KJV Dictionary Definition: shoot

shoot

SHOOT, v.t. prte. and pp. shot. The old participle shotten, is obsolete. L. scateo, to shoot out water.

1. To let fly and drive with force; as, to shoot an arrow.

2. To discharge and cause to be driven with violence; as, to shoot a ball.

And from about her shot darts of desire. Milton.

4. To let off; used of the instrument.

The two ends of a bow shot off, fly from one another. Boyle.

5. To strike with any thing shot; as, to shoot with an arrow or a bullet.

6. To send out; to push forth; as, a plant shoots a branch.

7. To push out; to emit; to dart; to thrust forth.

Beware of the secret snake that shoots a sting. Dryden.

8. To push forward; to drive; to propel; as, to shoot a bolt.

9. To push out; to thrust forward.

They shoot out the lip. Ps. 22.

The phrase, to shoot out the lip, signifies to treat with derision or contempt.

10. To pass through with swiftness; as, to shoot the Stygian flood.

11. To fit to each other by planing; a workman's term.

Two pieces of wood that are shot, that is, planed or pared with a chisel.

shooting

SHOOT'ING, ppr. Discharging, as fire-arms; driving or sending with violence; pushing out; protuberating; germinating; branching; glancing, as in pain.