they outshot Robin Hood (Philip Sidney).
Useful english dictionary. 2012.
shoot — shoot; bum·ber·shoot; in·ter·shoot; muck·le·shoot; para·shoot; shoot·able; shoot·ee; shoot·ing; shoot·ist; shoot·man; shoot·out; shoot·er; … English syllables
shoot — I UK [ʃuːt] / US [ʃut] verb Word forms shoot : present tense I/you/we/they shoot he/she/it shoots present participle shooting past tense shot UK [ʃɒt] / US [ʃɑt] past participle shot *** 1) [intransitive/transitive] to fire a gun We were ordered… … English dictionary
shoot — [sho͞ot] vt. shot, shooting [ME shoten < OE sceotan, akin to ON skjōta, Ger schiessen < IE base * (s)keud , to throw, shoot > SHUT, OSlav is kydati, to throw out] 1. a) to move swiftly over, by, across, etc. [to shoot the rapids in a… … English World dictionary
shoot-out — shoot outs 1) N COUNT A shoot out is a fight in which people shoot at each other with guns. Three IRA men were killed in the shoot out. ...a bloody shoot out between rival gangs that killed 18 people. 2) N COUNT In games such as soccer, a shoot… … English dictionary
shoot it out — To settle (a dispute, competition, etc) conclusively by shooting (also figurative) • • • Main Entry: ↑shoot * * * shoot it out informal phrase to fight with someone using guns Thesaurus: to use a gunhyponym … Useful english dictionary
Shoot — Shoot, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Shot}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Shooting}. The old participle {Shotten} is obsolete. See {Shotten}.] [OE. shotien, schotien, AS. scotian, v. i., sce[ o]tan; akin to D. schieten, G. schie?en, OHG. sciozan, Icel. skj?ta, Sw.… … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
Out 1 — The title card to Out 1 Directed by Jacques Rivette Suzanne Schiffman (co director) … Wikipedia
shoot — vb 1 *fly, dart, float, skim, scud, sail Analogous words: *speed, hasten, hurry, quicken 2 *rush, dash, tear, charge Analogous words: dart, *fly, scud: *spe … New Dictionary of Synonyms
Shoot-out — auch: Shoot|out 〈[ʃu:taʊt] n. 15 oder m. 6〉 1. 〈Sp.〉 Spielentscheidung eines unentschieden beendeten Wettkampfes durch zusätzliches Toreschießen, z. B. beim Penalty u. Elfmeterschießen 2. 〈bes. Film; TV〉 abschließende Schießerei, entscheidender… … Universal-Lexikon
shoot-out — n a fight using guns ▪ Two people were killed tonight in a shoot out with police. →↑penalty shoot out … Dictionary of contemporary English
