shoot vs sweep

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. 

sweep

verb
  • To travel quickly. 

  • To clear (a body of water or part thereof) of mines. 

  • To defeat (a team) in a series without drawing or losing any of the games in that series. 

  • To carry with a long, swinging, or dragging motion; hence, to carry in a stately or proud fashion. 

  • To move something in a long sweeping motion, as a broom. 

  • To row with one oar to either the port or starboard side. 

  • To strike with a long stroke. 

  • To pass over, or traverse, with the eye or with an instrument of observation. 

  • To move through a (horizontal) arc or similar long stroke. 

  • To win (a series) without drawing or losing any of the games in that series. 

  • To clean (a surface) by means of a stroking motion of a broom or brush. 

  • To remove something abruptly and thoroughly. 

  • To brush the ice in front of a moving stone, causing it to travel farther and to curl less. 

  • To search (a place) methodically. 

  • To draw or drag something over. 

  • To play a sweep shot. 

  • To vacuum a carpet or rug. 

  • To brush against or over; to rub lightly along. 

noun
  • Any of several sea chubs in the family Kyphosidae (subfamily Scorpidinae). 

  • The compass of any turning body or of any motion. 

  • Violent and general destruction. 

  • The degree to which an aircraft's wings are angled backwards (or, occasionally, forwards) from their attachments to the fuselage. 

  • A flow of water parallel to shore caused by wave action at an ocean beach or at a point or headland. 

  • A long pole, or piece of timber, moved on a horizontal fulcrum fixed to a tall post and used to raise and lower a bucket in a well for drawing water. 

  • A lottery, usually on the results of a sporting event, where players win if their randomly chosen team wins. 

  • A person who stands at the stern of a surf boat, steering with a steering oar and commanding the crew. 

  • A single action of sweeping. 

  • The person who steers a dragon boat. 

  • A methodical search, typically for bugs (electronic listening devices). 

  • Direction or departure of a curve, a road, an arch, etc. away from a rectilinear line. 

  • A rowing style in which each rower rows with oar on either the port or starboard side. 

  • An expanse or a swath, a strip of land. 

  • A batsman's shot, played from a kneeling position with a swinging horizontal bat. 

  • In the game casino, the act of capturing all face-up cards from the table. 

  • A movable template for making moulds, in loam moulding. 

  • Any of the blades of a windmill. 

  • A chimney sweep. 

  • The sweepings of workshops where precious metals are worked, containing filings, etc. 

  • A large oar used in small vessels, partly to propel them and partly to steer them. 

  • A throw or takedown that primarily uses the legs to attack an opponent's legs. 

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