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shoot
verb- to ejaculate IRELAND, 1922
Most likely a shortened form of the C19 “shooting one’s roe”. - K.B. was always trying to jerk off, and he said he shot one time; but I didn’t see it and I didn’t believe it. — Claude Brown, Manchild in the Promised Land, p. 80, 1965
- The tall, well-dressed man licks Johnny’s balls while his hand works Johnny’s cock to the point of shooting. — John Rechy, Numbers, p. 205, 1967
- “I don’t care how many broads he uses at once,” states Butch to the room at large, “or how he fucks ’em as long as he pulls outta their mouth or cunt before he shoots, so we can see it.” — Josh Alan Friedman, Tales of Times Square, p. 102, 1986
- The jizz-mopper’s job is to clean up the booths afterward, because practically everybody shoots a load against the window, and I don’t know if you know this or not, but cum leaves streaks if you don’t clean it right away. — Clerks, 1994
- ’Cause they fucking shoot you in the eye, the face, the ear. — Kids, 1995
- to inject a drug intravenously US, 1914
- I was shooting every day now. — William Burroughs, Junkie, p. 33, 1953
- This was earlier, all the junkies in Ross’s room tying up and shooting[.] — Jack Kerouac, The Subterraneans, p. 27, 1958
- He did suggest maybe the guy would know where to score some H–asking me if I would like to shoot a little stuff. — Herbert Huncke, The Evening Sun Turned Crimson, p. 81, 1980
- In the late spring of 1967, she discovered that more kids were shooting crystal methedrine–an extremely potent and dangerous speed–than were tripping the light fantastic on acid. — Barney Hoskyns, Waiting For The Sun, p. 150, 1996
- — Mike Haskins, Drugs, p. 290, 2003
- to depart UK, 1897
Variants include “shoot off” and “shoot out”. - [N]ecking a quick cup of rosie before shooting off to Penge[.] — Greg Williams, Diamond Geezers, p. 16, 1997
- I’ve got to shoot. Say hello to Ollie for us next time you see him. — Danny King, The Burglar Diaries, p. 43, 2001
- to flirt; to make sexual advances US
- All the high powered broads were “shooting” on me. — Babs Gonzales, I Paid My Dues, p. 39, 1967
- to throw or toss something AUSTRALIA, 1929
- Then the swing doors of the bar bulged out and someone inside shot a bloke into the gutter. — Gavin Casey, It’s Harder for Girls, p. 182, 1941
- He glanced at it, expressed no regret in the matter, but shot it into the box where the left-over mail was kept[.] — Frank Dalby Davison, The Wells of Beersheba, p. 100, 1965
- to play US, 1926
Usually as “shoot pool”, “shoot crap”, etc. - Well Friday ’bout a week ago / Leroy shootin’ dice — Jim Croce, Bad Bad Leroy Brown, 1973
- to drink alcohol in shot glass units US
- They go down to bars, shoot tequila and go back up to buy things. — Francesca Lia Block, Witch Baby, p. 121, 1991
- to pick a pocket US
- Livin’ said, “I wouldn’t have shot on you if I had been hip you knew White Folks.” — Iceberg Slim (Robert Beck), Trick Baby, p. 175, 1969
- used as an imperative, to start; to continue US, 1915
- Mellors leaned over the table and said in a low voice, “Right, kid, shoot.” — Derek Bickerton, Payroll, p. 25, 1959
- (used of a plant) to show signs of producing fruit CAYMAN ISLANDS
- Or someone will say “That coconut tree starting to shoot.” — Aarona Booker Kohlman, Wotcha Say, p. 24, 1985
- in professional wrestling, to hurt your opponent intentionally US
- At age forty-five he shot against and beat easily Ray Steele[.] — John F. Gilbey, Western Boxing & World Wrestling, p. 142, 1993
- The funny thing about this match is that I’ve heard more talk form people who should know better that are Hogan haters who want to see the match to see Vader shoot on Hogan. Shooting doesn’t exist in the pro-wrestling world. — Herb’s Wrestling Tidbits, 26 January 1995
- It’s called shooting. That’s when you apply a hold for real. — Missy Hyatt, Missy Hyatt, p. 44, 2001
- He was so strong and he had that mentality of shooting. — Bobby Heenan, Bobby the Brain, p. 46, 2002
▶ he shoots, he scores; he shoots, he scores, he wins
used for registering admiration of a small but telling personal victory UK
A cliché of football commentary applied to the ordinary moments of life; always in the third person, even if used of the first person.- She shoots, she scores, she wins, said Dicky admiringly. — James Hawes, White Powder, Green Light, p. 48, 2002
▶ shoot a beaver
to look for and see a girl’s crotch US- — Current Slang, p. 4, Summer 1966
▶ shoot a blag
to gossip TRINIDAD AND TOBAGO- — Richard Allsopp, Dictionary of Caribbean English Usage, p. 106, 1992
▶ shoot a good stick
to play pool well US- You shoot a good stick. — The Hustler, 1961
▶ shoot a jug; shoot a peter
to break into a safe using explosives US- — Hyman E. Goldin et al., Dictionary of American Underworld Lingo, p. 192, 1950
▶ shoot a wave
to surf a wave, especially if difficult US- — Grant W. Kuhns, On Surfing, p. 121, 1963
- — Frank A. Collymore, Barbadian Dialect, p. 101, 1965
▶ shoot an air rifle; shoot an air gun
in pool, to bet without money to back your bet US- When betting an air barrel, or “shooting the air rifle,” follow the stewardess’s advice and take some time to acquaint yourself with the emergency exits around you. — Steve Rushin, Pool Cool, p. 5, 1990
- — Mike Shamos, The Illustrated Encyclopedia of Billiards, p. 3, 1993
▶ shoot an azimuth
to take a compass bearing US- — Linda Reinberg, In the Field, p. 197, 1991
▶ shoot blanks
(said of a male) to engage in sex with a low or non-existent sperm count US, 1960- Oh, sure, after about the third time, I was shooting blanks, but I was still hanging in there[.] — Joey V., Portrait of Joey, p. 122, 1969
- He dug that young poontang–even though at his age I knew he was shooting blanks. — Edwin Torres, Carlito’s Way, p. 29, 1975
▶ shoot cuffs
to grab someone around the ankles and pull them to the ground US- I learned how to shoot cuffs—to tackle a man and bring him down. — Nathan McCall, Makes Me Wanna Holler, p. 55, 1994
▶ shoot down in flames
to absolutely defeat in an argument UK, 1942▶ shoot for two
to defecate US
A combination of basketball terminology and children’s bathroom vocabulary.- — Connie Eble (Editor), UNC-CH Campus Slang, p. 9, November 2003
▶ shoot gravy
to inject a mixture of blood and drug solution that has been reheated after failing to make a direct hit on the vein US- — David Maurer and Victor Vogel, Narcotics and Narcotic Addiction, p. 441, 1973
▶ shoot it
to lie UK
Euphemistic variation of SHOOT THE SHITYou Irish liar, O’Mally, so you was shooting it all the time. You big Mick. — Graeme Kent, The Queen’s Corporal [Six Granada Plays], p. 89, 1959▶ shoot off your mouth; shoot your mouth off
to speak with a complete lack of discretion; to speak boastfully US, 1864- You’ve been shootin’ your mouth off all night, and I’m one guy who knows that he can kick the crap outa you. — Irving Shulman, The Amboy Dukes, p. 229, 1947
- Winston admits to shooting his mouth off at meetings, going above Sabina to her boss[.] — William Lundin and Kathleen Lundin, When Smart People Work for Dumb Bosses, p. 9, 1998
▶ shoot the agate
to walk with a style calling attention to oneself US, 1950- When one shot the agate, “your hands is at your sides with your index fingers stuck out.” — Gena Dagel Caponi, Signifyin’, Sanctifyin’ & Slam Dunkin’, p. 437, 1999
▶ shoot the breeze
to chat idly US, 1919- Then the old lady that was around a hundred years and I shot the breeze for a while. — J.D. Salinger, Catcher in the Rye, p. 201, 1951
- “I’d like to shoot the breeze with you again, kid.” — Richard Prather, The Peddler, p. 16, 1952
- First, we would sit on a stoop somewhere along the block–shooting the breeze about good marks to rob, about who could beat up who. — Rocky Garciano (with Rowland Barber), Somebody Up There Likes Me, p. 54, 1955
- Even if you just want to talk–come in and shoot the breeze. — Rebel Without a Cause, 1955
- “Let’s get together and shoot the breeze sometime,” said Mr. Tupper. — Max Shulman, Rally Round the Flag, Boys!, p. 208, 1957
▶ shoot the bull
to engage in small talk US, 1902- Well, you could see he really felt pretty lousy about flunking me. So I shot the bull for a while. I told him I was a real moron, and all that stuff. — J.D. Salinger, Catcher in the Rye, p. 12, 1951
- Sometimes I visit the shack to shoot the bull and get the latest drawings (news). — Eldridge Cleaver, Soul on Ice, p. 44, 1968
- Prince walked beside Red shooting the bull until they reached the mess hall. — Donald Goines, Black Gangster, p. 9, 1977
▶ shoot the con
to engage in goal-oriented, truth-deficient conversation US- We chewed the rag for quite a while and shot the con for fair / and when it came to spreadin’ jive, you could gamble that I was there. — Bruce Jackson, Get Your Ass in the Water and Swim Like Me, p. 131, 1965
▶ shoot the crow; shoot the craw
to abscond; to depart hurriedly, especially without paying money that is owed UK, 1887- Anyway, here’s your gaffer coming. I’d better shoot the craw. — Ian Pattison, Rab C. Nesbitt, 1988
- If they hadn’t shot the crow like that you could have asked whether it’s getting a theatrical release anywhere. — Christopher Brookmyre, Not the End of the World, p. 77, 1998
▶ shoot the curl; shoot the tube
to surf through the hollow part of a wave US- Shoot it, Gidget. Shoot the curl! — Frederick Kohner, Gidget, p. 149, 1957
- — Jack Pollard, The Australian Surfrider, p. 20, 1963
- And when I get to Surf City I’ll be shootin’ the curl / And checkin’ out the parties for a surfer girl. — Jan Berry and Dean Torrance, Surf City, 1963
- — Paradise of the Pacific, p. 27, October 1963
▶ shoot the doughnut
to aim artillery strikes at enemy forces encircling a US defensive position US- — Gregory Clark, Words of the Vietnam War, p. 465, 1990
▶ shoot the duck
to skateboard crouched on one leg with the other leg extended outward US- — Laura Torbet, The Complete Book of Skateboarding, p. 105, 1976
▶ shoot the gab
to gossip, to talk idly US- We were in there shooting the gab when in came a local boy named Herman[.] — Helen Giblo, Footlights, Fistfights and Femmes, p. 147, 1957
▶ shoot the pier
to surf, or attempt to surf, through the pilings of a pier US- At Huntington and Malibu / They’re shooting the pier / At Rincon they’re walking the nose. — Brian Wilson and Mike Love, Surfin’ Safari (performed by the Beach Boys), 1962
- — Duke Kahanamoku with Joe Brennan, Duke Kahanamoku’s World of Surfing, p. 176, 1965
▶ shoot the scales
(used of a truck driver) to bypass a weigh station US, 1963- — American Speech, p. 45, February 1963: Trucker’s language in Rhode Island
▶ shoot the shit; shoot shit
to engage in idle conversation; to tell lies US, 1947- It sure beats working as an extra, standing out in the sun all day while the director and the star shoot the shit. — Elmore Leonard, Freaky Deaky, p. 11, 1988
- She sank down next to Chili on the sofa and put her hand on his knee. “You guys working or just shooting the shit?” — Elmore Leonard, Be Cool, p. 256, 1999
- So what can I do for you, assuming you’re not here just to shoot the shit with your old mucker Jason? — John Williams, Cardiff Dead, p. 86, 2000
▶ shoot the V
to make a V-sign (the first and index fingers raised from a clenched fist, knuckles forward) UK
“Shoot” as “to fire a gun” accentuates the aggressive or dismissive nature of this action.- [T]akes his right hand off the handlebars and shoots the atomic plant the V. — Stuart Browne, Dangerous Parking, p. 1, 2000
▶ shoot the works
on the railways, to make a sudden, emergency stop US- — Ramon Adams, The Language of the Railroader, p. 137, 1977
▶ shoot your bolt
to ejaculate NEW ZEALAND, 1998- It calms a man down, and once a man has shot his wad the first time, he can last a lot longer the second, third, or fourth times. — Juan Carmel Cosmes, Memoir of a Whoremaster, p. 106, 1969
- — David McGill, David McGill’s Complete Kiwi Slang Dictionary, p. 101, 1998
- [F]uckin prove it. Prove yew can shoot yewer bolt an yew never know, Gwenno might even go to bed with you. — Niall Griffiths, Sheepshagger, p. 142, 2001
▶ shoot your cuffs
(used of a man wearing a suit or sports jacket) to straighten your arms so that the cuffs of the shirt extend beyond the jacket sleeves UK, 1909
The modern version of the older (1878) “shoot your linen”.- This bald-headed, wrinkle-necked, full bird colonel from the Officer’s Candidate School stood at the tend end, shooting his cuffs between handshakes[.] — Larry Heinemann, Close Quarters, p. 145, 1977
- “It’s a term of art,” he replied, shooting his cuffs as he turned to deal with the cash register. — Hunter S. Thompson, Songs of the Doomed, p. 203, 1983
- He shot the jacket and shirt cuffs over his left wrist, displaying a new Timex watch. — George V. Higgins, Penance for Jerry Kennedy, p. 34, 1985
- This is fight night. Shoot cuffs, boy, jack-knife yo’ legs. Get down. — Buzz, p. 76, May 1994
▶ shoot your load
figuratively, to exhaust your resources early in a contest US- The kids were used to hot-shot principals who had shot their loads in the first month and then settled down to letting the school run itself. — Evan Hunter, The Blackboard Jungle, p. 78, 1954
▶ shoot your trap
to talk too much US- I got sick of hearing him shoot his trap off. — James T. Farrell, Saturday Night, p. 34, 1947
▶ shoot your wad- to ejaculate US
- Did you get any action? Did you slam it to her? Did you stick her?
- Did you hump her? Did you run it down her throat? Did you jam it up her ass? Did you shoot your wad? — Screw, p. 6, 29 May 1972
- Candy makes studs prematurely shoot their wads left and right before they make it to the fuck altar. — Anthony Petkovich, The X Factory, p. 192, 1997
- to use all your resources; to reveal all US, 1887
- “What’d he tell you then?” “Nothing,” I said. “Clown shot his wad when she was sitting there.” — George Higgins, Kennedy for the Defense, p. 30, 1980
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