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4 VERB If you shoot something somewhere or if it shoots somewhere, it moves there quickly and suddenly. □ [V n prep/adv] Masters shot a hand across the table and gripped his wrist. □ [V adv/prep] You'd turn on the water, and it would shoot straight up in the air.

5 VERB If you shoot a look at someone, you look at them quickly and briefly, often in a way that expresses your feelings. □ [V n n] Mary Ann shot him a rueful look. □ [V n + at ] The man in the black overcoat shot a penetrating look at the other man.

6 VERB If someone shoots to fame, they become famous or successful very quickly. □ [V + to ] She shot to fame a few years ago with her extraordinary first novel.

7 VERB When people shoot a film or shoot photographs, they make a film or take photographs using a camera. □ [V n] He'd love to shoot his film in Cuba. ● N‑COUNT Shoot is also a noun. □  …a barn presently being used for a video shoot.

8 N‑COUNT [usu pl] Shoots are plants that are beginning to grow, or new parts growing from a plant or tree.

9 VERB In sports such as football or basketball, when someone shoots , they try to score by kicking, throwing, or hitting the ball towards the goal. □ [V adv/prep] Spencer scuttled away from Young to shoot wide when he should have scored. [Also V , V n]

10 → see also shooting , shot

11 PHRASE If you shoot the breeze or shoot the bull with someone, you talk to them about things which are not very serious or important. [mainly AM , INFORMAL ] □ [+ with ] They expected me to sit up and shoot the breeze with them till one or two in the morning. □  I also met with Pollack again to kind of shoot the bull.

12to shoot from the hip → see hip

▸  shoot down

1 PHRASAL VERB If someone shoots down an aeroplane, a helicopter, or a missile, they make it fall to the ground by hitting it with a bullet or missile. □ [V P n] They claimed to have shot down one incoming missile. [Also V n P ]

2 PHRASAL VERB If one person shoots down another, they shoot them with a gun. □ [V P n] He was prepared to suppress rebellion by shooting down protesters. □ [V n P ] They shot him down in cold blood.

3 PHRASAL VERB If you shoot someone down or shoot down their ideas, you say or show that they are completely wrong. □ [V n P ] She was able to shoot the rumour down in flames with ample documentary evidence. [Also V P n]

▸  shoot up

1 PHRASAL VERB If something shoots up , it grows or increases very quickly. □ [V P + by ] Sales shot up by 9% last month. □ [V P ] The fair market value of the property shot up. [Also V P + to ]

2 PHRASAL VERB If a drug addict shoots up , they inject a quantity of drugs into their body. [INFORMAL ] □ [V P ] Drug addicts shoot up in the back alleys. □ [V P n] We shot up heroin in the playground.

shoo t-em-up (shoot-em-ups ) N‑COUNT A shoot-em-up is a computer game that involves shooting and killing characters. [INFORMAL ]

shoot|er /ʃuː tə ^r / (shooters )

1 N‑COUNT A shooter is a person who shoots a gun. □  An eyewitness identified him as the shooter.

2 N‑COUNT A shooter is a gun. [INFORMAL ]

shoot|ing /ʃuː t I ŋ/ (shootings )

1 N‑COUNT A shooting is an occasion when someone is killed or injured by being shot with a gun. □  A gang war led to a series of shootings in the city.

2 N‑UNCOUNT Shooting is hunting animals with a gun as a leisure activity. [BRIT ] □  Grouse shooting begins in August. in AM, use hunting 3 N‑UNCOUNT The shooting of a film is the act of filming it. □  Ingrid was busy learning her lines for the next day's shooting.