释义 |
shoot!
- yes! US
Hawaiian youth usage. - “You like manapua, Winton?” “Shoot! I grind ’um!” — Douglas Simonson, Pidgin to da Max Hana Hou, 1982
- used as a euphemism for “shit” in an exclamation US, 1934
- “Shoot,” said Danny Pogue. He hadn’t said “shoot” since the third grade, but he’d been trying to clean up his language in Molly’s presence. — Carl Hiaasen, Native Tongue, p. 217, 1991
- Oh shoot, she’s tripping [on drugs] — Eminem (Marshall Mathers), My Fault, 1999
- “If you are looking for a substitute for every curse word you use ... pick words that sound similar. ‘Shoot!’ is a logical substitute because it is a mere vowel away from what really wants to be said.” — The New York Times, 7 April 2002
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