shoot+off

  • 31shoot one’s mouth off — tv. to brag; to tell secrets. □ Stop shooting your mouth off. Nobody believes you anymore. CD So you had to go and shoot off your mouth about the bankruptcy proceedings! …

    Dictionary of American slang and colloquial expressions

  • 32shoot blanks —    to be sexually impotent    Unable effectively to shoot off and often said of themselves by those who have had a vasectomy:     That s pretty big talk for a man shooting blanks. (Garner, 1994 and not of someone using a starting pistol) …

    How not to say what you mean: A dictionary of euphemisms

  • 33shoot — ► VERB (past and past part. shot) 1) kill or wound (a person or animal) with a bullet or arrow. 2) cause (a gun) to fire. 3) move suddenly and rapidly. 4) direct (a glance, question, or remark) at someone. 5) film or photograph (a scene, film,… …

    English terms dictionary

  • 34Shoot — 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 The old participle {Shotten} is obsolete.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

  • 35Shoot wrestling — is a combat sport and a general term that describes a range of hybrid fighting systems originating in Japan in the late 1970s, in close association with Japanese professional wrestling. Shoot wrestling has several sub disciplines eg.… …

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  • 36Shoot (magazine) — Shoot, or Shoot Monthly, was a football magazine published in the UK by IPC Media. After nearly 40 years, it ceased publication at the end of June 2008. [ [http://www.brandrepublic.com/News/817286/Shoot closes weekly bid fails/ Shoot closes as… …

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  • 37off|shoot — «AWF SHOOT, OF », noun. 1. a shoot from the main stem of a plant; branch: »One of the offshoots of the trunk fell from high in the tree under the weight of the snow. 2. Figurative: »an offshoot of a mountain range. The nation s annual spending… …

    Useful english dictionary

  • 38shoot something off — ˌshoot sth ˈoff derived (NAmE) to light ↑fireworks and make them go off Syn: let off, Syn: ↑set off Main entry: ↑ …

    Useful english dictionary

  • 39shoot — [v1] discharge a projectile, often to injure or kill bag*, barrage, blast, bombard, bring down, catapult, dispatch, drop the hammer*, emit, execute, expel, explode, fire, fling, gun, hit, hurl, ignite, kill, launch, let fly, let go with, loose,… …

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  • 40shoot one's mouth off — ► shoot one s mouth off informal talk boastfully or indiscreetly. Main Entry: ↑shoot …

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