shoot – English verb conjugation

English verb forms of shoot

Nominal Forms

Infinitive: to shoot the breeze
Participle: shot the breeze
Gerund: shooting the breeze

Cognates

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Indicative

Present

Ishoot the breeze
youshoot the breeze
he;she;itshoots the breeze
weshoot the breeze
youshoot the breeze
theyshoot the breeze

Perfect

Ihave shotten (E) the breeze; shot the breeze
youhave shotten (E) the breeze; shot the breeze
he;she;ithas shotten (E) the breeze; shot the breeze
wehave shotten (E) the breeze; shot the breeze
youhave shotten (E) the breeze; shot the breeze
theyhave shotten (E) the breeze; shot the breeze

Past

Ishot the breeze
youshot the breeze
he;she;itshot the breeze
weshot the breeze
youshot the breeze
theyshot the breeze

Pluperfect

Ihad shotten (E) the breeze; shot the breeze
youhad shotten (E) the breeze; shot the breeze
he;she;ithad shotten (E) the breeze; shot the breeze
wehad shotten (E) the breeze; shot the breeze
youhad shotten (E) the breeze; shot the breeze
theyhad shotten (E) the breeze; shot the breeze

Future

Iwill shoot the breeze
youwill shoot the breeze
he;she;itwill shoot the breeze
wewill shoot the breeze
youwill shoot the breeze
theywill shoot the breeze

Future Perfect

Iwill have shotten (E) the breeze; shot the breeze
youwill have shotten (E) the breeze; shot the breeze
he;she;itwill have shotten (E) the breeze; shot the breeze
wewill have shotten (E) the breeze; shot the breeze
youwill have shotten (E) the breeze; shot the breeze
theywill have shotten (E) the breeze; shot the breeze

Subjunctive

Present

Ishoot the breeze
youshoot the breeze
he;she;itshoot the breeze
weshoot the breeze
youshoot the breeze
theyshoot the breeze

Perfect

Ihave shotten (E) the breeze; shot the breeze
youhave shotten (E) the breeze; shot the breeze
he;she;ithave shotten (E) the breeze; shot the breeze
wehave shotten (E) the breeze; shot the breeze
youhave shotten (E) the breeze; shot the breeze
theyhave shotten (E) the breeze; shot the breeze

Imperfect

Ishot the breeze
youshot the breeze
he;she;itshot the breeze
weshot the breeze
youshot the breeze
theyshot the breeze

Pluperfect

Ihad shotten (E) the breeze; shot the breeze
youhad shotten (E) the breeze; shot the breeze
he;she;ithad shotten (E) the breeze; shot the breeze
wehad shotten (E) the breeze; shot the breeze
youhad shotten (E) the breeze; shot the breeze
theyhad shotten (E) the breeze; shot the breeze

Conditional

Present

Iwould shoot the breeze
youwould shoot the breeze
he;she;itwould shoot the breeze
wewould shoot the breeze
youwould shoot the breeze
theywould shoot the breeze

Perfect

Iwould have shotten (E) the breeze; shot the breeze
youwould have shotten (E) the breeze; shot the breeze
he;she;itwould have shotten (E) the breeze; shot the breeze
wewould have shotten (E) the breeze; shot the breeze
youwould have shotten (E) the breeze; shot the breeze
theywould have shotten (E) the breeze; shot the breeze

Imperative

youshoot the breeze
weLet's shoot the breeze
youshoot the breeze

Progressive (Continuous) Forms

Indicative

Present

Iam shooting the breeze
youare shooting the breeze
he;she;itis shooting the breeze
weare shooting the breeze
youare shooting the breeze
theyare shooting the breeze

Perfect

Ihave been shooting the breeze
youhave been shooting the breeze
he;she;ithas been shooting the breeze
wehave been shooting the breeze
youhave been shooting the breeze
theyhave been shooting the breeze

Past

Iwas shooting the breeze
youwere shooting the breeze
he;she;itwas shooting the breeze
wewere shooting the breeze
youwere shooting the breeze
theywere shooting the breeze

Pluperfect

Ihad been shooting the breeze
youhad been shooting the breeze
he;she;ithad been shooting the breeze
wehad been shooting the breeze
youhad been shooting the breeze
theyhad been shooting the breeze

Future

Iwill be shooting the breeze
youwill be shooting the breeze
he;she;itwill be shooting the breeze
wewill be shooting the breeze
youwill be shooting the breeze
theywill be shooting the breeze

Future Perfect

Iwill have been shooting the breeze
youwill have been shooting the breeze
he;she;itwill have been shooting the breeze
wewill have been shooting the breeze
youwill have been shooting the breeze
theywill have been shooting the breeze

Conditional

Present

Iwould be shooting the breeze
youwould be shooting the breeze
he;she;itwould be shooting the breeze
wewould be shooting the breeze
youwould be shooting the breeze
theywould be shooting the breeze

Perfect

Iwould have been shooting the breeze
youwould have been shooting the breeze
he;she;itwould have been shooting the breeze
wewould have been shooting the breeze
youwould have been shooting the breeze
theywould have been shooting the breeze

Other

Synonyms & Antonyms

Synonyms

transitive|shoot
fire
fire
blast, discharge, ignite, bombard, torpedo, barrage, rake, expel
rush
hasten, hurry, run, dash, dart
execute
murder, kill, dispatch
ask
question, inquire, solicit, request

Antonyms

execute
fail, quit, abandon
ask
refuse, reject, deny, decline

Additional Information

Etymology

1. O.E. sceotan "to shoot" (class II strong verb; past tense sceat, pp. scoten), from P.Gmc. *skeutanan (cf. O.S. skiotan, O.N. skjota, O.Fris. skiata, Du. schieten, Ger. schießen), from PIE base *skeud- "to shoot, to chase, to throw, to project" (cf. Skt. skundate "hastens, makes haste," O.C.S. iskydati "to throw out," Lith. skudrus "quick, nimble"). Meanings "send forth swiftly" and "wound with missiles" were in O.E. In ref. to pool playing, the verb is attested from 1926. Meaning "to inject by means of a hypodermic needle" is attested from 1914. Meaning "photograph" (especially a movie) is from 1890. As an interjection, an arbitrary euphemistic alteration of shit, it is recorded from 1934. Shooting star first recorded 1593. Shoot the breeze "chat" first recorded 1941. Shoot to kill first attested 1867.
2. Etymology tree
3. Proto-Indo-European *(s)kewd-
4. Proto-Indo-European *-eti
5. Proto-Indo-European *(s)kéwdeti?
6. Proto-Germanic *skuttōnąbf.?
7. Proto-Germanic *skeutaną
8. Proto-West Germanic *skeutan
9. Old English sċēotan
10. Middle English schoten
11. English shoot
12. Inherited from Middle English scheten, schoten, from Old English scēotan, from Proto-West Germanic *skeutan, from Proto-Germanic *skeutaną, from Proto-Indo-European *(s)kéwd-e-ti, thematic present of *(s)kewd- (“to shoot, throw”).
13. Cognates
14. Cognate with West Frisian sjitte, Low German scheten, Dutch schieten, German schießen, Danish skyde, Norwegian Bokmål skyte, Norwegian Nynorsk skyta, Swedish skjuta; and also, through Indo-European, with Russian кида́ть (kidátʹ), Albanian hedh (“to throw, toss”), Persian چست (čost, “quick, active”), Lithuanian skudrùs. See: Proto-Germanic '*skeutaną', Low Saxon 'scheten', Dutch 'schieten', German, old spelling 'schießen', Danish 'skyde', Norwegian 'skyte', Norwegian, nynorsk 'skyta', Swedish 'skjuta', Russian 'кида́ть', Albanian 'hedh'.

Verbs referencing "shoot"

Vietnamese sút, German, old spelling schießen, Spanish chutar, Russian кидать, Alemannic German schieße, German, Pennsylvania schiesse, Albanian hedh, Luxembourgish schéissen, Cebuano siyot, Norwegian, nynorsk skyta, Proto-Slavic kydati, Proto-Slavic sovati, Valencian xutar, Czech čutat.

Sample Sentences

  • [...] is painted ‘WHEN THE BELL RINGS, LOOK OUT FOR THE LOCOMOTIVE. ’ On it whirls headlong, dives through the woods again, emerges in the light, clatters over frail arches, rumbles upon the heavy ground, shoots beneath a wooden bridge which intercepts the light for a second like a wink, suddenly awakens all the slumbering echoes in the main street of a large town, and dashes on haphazard, pell-mell, [...] (American Notes for General Circulation)
  • [...] Diedrich Knickerbocker 's History. We were now in a narrow channel, with sloping banks on either side, besprinkled with pleasant villas, and made refreshing to the sight by turf and trees. Soon we shot in quick succession, past a light-house; a madhouse (how the lunatics flung up their caps and roared in sympathy with the headlong engine and the driving tide ! ); a jail; and other buildings: and [...] (American Notes for General Circulation)
  • “ You won't shoot me, now, Mary, if I say I do ! ” (Uncle Tom’s Cabin)
  • [...] enough too, to see an honourable gentleman leaning back in his tilted chair with his legs on the desk before him, shaping a convenient ‘plug ’ with his penknife, and when it is quite ready for use, shooting the old one from his mouth, as from a pop-gun, and clapping the new one in its place. (American Notes for General Circulation)
  • [...] by him, rose up immediately before his startled eyes, ghostly with damp mud. Never was pig 's whole mass of blood so turned. He started back at least three feet, gazed for a moment, and then shot off as hard as he could go: his excessively little tail vibrating with speed and terror like a distracted pendulum. But before he had gone very far, he began to reason with himself as to the nature [...] (American Notes for General Circulation)
  • If the coming up this river, slowly making head against the stream, be an irksome journey, the shooting down it with the turbid current is almost worse; for then the boat, proceeding at the rate of twelve or fifteen miles an hour, has to force its passage through a labyrinth of floating logs, which, [...] (American Notes for General Circulation)
  • [...] cataracts from all points of view; to stand upon the edge of the great Horse-Shoe Fall, marking the hurried water gathering strength as it approached the verge, yet seeming, too, to pause before it shot into the gulf below; to gaze from the river 's level up at the torrent as it came streaming down; to climb the neighbouring heights and watch it through the trees, and see the wreathing water in the [...] (American Notes for General Circulation)
  • [...] discreditable and disgraceful results. It is not long since guns were discharged from a window in this town at the successful candidates in an election, and the coachman of one of them was actually shot in the body, though not dangerously wounded. But one man was killed on the same occasion; and from the very window whence he received his death, the very flag which shielded his murderer (not only [...] (American Notes for General Circulation)
  • In the afternoon we shot down some rapids where the river boiled and bubbled strangely, and where the force and headlong violence of the current were tremendous. At seven o’clock we reached Dickenson 's Landing, whence [...] (American Notes for General Circulation)
  • [...] to come behind on his swift nag, and keep a bright lookout on the road, and warn us if any company of men come on. Michael keeps a horse that can soon get ahead of most other horses; and he could shoot ahead and let us know, if there were any danger. I am going out now to warn Jim and the old woman to be in readiness, and to see about the horse. We have a pretty fair start, and stand a good chance [...] (Uncle Tom’s Cabin)
  • we had the crawling under the barbed wire with live fire over us. [ shot firing ] (Suburban Fury)
  • So that he could look down the barrel of the gun and be more scared. - Okay, yeah, I thought you said " fire. " - You shot David ! (Psycho Therapy: The Shallow Tale of a Writer Who Decided to Write about a Serial Killer)
  • You shot my favorite bong. Go find your own damn closet! Sorry. (SIGHS ) Wow, this is so nice. (Scary Movie)