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shoot

noun

1 noun BOT fresh growthbuinneog fem2 c m ubuinneán masc1 c m upéacán masc1 c m u 2 noun BOT spur from main stempéacán masc1 c m u

Taispeáin iontráil iomlán

3 noun CINE , PHOT filming sessionsiút masc4 c m ufashion shoot siút faisinpublicity shoot siút poiblíochta 4 noun HUNT hunting outingseilg fem2 c m ufiach masc1 c m ucruinniú lámhaigh 5 noun HUNT hunting groundlimistéar seilge

verb

6 verb move quickly INTRANSITIVEgluais go tapa c m uscinn verb c m ubog go gastathe car shot past us scinn an carr tharainnthey shot back to the station chuaigh siad ar ais go dtí an stáisiún ar nós na gaoithethe pain shot down my leg scinn an phian síos i mo chosshe shot to fame as a writer bhain sí cáil amach mar scríbhneoir go han-tapa 7 verb weapon

TRANSITIVEcaith verb c m uscaoil verb c m uhe shot four bullets chaith sé ceithre urchar

INTRANSITIVEcaith verb c m uscaoil verb c m uto shoot at each other scaoileadh le chéiledon't shoot! ná scaoil!

to shoot to kill caitheamh le duine lena mharú, scaoileadh le duine lena mharú 8 verb at person etc TRANSITIVEcaith verb c m uscaoil verb c m ulámhach verb c m uto shoot yourself tú féin a scaoileadhto shoot a fox sionnach a scaoileadhto shoot sb dead duine a scaoileadh marbhto shoot sb for plotting a revolution duine a lámhach as réabhlóid a bheartúto shoot your way out of a corner éalú as sáinn le do ghunna 9 verb HUNT go hunting INTRANSITIVEtéigh ag seilgtéigh ag fiachtéigh ag foghlaeireacht 10 verb SPOR for leisure INTRANSITIVElámhach verb c m u 11 verb pheasant etc TRANSITIVEtéigh ag foghlaeireachtseilg verb c m uto shoot grouse dul ag seilg cearca fraoigh 12 verb CINE with camera TRANSITIVEscannánú a dhéanamh arto shoot some footage píosa scannánaíochta a dhéanamh 13 verb photograph TRANSITIVEglac verb c m utóg verb c m u 14 verb glance, question, etc TRANSITIVEto shoot sb a glance spléachadh a thabhairt ar dhuine, leathshúil a thabhairt ar dhuineto shoot a question at sb ceist a ropadh chuig duine, ceist a radadh chuig duine 15 verb bolt etc TRANSITIVEcuir verb c m uto shoot a bolt bolta a chur 16 verb (US) GAMES pool, dice, etc TRANSITIVEimir verb c m uthey like to shoot pool is maith leo a bheith ag imirt púil 17 verb GOLF play specified score TRANSITIVEaimsigh verb c m uscóráil verb c m ushe shot seventy-six and seventy-eight scóráil sí seachtó a sé agus seachtó a hocht 18 verb SPOR aim for goal INTRANSITIVEamas a thabhairtscaoil verb c m ushe shot wide chuir sí an liathróid ar fóraoil 19 verb SPOR in canoeing TRANSITIVEtéigh de rúchladh trítéigh de sciotán tríwe shot the rapids chuamar tríd an bhfánsruth de rúchladh 20 verb BOT sprout INTRANSITIVEeascair verb c m ucaithrigh verb c m upéac verb c m uthe plants are starting to shoot tá na plandaí ag tosú ag péacadh

phrases

shoot!

1 (US) telling sb to start speakingabair leat!caith chugam é!ar aghaidh leat!amach leis! 2 (US) exclamation of anger etcdar fia!damnú! c m u

to shoot a line

informal áibhéil a dhéanamh

to shoot from the hip

1 fire weaponscaoileadh ón gcromán 2 informal speak rashlylabhairt go neamhbhalbhhe shoots from the hip ní chuireann sé fiacail ann, ní théann sé ar chúl scéithe le cúrsaí 3 act impulsivelygníomhú go meargánta

to shoot it out

informal troid go bás le gunnaí

to shoot your bolt

informal they've shot their bolt tá a gcárta cúil imeartha acu, tá a bport seinnte acu, tá an t-urchar deireanach scaoilte acu, níl púdar tirim ná fliuch acu

to shoot your mouth off

informal bheith ag béalastánachthe was shooting his mouth off bhí sé ag cur thairis

to shoot yourself in the foot

informal cor coise a bhaint asat féintú féin a chaitheamh sa chostú féin a scaoileadh sa chos

to shoot sth down in flames

1 aircraftthey shot the plane down in flames chuir siad an t-eitleán go talamh ar bharr lasrach 2 argument etcI shot their proposal down in flames rinne mé spior spear dá moladh, chaith mé a moladh i dtraipisí

to shoot the breeze

informal dreas comhrá a dhéanamh

to shoot the messenger

an milleán a chur ar fhear inste an scéilan locht a chur ar an scéalaí

to shoot the moon

1 soar to high levelinterest rates are shooting the moon tá rátaí úis ag dul sna spéartha 2 take riskdo cheann a chur i ngeall

to shoot your load

vulgar do shíol a sceitheadhdo shíol a sheadadh

to shoot the works

informal an phingin deiridh a chaitheamhan t-orlach a loscadh

to shoot through the roof

ardú go haerthe price of meat has shot through the roof tá praghas na feola ardaithe go haer, tá praghas na feola éirithe sa diabhal

the whole shoot

(also

the whole bang shoot

) informal an t-iomlán léirthe whole bang shoot of them gach uile dhuine beo acu, gach aon uile dhuine acu, iad uilig go léir, an t-iomlán dearg acu

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