(transitive) To cause to fall by shooting. / (transitive, idiomatic) To criticize a (request) to the point of preclusion.

(idiomatic) To chinwag; to talk idly.

Alternative form of reshoot

Alternative form of reshoot

plural of bamboo shoot

(chiefly in the plural) The edible shoot of any of several species of bamboo (especially of the genera Dendrocalamus and Phyllostachys), cooked and eaten as a vegetable in Chinese and similar cuisine.

(intransitive, sometimes figuratively) To grow taller or larger rapidly. / (transitive) To fire many bullets or shells at. / (intransitive, transitive) To inject (a drug) intravenously.

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

Alternative spelling of shooting iron

(chiefly US, colloquial, dated) A firearm, especially a handgun.