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shoot to eject or impel or cause to be ejected or impelled by a sudden release of tension as of a bowstring or slingshot or by a flick of a finger The first known use: before the 12th century |
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5 Letters, 1 Syllable |
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S U t |
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onset, rime |
sh oot |
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Morpheme |
shoot |
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Sentence Examples He shot at the deer. The enemy was shooting at the rescue helicopter. She shot the arrow into the air. I tried shooting a gun for the first time. He shot a spitball into the girl's hair. He shot two deer this hunting season. The police shot the suspect in the leg. She accidentally shot herself in the foot. Small green shoots grew from the base of the tree. She is currently on a movie shoot in London. |
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Related Words Sound the same but are spelled differently.
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Collocations The habitual juxtaposition of a particular word with another word or words with a frequency greater than chance.
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Neighborhood
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