English Words: S

54,294 words · Page 368 of 1086

shoot offverb

To leave quickly

shoot off at the mouthverb

To boast, or brag, or talk too much.

shoot one in the sinkverb

To ejaculate into a sink, so as to reduce the cleanup required after masturbation.

shoot one's boltverb

To use up one's resources, especially a singular one or one not readily restored.

shoot one's cuffsverb

To straighten one's arms with a sudden movement to make the cuffs of one's shirt appear beyond the sleeves of one's coat or jacket.

shoot one's loadverb

To ejaculate; to cum.

shoot one's mouth offverb

To make reckless or exaggerated statements.

shoot one's wadverb

To expend all of one's resources or efforts; to express all the arguments or ideas which one has.

shoot oneself in the footverb

To act against one's own interests; to unintentionally behave self-destructively.

shoot outverb

To destroy something or remove something from its usual location by shooting.

shoot someone straightverb

To treat or deal honestly with; be truthful and upfront with.

shoot the bootsverb

To kick swiftly and violently, especially in the groin.

shoot the breezeverb

To chat idly or generally waste time talking.

shoot the bullverb

To chinwag; to talk idly.

shoot the catverb

To vomit.

shoot the fiveverb

To fight in hand-to-hand combat.

shoot the lensverb

(Of a performer) to look directly into the camera.

shoot the messengerverb

To blame a problem on whoever reported it; to hold somebody accountable for a problem because they brought attention to it.

shoot the moonverb

To hit the moon, with a rocket or by other means.

shoot the shitverb

To chat casually; to gossip.

shoot throughverb

Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see shoot, through.

shoot through like a Bondi tramverb

To leave in haste.

shoot troubleverb

Synonym of troubleshoot (verb).

shoot upverb

To grow taller or larger rapidly.

shoot wrestlingnoun

A combat sport derived from professional wrestling which is not freestyle but which allows the inclusion of unscripted moves where the combatants actually try to hurt one another.

shootableadj

able to be shot

shootaroundnoun

An informal practice session

shootchacontraction

Pronunciation spelling of shoot you.

shootdownnoun

The shooting down of an aircraft, satellite, etc.

shootedadj

Having a specified form of shoot.

shooteenoun

One who is shot; the victim of a shooting.

shooternoun

Someone who shoots something; a gunner, archer, etc.

Shooters Hillname

A suburb, ward and named road in the borough of Greenwich, Greater London, England (OS grid ref TQ4376).

shooterynoun

Synonym of marksmanship (“the art of shooting”).

shootestverb

second-person singular simple present indicative of shoot

shootethverb

third-person singular simple present indicative of shoot

shootfighternoun

One who takes part in shootfighting.

shootfightingnoun

A combat sport that incorporates techniques from a multitude of traditional martial arts.

shoothousenoun

A structure used in military training exercises with live ammunition.

shootienoun

A kind of shoe with a high ankle resembling that of a boot.

shootingadj

Moving or growing quickly

shooting and cryingnoun

A genre of war film in which soldiers are depicted showing remorse or grief while simultaneously committing acts of violence, particularly associated with the depictions of the Israel Defense Forces.

shooting brakenoun

A vehicle used to carry shooting parties.

shooting ironnoun

A firearm, especially a handgun.

shooting rangenoun

A facility designed for firearms practice.

shooting seatnoun

A small country house or residence used temporarily while shooting; a shooting box.

shooting spreenoun

The random shooting of multiple people with no obvious motive.

shooting suitnoun

A specialised suit (shooting jacket, vest, and trousers), typically made of flannel or tweed, and designed to be used by hunters in the field.

shooting-jacketnoun

A short kind of coat, intended to be worn when going hunting for sport with a gun.

shootistnoun

A person who is an expert user of firearms, especially a sharpshooter or a gunslinger in the Old West.

Spelling & Dictionary Insight

The English alphabetical index for the letter S contains 54,294 headwords drawn from our Wiktionary-derived dictionary table. At 50 entries per page the browse splits into 1,086 pages, and you are currently viewing page 368. Every row above is a dictionary-backed entry with a canonical slug, and each links through to a full definition page with pronunciation, senses, etymology, and related-word data where available.

On this page 50 of 50 entries carry a part-of-speech tag and 50 carry at least one stored definition. Coverage varies across letters because Wiktionary volunteers build entries at different speeds for different parts of the alphabet, letters with common starting sounds (S, C, T, P) usually have the densest coverage, while less frequent starters (X, Q, Z) tend to have shorter but more specialised lists. PlainSpell surfaces whatever data is present and links back to the source when a definition is not yet recorded.

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