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Definition of SHOOT

1

a branch of a main stem especially of a plant <collected the most tender shoots for the vegetable dish he was making>

Synonyms outgrowth, shoot, sprout

Related Words excrescence, growth; bough, branchlet, limb, twig; bud, floret; spray, sprig, spur

2

a sharp unpleasant sensation usually felt in some specific part of the body <there'd be a shoot of pain from that molar whenever I bit down>

Synonyms ache, pang, prick, shoot, smart, sting, stitch, throe, tingle, twinge

Related Words discomfort, distress, soreness, tenderness; affliction, agony, anguish, misery, sufferance, suffering, torment, torture; inflammation, sore, swelling; damage, detriment, harm, hurt, injury; backache, bellyache, charley horse, colic, complaint, earache, gripe, headache, stomachache, toothache

Near Antonyms comfort, ease, easiness