What do you mean by the term "clearly"? When I say clear it usually refers to the weather. Are you saying this ownage has occured on a "sunny" day? Because it's raining here which throws this thread WIDE open. What about the term beaten because we haven't actually laid a finger on the poor chap? Dictionaries never lie. They don't.
lmao the two shoudl be stickied and every time MW argues, people need just point him to these two threads haha
Yes, indeed. Also with any "Happy Birthday" thread in the Lounge. I'm sure you understand why. It's because dictionaries never lie. Good man. :good
ironically it actually is quite sunny where im at. just imagine the dissapointment if you heard a fight on the radio commentated by Michigan "fighter a floors fighter b with a big right hand" "fighter b comes back to floor fighter a with a counter left" then you see the fight and discover all that happened was they exchanged jabs :rofl:rofl:rofl:rofl:rofl
if i say "i'm going to shoot you" does it mean i will fire a gun at you, or does it mean any of the following: Verb 1. shoot - hit with a missile from a weapon pip, hit injure, wound - cause injuries or bodily harm to strike, hit - make a strategic, offensive, assault against an enemy, opponent, or a target; "The Germans struck Poland on Sept. 1, 1939"; "We must strike the enemy's oil fields"; "in the fifth inning, the Giants struck, sending three runners home to win the game 5 to 2" shoot, blast - fire a shot; "the gunman blasted away" gun down - strike down or shoot down grass - shoot down, of birds kneecap - shoot in the kneecap, often done by terrorist groups as a warning; "They kneecapped the industrialist" pip, shoot - kill by firing a missile 2. shoot - kill by firing a missile pip shoot, pip, hit - hit with a missile from a weapon kill - cause to die; put to death, usually intentionally or knowingly; "This man killed several people when he tried to rob a bank"; "The farmer killed a pig for the holidays" flight - shoot a bird in flight pick off - shoot one by one 3. shoot - fire a shot; "the gunman blasted away" blast fire, discharge - cause to go off; "fire a gun"; "fire a bullet" blaze, blaze away - shoot rapidly and repeatedly; "He blazed away at the men" overshoot - shoot beyond or over (a target) sharpshoot, snipe - aim and shoot with great precision fire, open fire - start firing a weapon gun - shoot with a gun shoot, pip, hit - hit with a missile from a weapon pump - deliver forth; "pump bullets into the dummy" 4. shoot - make a film or photograph of something; "take a scene"; "shoot a movie" film, take motion picture, motion-picture show, movie, moving picture, moving-picture show, pic, film, picture show, flick, picture - a form of entertainment that enacts a story by sound and a sequence of images giving the illusion of continuous movement; "they went to a movie every Saturday night"; "the film was shot on location" record, enter, put down - make a record of; set down in permanent form photograph, shoot, snap - record on photographic film; "I photographed the scene of the accident"; "She snapped a picture of the President" reshoot - shoot again; "We had to reshoot that scene 24 times" 5. shoot - send forth suddenly, intensely, swiftly; "shoot a glance" cast, contrive, throw, project - put or send forth; "She threw the flashlight beam into the corner"; "The setting sun threw long shadows"; "cast a spell"; "cast a warm light" 6. shoot - run or move very quickly or hastily; "She dashed into the yard" dash, scoot, scud, dart, flash plunge - dash violently or with great speed or impetuosity; "She plunged at it eagerly" shoot down, tear, buck, charge, shoot - move quickly and violently; "The car tore down the street"; "He came charging into my office" hie, hotfoot, pelt along, race, rush, rush along, speed, step on it, belt along, bucket along, cannonball along, hasten - move fast; "He rushed down the hall to receive his guests"; "The cars raced down the street" 7. shoot - move quickly and violently; "The car tore down the street"; "He came charging into my office" shoot down, tear, buck, charge hie, hotfoot, pelt along, race, rush, rush along, speed, step on it, belt along, bucket along, cannonball along, hasten - move fast; "He rushed down the hall to receive his guests"; "The cars raced down the street" dash, scoot, scud, dart, flash, shoot - run or move very quickly or hastily; "She dashed into the yard" rip - move precipitously or violently; "The tornado ripped along the coast" shoot up - rise dramatically; "Prices shot up overnight" 8. shoot - throw or propel in a specific direction or towards a specific objective; "shoot craps"; "shoot a golf ball" hit - cause to move by striking; "hit a ball" dunk - make a dunk shot, in basketball; "He dunked the ball" break - make the opening shot that scatters the balls chip - play a chip shot carom - make a carom birdie - shoot in one stroke under par double birdie, eagle - shoot two strokes under par; "She eagled the hole" double bogey - to shoot two strokes over par bogey - to shoot in one stroke over par knuckle - shoot a marble while keeping one's knuckles on the ground 9. shoot - record on photographic film; "I photographed the scene of the accident"; "She snapped a picture of the President" photograph, snap photography, picture taking - the act of taking and printing photographs record, enter, put down - make a record of; set down in permanent form film, shoot, take - make a film or photograph of something; "take a scene"; "shoot a movie" retake - photograph again; "Please retake that scene" x-ray - take an x-ray of something or somebody; "The doctor x-rayed my chest" 10. shoot - emit (as light, flame, or fumes) suddenly and forcefully; "The dragon shot fumes and flames out of its mouth" give out, emit, give off - give off, send forth, or discharge; as of light, heat, or radiation, vapor, etc.; "The ozone layer blocks some harmful rays which the sun emits" 11. shoot - cause a sharp and sudden pain in; "The pain shot up her leg" hurt, smart, ache - be the source of pain 12. shoot - force or drive (a fluid or gas) into by piercing; "inject hydrogen into the balloon" inject inject, shoot - give an injection to; "We injected the glucose into the patient's vein" put in, stick in, inclose, insert, introduce, enclose - introduce; "Insert your ticket here" 13. shoot - variegate by interweaving weft threads of different colors; "shoot cloth" interweave, weave - interlace by or as if by weaving 14. shoot - throw dice, as in a crap game throw - throw (a die) out onto a flat surface; "Throw a six" 15. shoot - spend frivolously and unwisely; "Fritter away one's inheritance" fool away, fritter, fritter away, frivol away, fool, dissipate ware, squander, consume, waste - spend extravagantly; "waste not, want not" 16. shoot - score; "shoot a basket"; "shoot a goal" athletics, sport - an active diversion requiring physical exertion and competition rack up, score, tally, hit - gain points in a game; "The home team scored many times"; "He hit a home run"; "He hit .300 in the past season" 17. shoot - utter fast and forcefully; "She shot back an answer" let loose, let out, utter, emit - express audibly; utter sounds (not necessarily words); "She let out a big heavy sigh"; "He uttered strange sounds that nobody could understand" 18. shoot - measure the altitude of by using a sextant; "shoot a star" measure, measure out, mensurate - determine the measurements of something or somebody, take measurements of; "Measure the length of the wall" 19. shoot - produce buds, branches, or germinate; "the potatoes sprouted" bourgeon, burgeon forth, germinate, sprout, spud, pullulate grow - increase in size by natural process; "Corn doesn't grow here"; "In these forests, mushrooms grow under the trees"; "her hair doesn't grow much anymore" germinate - cause to grow or sprout; "the plentiful rain germinated my plants" 20. shoot - give an injection to; "We injected the glucose into the patient's vein" inject practice of medicine, medicine - the learned profession that is mastered by graduate training in a medical school and that is devoted to preventing or alleviating or curing diseases and injuries; "he studied medicine at Harvard" dispense, administer - give or apply (medications) infuse - introduce into the body through a vein, for therapeutic purposes; "Some physiologists infuses sugar solutions into the veins of animals" vaccinate, immunise, immunize, inoculate - perform vaccinations or produce immunity in by inoculation; "We vaccinate against scarlet fever"; "The nurse vaccinated the children in the school" inject, shoot - force or drive (a fluid or gas) into by piercing; "inject hydrogen into the balloon"