, soar. See increase
noun
A young stemlike growth arising from a plant:
bine, offshoot, runner, sprig, sprout, tendril. See kinA violent, excruciating seizure of pain:
cramp1, paroxysm, spasm, throe. See pain
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