shoot
v.v. to fire a gun or use a camera to take a photo or video. You can also use it in sports when you try to score a goal.
v. to discharge a weapon, capture an image or video, or attempt to score in a sport. Often used transitively when referring to the target or the media being captured.
He decided to shoot a video of his cat.
The photographer had to shoot the entire wedding ceremony without using a flash to avoid disturbing the guests.
While the director preferred to shoot on film for its organic texture, the production budget eventually forced a transition to high-definition digital cameras for the remaining action sequences.
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, from (s)kewd- (“to shoot, throw”). Cognates 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.
Minced oath for shit.
The verb is transitive when it takes a direct object (e.g., 'shoot a film'), but can be intransitive in sports or combat contexts.
I shot to the birdI shot the birdWhen 'shoot' means to hit something with a projectile, it is transitive and does not take the preposition 'to'.