shoot

from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.

• intransitive verb To hit, wound, or kill with a missile fired from a weapon.
• intransitive verb To remove or destroy by firing or projecting a missile.
• intransitive verb To make (a hole, for example) by firing a weapon.
• intransitive verb To fire or let fly (a missile) from a weapon.
• intransitive verb To discharge (a weapon).
• intransitive verb To detonate or cause to explode.
• intransitive verb To inject (a drug, for example) with a hypodermic syringe.
• intransitive verb To throw out or release (a fishing line, for example).
• intransitive verb To send forth suddenly, intensely, or swiftly.
• intransitive verb To emit (a ray or rays of light or another form of energy).
• intransitive verb To utter (sounds or words) forcefully, rapidly, or suddenly.
• intransitive verb Slang To give, send, or hand quickly.
• intransitive verb Informal To spend, use up, or waste.
• intransitive verb To pass over or through swiftly.
• intransitive verb To cover (country) in hunting for game.
• intransitive verb To record on film or video using a movie camera.
• intransitive verb To cause to project or protrude; extend.
• intransitive verb To begin to grow or produce; put forth.
• intransitive verb To pour, empty out, or discharge down or as if down a chute.
• intransitive verb To throw or propel (a ball, marble, or other projectile in a game) in a specific direction or toward the objective.
• intransitive verb To accomplish (the objective) of a game involving a projectile; score (a point, basket, or goal).
• intransitive verb To play (a game involving projectiles, such as golf or pool).
• intransitive verb To attain (a given score) in golf.
• intransitive verb To play (a game involving dice, especially craps).
• intransitive verb To throw (the dice or a given score) in craps.
• intransitive verb To slide (the bolt of a lock) into or out of its fastening.
• intransitive verb To plane (the edge of a board) straight.
• intransitive verb To variegate (colored cloth) by interweaving weft threads of a different color.
• intransitive verb To measure the altitude of with a sextant or other instrument.
• intransitive verb To discharge a missile from a weapon.
• intransitive verb To discharge or fire; go off.
• intransitive verb To gush or spurt.
• intransitive verb To appear suddenly.
• intransitive verb To move swiftly; dart.
• intransitive verb To be felt moving or as if moving in the body.
• intransitive verb To protrude; project.
• intransitive verb To engage in hunting or the firing of weapons, especially for sport.
• intransitive verb To put forth new growth; germinate.
• intransitive verb To take pictures.
• intransitive verb To film a scene in a movie.
• intransitive verb Sports & Games To propel a ball or other object toward the goal or in a specific direction or manner.
• intransitive verb Games To throw dice.
• intransitive verb Slang To begin talking. Often used in the imperative.
• intransitive verb To slide into or out of a fastening. Used of the bolt of a lock.