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shooteth

shooteth is the third-person singular simple present indicative of shoot.

Meaning of shoot

Verb

shoot (third-person singular simple present shoots, present participle shooting, simple past shot, past participle shot or (rare) shotten)

  1. (transitive) To fire (a weapon that releases a bullet or other projectile).
    • to shoot a gun
  2. (transitive) To fire or launch (a projectile).
    • If you please / To shoot an arrow that self way.c. 1596–1598 (date written), William Shakespeare, “The Merchant of Venice”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward]...
    Synonyms:
    loose
  3. (transitive) To fire a projectile at (a person or target).
    • The man, in a desperate bid for freedom, grabbed his gun and started shooting anyone he could.
  4. (intransitive) To cause a weapon to discharge a projectile; to use a gun or similar weapon.
    • They shot at a target.
  5. (intransitive) To hunt game with a gun; to go hunting for recreation.
    • They're coming to shoot with us on Sunday.
  6. (transitive) To hunt on (a piece of land) with a gun; to kill game in or on.
    • Although the estate had been shot previously, there had been no effective keepering and little success with the pheasants released.1969, Game Conservancy (Great Britain), Annual Review (issues 1-8, page 16)

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Origin of shooteth

From shoot + -eth.

Questions about shooteth

What is shooteth the third-person singular simple present indicative of?
Shooteth is the third-person singular simple present indicative of shoot.

Words near shooteth in the dictionary

  1. shooteries
  2. shooters
  3. Shooters Hill
  4. shootery
  5. shootest
  6. shooteth
  7. shootfighter
  8. shootfighters
  9. shootfighting
  10. shoothouse
  11. shoothouses

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