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shoot the lens

shoot the lens verb: (Of a performer) to look directly into the camera.

Verb

shoot the lens (third-person singular simple present shoots the lens, present participle shooting the lens, simple past and past participle shot the lens)

  1. (Of a performer) to look directly into the camera.
    • The take was going so well until he looked up and accidentally shot the lens.

Forms of shoot the lens

third-person singular presentshoots the lens
present participleshooting the lens
past participleshot the lens
pastshot the lens

Questions about shoot the lens

What does shoot the lens mean?
Shoot the lens means (Of a performer) to look directly into the camera.
What part of speech is shoot the lens?
Shoot the lens is a verb.
What is the past tense of shoot the lens?
The past tense of shoot the lens is shot the lens.

Words near shoot the lens in the dictionary

  1. shoot the breeze
  2. shoot the bull
  3. shoot the cat
  4. shoot the five
  5. shoot the gold
  6. shoot the lens
  7. shoot the lights out
  8. shoot the messenger
  9. shoot the messenger boy
  10. shoot the moon
  11. shoot the shit

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