Kick vs Shoot - What's the difference?

In transitive terms the difference between kick and shoot

is that kick is to direct to a particular place by a blow with the foot or leg while shoot is to penetrate, like a missile; to dart with a piercing sensation.

In intransitive terms the difference between kick and shoot

is that kick is to make a sharp jerking movement of the leg, as to strike something while shoot is to move very quickly and suddenly.

As an interjection shoot is

A mild expletive, expressing disbelief or disdain

kick
English

Etymology 1
From (etyl) . See (l).

Verb
(en verb)
To strike or hit with the foot or other extremity of the leg.

Did you kick your brother?

* 1877 , , Chapter 1: My Early Home,

Sometimes we had rather rough play, for they would frequently bite and kick as well as gallop.

* 1895 , , Chapter XII: Friends and Foes,

I was cuffed by the women and kicked by the men because I would not swallow it.

* 1905 , , Chapter 6,

A punt is made by letting the ball drop from the hands and kicking it just before it touches the ground.

* 1919 , , The Teacher: concerning Kate Swift,

Will Henderson, who had on a light overcoat and no overshoes, kicked the heel of his left foot with the toe of the right.

To make a sharp jerking movement of the leg, as to strike something.

He enjoyed the simple pleasure of watching the kickline kick .

* 1904 , , Chapter II: Rope Jumping, and What Followed,

"If you did that, I'd kick'," answered Freddie, and began to ' kick real hard into the air.

To direct to a particular place by a blow with the foot or leg.

Kick the ball into the goal.

* 1905 , , Chapter 7,

Sometimes he can kick' the ball forward along the ground until it is ' kicked in goal, where he can fall on it for a touchdown.

To eject summarily.

* 1936 October,

"He's been mad at me ever since I fired him off'n my payroll. After I kicked him off'n my ranch he run for sheriff, and the night of the election everybody was so drunk they voted for him by mistake, or for a joke, or somethin', and since he's been in office he's been lettin' the sheepmen steal me right out of house and home."

* 1976 February 3, ,

They are the ones who give hobbyists a bad name, and should be kicked out of any club meeting they show up at.

(Internet) To remove a participant from an online activity.

He was kicked by ChanServ for flooding.

(slang) To overcome (a bothersome or difficult issue or obstacle); to free onself of (a problem).

By taking that medication, he managed to get his triggered phobia of heights kicked .

I still smoke, but they keep telling me to kick the habit.

To move or push suddenly and violently.

He was kicked sideways by the force of the blast.

* 2011 , Tom Andry, Bob Moore: No Hero ,

The back of the car kicked out violently, forcing me to steer into the slide and accelerate in order to maintain control.

(of a firearm) To recoil; to push by recoiling.

* 2003 , Jennifer C. D. Groomes, The Falcon Project , page 174,

Lying on the ground, when fired, it kicked me back a foot. There was no way a person my size was going to be able to do an effective job with this gun.

* 2006 , Daniel D. Scherschel, Maple Grove , page 81,

I asked my sister Jeanette if she wanted to shoot the 12 ga. shotgun. She replied, "does it kick "?

Descendants

* German: (l)

Noun

(en noun)

A hit or strike with the leg or foot or knee.

A kick to the knee.

* 1890 , , Chapter VII: A Raid on the Stable-Beer Dives,

A kick of his boot-heel sent the door flying into the room.

* 2011 , Phil McNulty, Euro 2012: Montenegro 2-2 England [http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport2/hi/football/15195384.stm]

Elsad Zverotic gave Montenegro hope with a goal with the last kick of the first half - and when Rooney was deservedly shown red by referee Wolfgang Stark, England were placed under pressure they could not survive.

The action of swinging a foot or leg.

The ballerina did a high kick and a leap.

(colloquial) Something that tickles the fancy; something fun or amusing.

I finally saw the show. What a kick !

I think I sprained something on my latest exercise kick .

(Internet) The removal of a person from an online activity.

A button (of a joypad, joystick or similar device) whose only or main current function is that when it is pressed causes a video game character to kick.

(figuratively) Any bucking motion of an object that lacks legs or feet.

The car had a nasty kick the whole way.

The pool ball took a wild kick , up off the table.

(uncountable, and, countable) piquancy

* 2002 , Ellen and Michael Albertson, Temptations , , ISBN 0743229800, page 124 [http://books.google.com/books?id=cITFVpz2ri8C&pg=PA124&dq=kick]:

Add a little cascabel pepper to ordinary tomato sauce to give it a kick .

* 2003 , Sheree Bykofsky and Megan Buckley, Sexy City Cocktails , , ISBN 1580629172, page 129 [http://books.google.com/books?id=GBO9qF3uXYUC&pg=PA129&dq=kick]:

For extra kick , hollow out a lime, float it on top of the drink, and fill it with tequila.

* 2007 August 27, , volume 83, Issues 22-28

The first time I saw "Deep Water," the trace of mystery in the Crowhurst affair gave the movie a kick of excitement.

A stimulation provided by an intoxicating substance.

(soccer) A pass played by kicking with the foot.

(soccer) The distance traveled by kicking the ball.

a long kick up the field.

a recoil of a gun.

(informal) pocket

An increase in speed in the final part of a running race.

(chess) To attack (a piece) in order to force it to move.

Quotations

* (English Citations of "kick")

Descendants

* German: (l)

Derived terms

* drop kick * for kicks * free kick * get a kick out of * on a kick * kick about * kick against the pricks * kick around * kick ass, kick butt * kick at the can * kick back * kickban (Internet) * kickboxing * kick the bucket * kickflip * kick in * kick in the pants * kick in the teeth * kick it * kick like a mule * kick off (pos v) * kick-off (pos n) * kick one's heels * kick out * kick over * kick over the traces * kick someone when they are down * kickstand * kick start * kick the can, kick-the-can * kick the can down the road * kick the habit * kick up * kick up the arse/kick up the ass/kick up the backside/kick up the butt * kick up one's heels * kick upstairs * kick wheel

Etymology 2

Shortening of (kick the bucket)

Verb

(en verb)

To die.

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shoot

English

Etymology 1

From (etyl) shoten, from (etyl) .

Verb

To launch a projectile.

# (label) To fire (a weapon that releases a projectile).

# (label) To fire (a projectile).

#* (William Shakespeare) (1564-1616)

If you please / To shoot an arrow that self way.

# (label) To fire a projectile at (a person or target).

# (label) To cause a weapon to discharge a projectile.

# (label) To ejaculate.

# To begin to speak.

# (label) To discharge a missile; said of a weapon.

# To dismiss or do away with.

# To photograph.

To move or act quickly or suddenly.

# (label) To move very quickly and suddenly.

#* (John Dryden) (1631-1700)

There shot a streaming lamp along the sky.

#* 1884 : (Mark Twain), (The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn), Chapter VII

It didn't take me long to get there. I shot past the head at a ripping rate, the current was so swift, and then I got into the dead water and landed on the side towards the Illinois shore.

, title=(The Celebrity), chapter=8 , passage=Now we plunged into a deep shade with the boughs lacing each other overhead, and crossed dainty, rustic bridges

# To go over or pass quickly through.

#* (John Dryden) (1631-1700)

Sheshoots the Stygian sound.

# (label) To tip (something, especially coal) down a chute.

# (label) To penetrate, like a missile; to dart with a piercing sensation.

#* (Joseph Addison) (1672-1719)

Thy words shoot through my heart.

# To feel a quick, darting pain; to throb in pain.

#* (George Herbert) (1593-1633)

These preachers make / His head to shoot and ache.

# (label) To change form suddenly; especially, to solidify.

#* (Francis Bacon) (1561-1626)

If the menstruum be overcharged, metals will shoot into crystals.

# To send out or forth, especially with a rapid or sudden motion; to cast with the hand; to hurl; to discharge; to emit.

#* (Beaumont and Fletcher) (1603-1625)

an honest weaver as ever shot shuttle

#* (1800-1859)

a pit into which the dead carts had nightly shot corpses by scores

# To send to someone.

(label) To act or achieve.

# (label) To lunge.

# (label) To deviate from kayfabe, either intentionally or accidentally; to actually connect with unchoreographed fighting blows and maneuvers, or speak one's mind (instead of an agreed script).

# To make the stated score.

(label) To measure the distance and direction to (a point).

To inject a drug (such as heroin) intravenously.

To develop, move forward.

# To germinate; to bud; to sprout.

#* (Francis Bacon) (1561-1626)

Onions, as they hang, will shoot forth.

#* (John Dryden) (1631-1700)

But the wild olive shoots , and shades the ungrateful plain.

# To grow; to advance.

#* (Edmund Spenser) (c.1552–1599)

Well shot in years he seemed.

#* (1700-1748)

Delightful task! to rear the tender thought, / To teach the young idea how to shoot .

# (label) To move ahead by force of momentum, as a sailing vessel when the helm is put hard alee.

# To push or thrust forward; to project; to protrude; often with out .

#* Bible, (Psalms) xxii. 7

They shoot out the lip, they shake the head.

#* (John Dryden) (1631-1700)

Beware the secret snake that shoots a sting.

To protrude; to jut; to project; to extend.

* (Charles Dickens) (1812-1870)

There shot up against the dark sky, tall, gaunt, straggling houses.

(label) To plane straight; to fit by planing.

* (Joseph Moxon) (1627-1691)

two pieces of wood that are shot , that is, planed or else pared with a paring chisel

To variegate as if by sprinkling or intermingling; to color in spots or patches.^(w)

* (1809-1892)

The tangled water courses slept, / Shot over with purple, and green, and yellow.

Quotations

* (English Citations of "shoot")

Derived terms

* like shooting fish in a barrel * re-shoot * shoot down * shooter * shoot from the hip * shoot from the lip * shoot one's bolt * shoot oneself in the foot * shoot one's mouth off * shoot one's wad * shoot the boots * shoot the bull * shoot the messenger * shoot up

Noun

(en noun)

The emerging stem and embryonic leaves of a new plant.

* Evelyn

Superfluous branches and shoots of this second spring.

A photography session.

A hunt or shooting competition.

(professional wrestling, slang) An event that is unscripted or legitimate.

The act of shooting; the discharge of a missile; a shot.

* Francis Bacon

The Turkish bow giveth a very forcible shoot .

* Drayton

One underneath his horse to get a shoot doth stalk.

A rush of water; a rapid.

(mining) A vein of ore running in the same general direction as the lode.

(Knight)

(weaving) A weft thread shot through the shed by the shuttle; a pick.

A shoat; a young pig.

An inclined plane, either artificial or natural, down which timber, coal, etc., are caused to slide; a chute.

(Webster 1913)

Derived terms

* (hunt or shooting competition) turkey shoot

Etymology 2

minced oath for (shit)

Interjection

(en interjection)

Didn't you have a concert tonight?

Shoot! I forgot! I have to go and get ready...

Synonyms

* (mild expletive) darn, dash, fiddlesticks, shucks

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