Chute vs. Shoot

Chutenoun

A framework, trough, or tube, upon or through which objects are made to slide from a higher to a lower level, or through which water passes to a wheel.

Chutenoun

A waterfall or rapid.

Chutenoun

(informal) A parachute.

Chuteverb

To parachute.

Chutenoun

A framework, trough, or tube, upon or through which objects are made to slide from a higher to a lower level, or through which water passes to a wheel.

Chutenoun

See Shoot.

Chutenoun

rescue equipment consisting of a device that fills with air and retards your fall

Chutenoun

sloping channel through which things can descend

Chutenoun

a sloping channel or slide for conveying things to a lower level

Chutenoun

a water slide into a swimming pool.

Chutenoun

a narrow metal enclosure for holding or restraining livestock, in which an animal may be vaccinated, branded, etc.

Chutenoun

a parachute.

Chutenoun

a spinnaker.

Shootverb

To launch a projectile.

Shootverb

(transitive) To fire (a weapon that releases a projectile).

Shootverb

(transitive) To fire (a projectile).

Shootverb

(transitive) To fire a projectile at (a person or target).

Shootverb

(intransitive) To cause a weapon to discharge a projectile.

Shootverb

To ejaculate.

Shootverb

To begin to speak.

Shootverb

(intransitive) To discharge a missile; said of a weapon.

Shootverb

To dismiss or do away with.

Shootverb

To photograph.

Shootverb

To film.

Shootverb

To move or act quickly or suddenly.

Shootverb

(intransitive) To move very quickly and suddenly.

Shootverb

To go over or pass quickly through.

Shootverb

(transitive) To tip (something, especially coal) down a chute.

Shootverb

(transitive) To penetrate, like a missile; to dart with a piercing sensation.

Shootverb

To feel a quick, darting pain; to throb in pain.

Shootverb

(obsolete) To change form suddenly; especially, to solidify.

Shootverb

To send out or forth, especially with a rapid or sudden motion; to cast with the hand; to hurl; to discharge; to emit.

Shootverb

To send to someone.

Shootverb

(sport) To act or achieve.

Shootverb

(wrestling) To lunge.

Shootverb

(professional wrestling) To deviate from kayfabe, either intentionally or accidentally; to actually connect with unchoreographed fighting blows and maneuvers, or speak one's mind (instead of an agreed script).

Shootverb

To make the stated score.

Shootverb

(surveying) To measure the distance and direction to (a point).

Shootverb

To inject a drug (such as heroin) intravenously.

Shootverb

To develop, move forward.

Shootverb

To germinate; to bud; to sprout.

Shootverb

To grow; to advance.

Shootverb

(nautical) To move ahead by force of momentum, as a sailing vessel when the helm is put hard alee.

Shootverb

To push or thrust forward; to project; to protrude; often with out.

Shootverb

To protrude; to jut; to project; to extend.

Shootverb

(carpentry) To plane straight; to fit by planing.

Shootverb

To variegate as if by sprinkling or intermingling; to color in spots or patches.W

Shootnoun

The emerging stem and embryonic leaves of a new plant.

Shootnoun

A photography session.

Shootnoun

A hunt or shooting competition.

Shootnoun

An event that is unscripted or legitimate.

Shootnoun

The act of shooting; the discharge of a missile; a shot.

Shootnoun

A rush of water; a rapid.

Shootnoun

(mining) A vein of ore running in the same general direction as the lode.

Shootnoun

(weaving) A weft thread shot through the shed by the shuttle; a pick.

Shootnoun

A shoat; a young pig.

Shootnoun

An inclined plane, either artificial or natural, down which timber, coal, etc., are caused to slide; a chute.

Shootinterjection

A mild expletive, expressing disbelief or disdain

Shootnoun

An inclined plane, either artificial or natural, down which timber, coal, etc., are caused to slide; also, a narrow passage, either natural or artificial, in a stream, where the water rushes rapidly; esp., a channel, having a swift current, connecting the ends of a bend in the stream, so as to shorten the course.

Shootnoun

The act of shooting; the discharge of a missile; a shot; as, the shoot of a shuttle.

Shootnoun

A young branch or growth.

Shootnoun

A rush of water; a rapid.

Shootnoun

A vein of ore running in the same general direction as the lode.

Shootnoun

A weft thread shot through the shed by the shuttle; a pick.

Shootnoun

A shoat; a young hog.

Shootverb

To let fly, or cause to be driven, with force, as an arrow or a bullet; - followed by a word denoting the missile, as an object.

Shootverb

To discharge, causing a missile to be driven forth; - followed by a word denoting the weapon or instrument, as an object; - often with off; as, to shoot a gun.

Shootverb

To strike with anything shot; to hit with a missile; often, to kill or wound with a firearm; - followed by a word denoting the person or thing hit, as an object.

Shootverb

To send out or forth, especially with a rapid or sudden motion; to cast with the hand; to hurl; to discharge; to emit.

Shootverb

To push or thrust forward; to project; to protrude; - often with out; as, a plant shoots out a bud.

Shootverb

To plane straight; to fit by planing.

Shootverb

To pass rapidly through, over, or under; as, to shoot a rapid or a bridge; to shoot a sand bar.

Shootverb

To variegate as if by sprinkling or intermingling; to color in spots or patches.

Shootverb

To cause an engine or weapon to discharge a missile; - said of a person or an agent; as, they shot at a target; he shoots better than he rides.

Shootverb

To discharge a missile; - said of an engine or instrument; as, the gun shoots well.

Shootverb

To be shot or propelled forcibly; - said of a missile; to be emitted or driven; to move or extend swiftly, as if propelled; as, a shooting star.

Shootverb

To penetrate, as a missile; to dart with a piercing sensation; as, shooting pains.

Shootverb

To feel a quick, darting pain; to throb in pain.

Shootverb

To germinate; to bud; to sprout.

Shootverb

To grow; to advance; as, to shoot up rapidly.

Shootverb

To change form suddenly; especially, to solidify.

Shootverb

To protrude; to jut; to project; to extend; as, the land shoots into a promontory.

Shootverb

To move ahead by force of momentum, as a sailing vessel when the helm is put hard alee.

Shootnoun

a new branch

Shootnoun

the act of shooting at targets;

Shootverb

hit with a missile from a weapon

Shootverb

kill by firing a missile

Shootverb

fire a shot

Shootverb

make a film or photograph of something;

Shootverb

send forth suddenly, intensely, swiftly;

Shootverb

run or move very quickly or hastily;

Shootverb

move quickly and violently;

Shootverb

throw or propel in a specific direction or towards a specific objective;

Shootverb

record on photographic film;

Shootverb

emit (as light, flame, or fumes) suddenly and forcefully;

Shootverb

cause a sharp and sudden pain in;

Shootverb

force or drive (a fluid or gas) into by piercing;

Shootverb

variegate by interweaving weft threads of different colors;

Shootverb

throw dice, as in a crap game

Shootverb

spend frivolously and unwisely;

Shootverb

score;

Shootverb

utter fast and forcefully;

Shootverb

measure the altitude of by using a sextant;

Shootverb

produce buds, branches, or germinate;

Shootverb

give an injection to;

Shootverb

kill or wound (a person or animal) with a bullet or arrow

Shootverb

fire a bullet from a gun or discharge an arrow from a bow

Shootverb

use a firearm with a specified degree of skill

Shootverb

cause (a gun) to fire

Shootverb

damage or remove (something) with a bullet or missile

Shootverb

hunt game with a gun

Shootverb

shoot game over (an estate or other area of countryside)

Shootverb

shoot game in or on (an estate, cover, etc.)

Shootverb

move or cause to move suddenly and rapidly in a particular direction

Shootverb

direct (a glance, question, or remark) at someone

Shootverb

used to invite a comment or question

Shootverb

(of a pain) move with a sharp stabbing sensation

Shootverb

extend sharply in a particular direction

Shootverb

move (a bolt) to fasten or unfasten a door

Shootverb

(of a boat) sweep swiftly down or under (rapids, a waterfall, or a bridge)

Shootverb

(of a motor vehicle) pass (a traffic light at red)

Shootverb

(of a ball) dart along the ground after pitching

Shootverb

(in soccer, hockey, basketball, etc.) kick, hit, or throw the ball or puck in an attempt to score a goal

Shootverb

make (a specified score) for a round of golf

Shootverb

play a game of (pool or dice)

Shootverb

film or photograph (a scene, film, etc.)

Shootverb

(of a plant or seed) send out buds or shoots; germinate

Shootverb

(of a bud or shoot) appear; sprout

Shootverb

inject oneself or another person with (a narcotic drug)

Shootverb

plane (the edge of a board) accurately

Shootnoun

a young branch or sucker springing from the main stock of a tree or other plant

Shootnoun

an occasion when a group of people hunt and shoot game for sport

Shootnoun

an area of land used for shooting game

Shootnoun

a shooting match

Shootnoun

an occasion when a professional photographer takes photographs or when a film or video is being made

Shootnoun

variant spelling of chute

Shootnoun

a rapid in a stream

Shootinterjection

used as a euphemism for ‘shit’

Shoot

In botany, a plant shoot consists of any plant stem together with its appendages, leaves and lateral buds, flowering stems, and flower buds. The new growth from seed germination that grows upward is a shoot where leaves will develop.