charge vs shoot

charge

verb
  • To move forward quickly and forcefully, particularly in combat and/or on horseback. 

  • To cause to take on an electric charge. 

  • To place a burden, load or responsibility on or in. 

  • To assign (a debit) to an account. 

  • To load equipment with material required for its use, as a firearm with powder, a fire hose with water, a chemical reactor with raw materials. 

  • To pay on account, as by using a credit card. 

  • To attack by moving forward quickly in a group. 

  • To call to account; to challenge. 

  • To impute or ascribe. 

  • To replenish energy to (a battery, or a device containing a battery) by use of an electrical device plugged into a power outlet. 

  • To commit a charging foul. 

  • To add to or represent on. 

  • To take a few steps down the pitch towards the bowler as they deliver the ball, either to disrupt the length of the delivery, or to get into a better position to hit the ball. 

  • To lie on the belly and be still. (A command given by a hunter to a dog) 

  • To require payment (of) (a price or fee, for goods, services, etc.). 

  • To ornament with or cause to bear. 

  • To assume as a bearing. 

  • To replenish energy. 

  • To assign a duty or responsibility to. 

  • To formally accuse (a person) of a crime. 

noun
  • An instruction. 

  • Someone or something entrusted to one's care, such as a child to a babysitter or a student to a teacher. 

  • A measured amount of powder and/or shot in a cartridge. 

  • A load or burden; cargo. 

  • A ground attack against a prepared enemy. 

  • The amount of money levied for a service. 

  • The scope of someone's responsibility. 

  • A forceful forward movement. 

  • An address given at a church service concluding a visitation. 

  • An official description (by the police or a court) of a crime that somebody may be guilty of. 

  • A position (of a weapon) fitted for attack. 

  • A sort of plaster or ointment. 

  • An electric charge. 

  • An image displayed on an escutcheon. 

  • Cannabis. 

  • An accusation by a person or organization. 

  • A measured amount of explosive. 

  • An offensive foul in which the player with the ball moves into a stationary defender. 

shoot

verb
  • To move very quickly and suddenly. 

  • To begin to speak. 

  • 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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