shoot – English verb conjugation

English verb forms of shoot

Nominal Forms

Infinitive: to shoot down sb
Participle: shot down sb
Gerund: shooting down sb

Cognates

-

Indicative

Present

Ishoot down sb
youshoot down sb
he;she;itshoots down sb
weshoot down sb
youshoot down sb
theyshoot down sb

Perfect

Ihave shotten (E) down sb; shot down sb
youhave shotten (E) down sb; shot down sb
he;she;ithas shotten (E) down sb; shot down sb
wehave shotten (E) down sb; shot down sb
youhave shotten (E) down sb; shot down sb
theyhave shotten (E) down sb; shot down sb

Past

Ishot down sb
youshot down sb
he;she;itshot down sb
weshot down sb
youshot down sb
theyshot down sb

Pluperfect

Ihad shotten (E) down sb; shot down sb
youhad shotten (E) down sb; shot down sb
he;she;ithad shotten (E) down sb; shot down sb
wehad shotten (E) down sb; shot down sb
youhad shotten (E) down sb; shot down sb
theyhad shotten (E) down sb; shot down sb

Future

Iwill shoot down sb
youwill shoot down sb
he;she;itwill shoot down sb
wewill shoot down sb
youwill shoot down sb
theywill shoot down sb

Future Perfect

Iwill have shotten (E) down sb; shot down sb
youwill have shotten (E) down sb; shot down sb
he;she;itwill have shotten (E) down sb; shot down sb
wewill have shotten (E) down sb; shot down sb
youwill have shotten (E) down sb; shot down sb
theywill have shotten (E) down sb; shot down sb

Subjunctive

Present

Ishoot down sb
youshoot down sb
he;she;itshoot down sb
weshoot down sb
youshoot down sb
theyshoot down sb

Perfect

Ihave shotten (E) down sb; shot down sb
youhave shotten (E) down sb; shot down sb
he;she;ithave shotten (E) down sb; shot down sb
wehave shotten (E) down sb; shot down sb
youhave shotten (E) down sb; shot down sb
theyhave shotten (E) down sb; shot down sb

Imperfect

Ishot down sb
youshot down sb
he;she;itshot down sb
weshot down sb
youshot down sb
theyshot down sb

Pluperfect

Ihad shotten (E) down sb; shot down sb
youhad shotten (E) down sb; shot down sb
he;she;ithad shotten (E) down sb; shot down sb
wehad shotten (E) down sb; shot down sb
youhad shotten (E) down sb; shot down sb
theyhad shotten (E) down sb; shot down sb

Conditional

Present

Iwould shoot down sb
youwould shoot down sb
he;she;itwould shoot down sb
wewould shoot down sb
youwould shoot down sb
theywould shoot down sb

Perfect

Iwould have shotten (E) down sb; shot down sb
youwould have shotten (E) down sb; shot down sb
he;she;itwould have shotten (E) down sb; shot down sb
wewould have shotten (E) down sb; shot down sb
youwould have shotten (E) down sb; shot down sb
theywould have shotten (E) down sb; shot down sb

Imperative

youshoot down sb
weLet's shoot down sb
youshoot down sb

Progressive (Continuous) Forms

Indicative

Present

Iam shooting down sb
youare shooting down sb
he;she;itis shooting down sb
weare shooting down sb
youare shooting down sb
theyare shooting down sb

Perfect

Ihave been shooting down sb
youhave been shooting down sb
he;she;ithas been shooting down sb
wehave been shooting down sb
youhave been shooting down sb
theyhave been shooting down sb

Past

Iwas shooting down sb
youwere shooting down sb
he;she;itwas shooting down sb
wewere shooting down sb
youwere shooting down sb
theywere shooting down sb

Pluperfect

Ihad been shooting down sb
youhad been shooting down sb
he;she;ithad been shooting down sb
wehad been shooting down sb
youhad been shooting down sb
theyhad been shooting down sb

Future

Iwill be shooting down sb
youwill be shooting down sb
he;she;itwill be shooting down sb
wewill be shooting down sb
youwill be shooting down sb
theywill be shooting down sb

Future Perfect

Iwill have been shooting down sb
youwill have been shooting down sb
he;she;itwill have been shooting down sb
wewill have been shooting down sb
youwill have been shooting down sb
theywill have been shooting down sb

Conditional

Present

Iwould be shooting down sb
youwould be shooting down sb
he;she;itwould be shooting down sb
wewould be shooting down sb
youwould be shooting down sb
theywould be shooting down sb

Perfect

Iwould have been shooting down sb
youwould have been shooting down sb
he;she;itwould have been shooting down sb
wewould have been shooting down sb
youwould have been shooting down sb
theywould have been shooting down sb

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)