🔫 To fire a weapon 📷 To take a picture 💨 To move quickly ⚽ To kick or throw 🎯 A shooting event 💸 To waste money 🌱 A young plant 🌱 To start growing 🎲 To throw dice 🌟 To measure stars 🧵 To weave colors

to shoot

397 3.2

To take a photograph or film

verb
/ʃut/

: fotografiar

The director decided to shoot the entire film in natural light for a more authentic look.
shoot pictures
shoot photos
shoot a video

This is the city where I shot videos for years.

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Examples

And, you know, the film was shot in New York.
You know, I teach, I write, I shoot these videos.
Come on, go shoot this whole show on this phone.

Unbox Therapy
I can spend time shooting B roll on my own.

Film Courage
So we just need to be ready to shoot a little picture.

Fly Me to the Moon (2024)
This is the city where I shot videos for years.

Austin Evans
Your phone can shoot full HD video.
The great thing about digital cameras is to just go out, shoot, experiment, and have some fun.

Academic text (2008)
So I'm hoping to shoot some videos on that.
I'm shooting a commercial for Selecto.

Emmanuelle (2024)

Synonyms

to take

vsto shoot

∞ 1.7

Use a camera to create a photo or video

is the exact same action expressed by a different word

to film

vsto shoot

415 1.0

To record moving pictures with a camera to make a movie

also covers making still photographs as well as recording moving images

to photograph

vsto shoot

202 2.1

To take a picture of a person, place, or thing with a camera

also covers making moving image recordings as well as making still images

to take a picture

vsto shoot

166 1.4

To make a photo using a camera

also includes making films and moving image recordings not only images

to take photo

vsto shoot

136 1.0

To use a camera or phone to make a picture

also covers recording moving images rather than only single images

to snap

vsto shoot

Informal

47 2.8

Take a quick informal photograph

is used more broadly for creating photographs or films without speed or informality

filmed

vsto shoot

2.2

Recorded as a movie or television show

is the general present action, not the past completed recording result

Idioms

to shoot oneself in the foot

Informal

20 8.4

Do or say something that harms your own chances

to shoot the breeze

Informal

9 6.8

To chat in a relaxed informal way about unimportant things

to shoot from the hip

Informal

6 8.1

To speak or act quickly without thinking carefully

to shoot the messenger

3 7.8

Blame or punish the person who brings bad news instead of fixing the problem

to shoot first and ask questions later

Informal

3 8.4

Act quickly without thinking or checking facts

to shoot for the stars

Informal

2 4.7

Try to reach a very high and difficult goal

to shoot the bull

2 8.1

To chat in a relaxed way about everyday things

to shoot from the lip

Informal

1 8.9

To speak quickly without thinking and risk upsetting people

to shoot yourself in the foot

Informal

1 7.5

Cause trouble for yourself by your actions, often by accident

to shoot off at the mouth

Informal

1 9.4

Say things quickly without thinking that may hurt people or make you sorry later

to shoot your bolt

Informal

1 8.6

To use up all your energy or chances so none remain

to shoot one's bolt

Informal

8.8

To use up all your energy or chances

to shoot one's load

Offensive

9.9

Use all your energy at once and have none left in a rude way

to shoot someone's face off

Offensive

9.9

To surprise someone very strongly, often in a funny way

Phrasal Verbs

to shoot down

207 4.4

Fire at a plane or missile so it falls to the ground

to shoot down

Informal

31 3.8

Say no to an idea or plan in a sudden, strong way

to shoot for

Informal

30 3.9

To try to reach a big, difficult goal

to shoot up

25 4.1

Rise quickly to a much higher level

to shoot one's mouth off

Informal

5 8.0

To say things carelessly or proudly without thinking about the result

to shoot off

Informal

3 4.1

To send a message quickly without much thought

to shoot craps

1 8.4

Play a dice gambling game to try to win money

to shoot holes in

Informal

1 7.2

To find and point out weak points in an idea, plan or argument

to shoot a question

Informal

1 3.7

To ask a question quickly and directly

to shoot a line

Informal

1 8.3

To send a short message to someone by phone or text

to shoot a line

Australian

9.6

To say proud things to make yourself seem better than you are

Compounds

photo shoot

56 3.1

A session when someone takes photos of people or things

turkey shoot

NSFW

3 8.4

An event or situation where winning is very easy, for example a shooting contest with easy targets

bamboo shoot

2 2.1

A young stem of bamboo you can eat and use as a vegetable in Asian cooking

point-and-shoot camera

2 3.4

A small light camera with automatic settings for taking simple photos

shoot 'em up

1 8.1

A fast action game or movie with a lot of shooting

shoot-'em-up

NSFW

1 8.0

A fast action film or game with lots of shooting and fights

How Elaborate

to film

415 1.0

to shoot

397 3.2

to take a picture

166 1.4

to snap

Informal

47 2.8

Surface Forms

shoot infinitive

shooting present participle

shoots third person singular

shot past

shot past participle

Etymology

Shoot was used for taking photos by comparing a camera to a gun; a camera 'shoots' a picture quickly like firing a shot. That's why to shoot a photo means to take a picture.