shoot
Definitions
Noun
- A new branch
- The act of shooting at targets
Verb
- Hit with a missile from a weapon
- Kill by firing a missile
- Fire a shot
- Make a film or photograph of something
- Send forth suddenly, intensely, swiftly
- Run or move very quickly or hastily
- Move quickly and violently
- Throw or propel in a specific direction or towards a specific objective
- Record on photographic film
- Emit (as light, flame, or fumes) suddenly and forcefully
- Cause a sharp and sudden pain in
- Force or drive (a fluid or gas) into by piercing
- Variegate by interweaving weft threads of different colors
- Throw dice, as in a crap game
- Spend frivolously and unwisely
- Score
- Utter fast and forcefully
- Measure the altitude of by using a sextant
- Produce buds, branches, or germinate
- Give an injection to
Fragment
Sounds Like
Spelled Like
Words That Follow
Words That Precede
Statistically Associated
Consonant Match
As a Fragment
Words that contain the term "shoot".
| # | Word | Syllables | Freq |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | shooting | 2 | 48 |
| 2 | shoot | 1 | 27 |
| 3 | shooter | 2 | 4 |
| 4 | shootin' | 2 | 2 |
| 5 | sharpshooters | 3 | 1 |
| 6 | shooters | 2 | 1 |
| 7 | shootings | 2 | 1 |
| 8 | troubleshooter | 4 | 1 |
| 9 | crapshoot | 2 | 0 |
| 10 | offshoot | 2 | 0 |
| 11 | offshoots | 2 | 0 |
| 12 | overshoot | 3 | 0 |
| 13 | overshooting | 4 | 0 |
| 14 | sharpshooter | 3 | 0 |
| 15 | shootdown | 2 | 0 |
| 16 | shooter's | 2 | 0 |
| 17 | shootout | 2 | 0 |
| 18 | shootouts | 2 | 0 |
| 19 | shoots | 1 | 0 |
Spelled Like
Words that are spelled similarly to the term "shoot".
Words That Follow
Words that often follow the term "shoot" in a sentence.
| # | Word | Syllables | Freq |
|---|
Words That Precede
Words that often precede the term "shoot" in a sentence.
| # | Word | Syllables | Freq |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | to shoot | 1 | 2 |
Statistically Associated
Words that are statistically associated with "shoot" in the same piece of text.
Consonant Match
Words that contain the same consonants as the term "shoot".
| # | Word | Syllables | Freq |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | short | 1 | 212 |
| 2 | sheet | 1 | 45 |
| 3 | shift | 1 | 41 |
| 4 | shirt | 1 | 27 |
| 5 | short-term | 2 | 14 |
| 6 | shaft | 1 | 11 |
| 7 | shout | 1 | 8 |
| 8 | short-lived | 2 | 3 |
| 9 | shunt | 1 | 1 |
| 10 | shalt | 1 | 0 |
| 11 | shant | 1 | 0 |
| 12 | shatt | 1 | 0 |
| 13 | short-sighted | 3 | 0 |
| 14 | short-winded | 3 | 0 |
| 15 | shott | 1 | 0 |
| 16 | shutt | 1 | 0 |
Results:
Term
Definitions: 22
Fragments: 19
Sound Alikes: 2
Spelled Like: 20
Words that Follow: 0
Words that Precede: 1
Statistically Associated: 2
Consonant Matches: 16
Freq: The frequency is a relative score of how often the word appears in standard English text.
📰 This Word in the News:
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Portland police officers shoot man who was allegedly attacking another man
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Man Shot by ICE Agent Says His Car Was Struck Twice Before He Was Shot
Sep 21, 2026 The New York Times
Sep 21, 2026 The New York Times

