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Added 9 October 2026

shoot

/ʃuːt/ noun

In Latin: germen, pampinus, turio Wiktionary

noun Definition from WordNet 3.1, Princeton University. Pronunciation from Wiktionary, via Kaikki.org. More about shoot at Wordnik → Where our words come from →

A new branch.
The act of shooting at targets.
they hold a shoot every weekend during the summer

verb

Hit with a missile from a weapon.
Kill by firing a missile.
Fire a shot.
the gunman blasted away

Origin

Inherited from Middle English scheten, schoten, from Old English scēotan, from Proto-West Germanic *skeutan, from Proto-Germanic *skeutaną, from Proto-Indo-European *(s)kéwd-e-ti, thematic present of *(s)kewd- (“to shoot, throw”). Cognate with West Frisian sjitte, Low German scheten, Dutch schieten, German schießen, Danish skyde, Norwegian Bokmål skyte, Norwegian Nynorsk skyta, Swedish skjuta; and also, through Indo-European, with Russian кида́ть (kidátʹ), Albanian hedh (“to throw, toss”), Persian چست (čost, “quick, active”), Lithuanian skudrùs.

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