shootshootshootsshotshooting1verb (shoots, shooting, shot/, has shot)1to fire a gun or another weapon; to hurt or kill a person or an animal with a gun: She shot a bird. The police officer was shot in the arm.2to move quickly or suddenly: The car shot past us.3to make a film: They are shooting a film about the war.shootshootshoots2nouna new part of a plant: The first shoots appear in spring.