buzz vs shoot

buzz

verb
  • To talk to incessantly or confidentially in a low humming voice. 

  • To fly while making such a sound. 

  • To show a high level of activity and haste, energization or excitement, to be busy as a bee in one’s actions but perhaps mentally charged. 

  • Of a group of people, to talk about some interesting topic excitedly. 

  • To whisper; to communicate, as tales, in an undertone; to spread, as a report, by whispers or secretly. 

  • To make a low, continuous, humming or sibilant sound, like that made by bees with their wings. 

  • To fly at high speed and at a very low altitude over a specified area, as to make a surprise pass. 

  • To utter a murmuring sound; to speak with a low, humming voice. 

  • To cut the hair in a close-cropped military style, or buzzcut. 

  • To communicate with (a person) by means of a buzzer. 

noun
  • Major topic of conversation; widespread rumor; information spread behind the scenes. 

  • Synonym of fizz-buzz (“counting game”) 

  • The audible friction of voiced consonants. 

  • A whisper. 

  • A rush or feeling of energy or excitement; a feeling of slight intoxication. 

  • A continuous humming noise, as of bees; a confused murmur, as of general conversation in low tones. 

  • A telephone call or e-mail. 

shoot

verb
  • To begin to speak. 

  • To move very quickly and suddenly. 

  • To send out or forth, especially with a rapid or sudden motion; to cast with the hand; to hurl; to discharge; to emit. 

  • To plane straight; to fit by planing. 

  • To germinate; to bud; to sprout. 

  • To grow; to advance. 

  • To shoot the moon. 

  • To ejaculate. 

  • To carry out a seismic survey with geophones in an attempt to detect oil. 

  • To photograph. 

  • To push or thrust a bolt quickly; hence, to open a lock. 

  • To make the stated score. 

  • To hunt on (a piece of land); to kill game in or on. 

  • To fire (a weapon that releases a projectile). 

  • To inject a drug (such as heroin) intravenously. 

  • To throw dice. 

  • To fire a projectile at (a person or target). 

  • To variegate as if by sprinkling or intermingling; to color in spots or patches.ᵂ 

  • To dismiss or do away with. 

  • To hunt birds, etc. with a gun. 

  • To lunge. 

  • To deviate from kayfabe, either intentionally or accidentally; to actually connect with unchoreographed fighting blows and maneuvers, or speak one's mind (instead of an agreed script). 

  • To carry out, or attempt to carry out (an approach to an airport runway). 

  • To tip (something, especially coal) down a chute. 

  • To film. 

  • To cause a weapon to discharge a projectile. 

  • To travel or ride on (breaking waves) rowards the shore. 

  • To move ahead by force of momentum, as a sailing vessel when the helm is put hard alee. 

  • To push or thrust forward; to project; to protrude; often with out. 

  • To penetrate, like a missile; to dart with a piercing sensation. 

  • To fire (a projectile). 

  • To send to someone. 

  • To discharge a missile; said of a weapon. 

  • To protrude; to jut; to project; to extend. 

  • To measure the distance and direction to (a point). 

  • To go over or pass quickly through. 

intj
  • A mild expletive, expressing disbelief or disdain 

noun
  • A hunt or shooting competition. 

  • A rush of water; a rapid. 

  • The act of taking all point cards in one hand. 

  • An inclined plane, either artificial or natural, down which timber, coal, ore, etc., are caused to slide; a chute. 

  • A seismic survey carried out with geophones in an attempt to detect oil. 

  • An event that is unscripted or legitimate. 

  • The emerging stem and embryonic leaves of a new plant. 

  • A weft thread shot through the shed by the shuttle; a pick. 

  • A shoat; a young pig. 

  • A vein of ore running in the same general direction as the lode. 

  • A photography session. 

  • The act of shooting; the discharge of a missile; a shot. 

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