shoot
exclamation/ʃuːt/
/ʃuːt/
- (North American English) used to show that you are annoyed when you do something stupid or when something goes wrong (to avoid saying ‘shit’)
- Shoot! I've forgotten my book!
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- (especially North American English) used to tell somebody to say what they want to say
- You want to tell me something? OK, shoot!
Word OriginOld English scēotan, of Germanic origin; related to Dutch scieten and German sciessen, also to sheet, the noun shot, and shut.
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