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  • 11shoot — v., n., & int. v. (past and past part. shot) 1 tr. a cause (a gun, bow, etc.) to fire. b discharge (a bullet, arrow, etc.) from a gun, bow, etc. c kill or wound (a person, animal, etc.) with a bullet, arrow, etc. from a gun, bow, etc. 2 intr.… …

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  • 12shoot — {{11}}shoot (n.) young branch of a tree or plant, mid 15c., from SHOOT (Cf. shoot) (v.). Meaning conduit for coal, etc. is from 1844. Shoot out is from 1953. {{12}}shoot (v.) O.E. sceotan to shoot (class II strong verb; past tense sceat, pp.… …

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  • 13shoot — verb (past and past participle shot) 1》 kill or wound (a person or animal) with a bullet or arrow.     ↘cause (a gun) to fire.     ↘hunt game with a gun.     ↘(shoot someone/thing down) bring down an aircraft or person by shooting. 2》 move… …

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  • 14pool — pool1 W2S2 [pu:l] n ▬▬▬▬▬▬▬ 1¦(for swimming)¦ 2¦(area of water)¦ 3 pool of water/blood/light etc 4¦(game)¦ 5¦(group of people)¦ 6¦(shared money/things)¦ 7 the pools 8¦(sports)¦ ▬▬▬▬▬▬▬ [Sense: 1 3; Origin …

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  • 15shoot-the-chutes — noun plural but singular in construction Date: 1920 an amusement ride consisting of a steep incline down which boats slide into a pool at the bottom …

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  • 16Blackball (pool) — Blackball (sometimes written black ball or black ball) is a pocket billiards (pool) game that is popular in the United Kingdom, Australia, Ireland and several other countries. The game is played with sixteen balls (a Cuegloss|Cue ball|cue ball… …

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  • 17Rotation (pool) — Rotation, sometimes called rotation pool or 61, is a pocket billiards (pool) game, requiring a standard pool table, Cuegloss|Cue ball|cue ball and triangular rack of fifteen pool balls, in which the lowest numbered Cuegloss|Object ball|object… …

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  • 18Kelly pool — (also known as pea pool, pill pool, keeley, the keilley game, and killy) is a pocket billiards game with numerous variations, played on a standard pool table using fifteen numbered markers, and a standard set of sixteen pool balls. An early… …

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  • 19The Pool (film) — Infobox Film name = The Pool caption = American Movie poster director = Chris Smith producer = Kate Noble writer = Chris Smith Randy Russell starring = Venkatesh Chavan Jhangir Badshah Ayesha Mohan Nana Patekar music = Didier Leplae Joe Wong… …

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  • 20International Pool Tour — The International Pool Tour is a professional sports tour created in 2005 by Kevin Trudeau. It aims to elevate pocket billiards, specifically eight ball, to the level of other modern sports. Closely modeled on the PGA tour, the IPT offered the… …

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