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:
Dallas police release video of fatal shooting involving Jasmine Crockett's security guard
Mar 16, 2026 FOX 4 News Dallas-Fort Worth
Mar 16, 2026 FOX 4 News Dallas-Fort Worth
Dallas police fatally shoot man after hours-long standoff in Medical District parking garage
Mar 16, 2026 KERA News
Mar 16, 2026 KERA News
Family of Bondi shooting accused Naveed Akram fear for their safety, court hears
Mar 17, 2026 Reuters
Mar 17, 2026 Reuters
Jaysawn Williams, 18, arrested after shooting at Santa Monica Pier sent crowd scrambling; 2 hurt, including suspect
Mar 17, 2026 ABC7 Los Angeles
Mar 17, 2026 ABC7 Los Angeles

