shoot



shoot

1. and shoot up tv. & in. to inject drugs, especially heroin. (Drugs.) He actually had to leave the meeting to shoot.
2. n. an injection of heroin. (Drugs. Usually shoot-up.) The way Ernie was yawning, I knew he needed a shoot-up.
3. tv. to spike a drink with liquor. I’m gonna shoot the punch with rum.
4. in. to begin to tell [something]. Okay, shoot. I’m all ears.
5. exclam. Darn! (Usually Shoot! An exclamation or a very mild curse. A substitute if not a euphemism for shit.) Oh, shoot! I left my shades in the car.
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Common Names:

NameGenderPronouncedUsage
Whitley['hwitli]
SheenaSHEE-nəScottish, English
Rawiya-Arabic
Grega-Slovene
Clifton['kliftən]
Vikram-Indian, Hindi, Marathi, Gujarati, Telugu, Tamil, Kannada