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shoot

A mild exclamation of anger, annoyance, regret, or disgust (about something). Typically preceded by the interjections "ah," "aw," or "oh." Shoot! I thought that would fix the problem with the computer, but I guess something else must be wrong. Ah, shoot—that was supposed to be a surprise for your birthday!
Farlex Dictionary of Idioms.

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.
McGraw-Hill's Dictionary of American Slang and Colloquial Expressions
See:
  • (as) sure as shooting
  • a turkey shoot
  • aim for the sky
  • as easy as shooting fish in a barrel
  • be shooting for the same target
  • crapshoot
  • don't shoot the messenger
  • flip (one) the bird
  • flip/give/shoot somebody the bird
  • give (one) the bird
  • green shoots
  • He shoots, he scores!
  • like shooting fish in a barrel
  • play the dozens
  • poop chute
  • She shoots, she scores!
  • shoot
  • shoot (one) a dirty look
  • shoot (one) the bird
  • shoot (one's) bolt
  • shoot (one's) breakfast
  • shoot (one's) cookies
  • shoot (one's) cuffs
  • shoot (one's) fox
  • shoot (one's) load
  • shoot (one's) mouth off
  • shoot (one's) supper
  • shoot (one's) wad
  • shoot (oneself) in the foot
  • shoot (some) hoops
  • shoot (someone or something) (all) to hell
  • shoot (someone or something) down in flames
  • shoot ’em up
  • shoot a line
  • shoot a place up
  • shoot blanks
  • shoot bolt
  • shoot cookies
  • shoot daggers at (one)
  • shoot down
  • shoot down in flames
  • shoot down, to
  • shoot 'em up
  • shoot first, ask questions later
  • shoot for
  • shoot for (something)
  • shoot for the moon
  • shoot for the sky
  • shoot for the stars
  • shoot from the hip
  • shoot full of holes
  • shoot hoops
  • shoot in the foot
  • shoot it out
  • shoot mouth off
  • shoot off
  • shoot off (one's) face
  • shoot off (one's) mouth
  • shoot off at the mouth
  • shoot off mouth
  • shoot off one's mouth
  • shoot one’s breakfast
  • shoot one’s cookies
  • shoot one’s mouth off
  • shoot one’s supper
  • shoot one’s wad
  • shoot one's bolt
  • shoot one's bolt, to
  • shoot oneself in the foot
  • shoot oneself in the foot, to
  • shoot out
  • shoot somebody/something down
  • shoot someone down in flames
  • shoot someone or something down
  • shoot someone or something down in flames
  • shoot someone's fox
  • shoot square
  • shoot straight
  • shoot the breeze
  • shoot the bull
  • shoot the bull, to
  • shoot the cat
  • shoot the crap
  • shoot the dozens
  • shoot the lights
  • shoot the lights out
  • shoot the messenger
  • shoot the moon
  • shoot the place up
  • shoot the works
  • shoot the works, to
  • shoot through
  • shoot through (to somewhere)
  • shoot through like a Bondi tram
  • shoot to hell
  • shoot to pieces
  • shoot to ribbons
  • shoot up
  • shoot up on something
  • shoot up the place
  • shoot wad
  • shoot your bolt
  • shoot your cuffs
  • shoot your mouth off
  • shoot your wad
  • shoot yourself in the foot
  • shooting iron
  • shoot-out
  • shoot-up
  • shucks!
  • skeet-shooting
  • sure as shooting
  • Sure as shooting!
  • the whole shebang
  • the whole shooting match
  • turkey shoot
  • whole ball of wax, the
  • whole shebang
  • would (just) as soon (do something) as look at (one)
References in periodicals archive
It was great fun but the ability I had built to shoot precisely began to disappear.
HOW WE SHOOT: IS ONE-HANDED SHOOTING DEAD?
These high letoff bows are fun and easy to shoot. We can easily hold the bowstring back for long periods of time and hold rock steady, improving the precision of our aiming.
Tradeoffs: Comfort vs. Accuracy
From a sitting position with the scope at 6X I should have been able to shoot a flea off its ear.
MISTAKES HUNTERS MAKE PLEAD YOUR CASE, ARE YOU GUILTY OR NOT GUILTY
And the organisation claimed that learning to shoot would instil "good habits and high standards" among children.
Pupils could be taught to shoot
Keywords: Direct shoot regeneration; General Linear Model; Solanum nigrum; Thidiazuron (TDZ)
An Efficient Method for Direct Shoot Regeneration from Leaf Explants of Solanum nigrum Induced by Thidiazuron
In these situations,' the best thing I've found is to absolutely not shoot at all, not until I know my mind is at ease again, just like it was back in the spring and summer.
Fast mental fixes
Maybe it took 30,000 shots, but kids did shoot their guns that much in those days.
Don't shoot your eye out! The history of the switch from lead to steel BBs
WWW.HANDGUNS.COM are that shooters use tricked-out game guns not suitable for self-defense; they don't shoot from or retreat to cover; they don't keep their eyes toward the threat while reloading; they discard magazines that still have loaded rounds in them; and it doesn't teach proper--or any--tactics.
Some say the tactics that competition shooting teaches will doom you "on the street." the author disagrees-strongly
Total score for this shoot is 900: six ranges of five shots each totaling a 150 points per range.
CHASA, CHAASSA or whatever --let the games begin!
Keeping in view the medicinal and bio-diesel importance of Jatropha curcas the present study was designed to increase number of plants through micro-propagation by using apical shoot tip explants.
MICROPROPAGATION OF JARTORPHA CURCAS L. THROUGH SHOOT TIP EXPLANTS USING DIFFERENT CONCENTRATIONS OF PHYTOHORMONES
In order to be a successful archer, you must be able to shoot the shot with the same, precise form every time.
Develop a consistent form
Competition shooters often are required to shoot several shots against the clock.
Rifle zeroing issues: how many shots does it take to evaluate a rifle's performance?
I WRITE in response to Douglas Bachelor's letter ("Unacceptable to shoot animals") in which he asserts that 61 per cent of the public think it is unacceptable to shoot animals for "sport".
Animals were not the target; letters@coventrytelegraph.net Letters letters@coventrytelegraph.net
In my camp, however, the friends I hunt with shoot thousands of shotshells at clays, spend countless hours over decoy spreads and kill large numbers of game birds each year.
Shot string revisited: tighter chokes throw longer clouds of pellets
If 30 shots are too many for practical reasons, how few can we shoot and still get a fairly good idea of the accuracy potential?
Lie to me! The fallacy of the three-shot group