skjuta.
to shoot ((a projectile with) a weapon), (often, idiomatically – see the usage notes below) to fire ((a projectile with) a weapon)
Meaning & usage
to shoot ((a projectile with) a weapon), (often, idiomatically – see the usage notes below) to fire ((a projectile with) a weapon)
Det är inte bara att skjuta, du måste träffa också
skjuta på en måltavla
to shoot (hit with a projectile fired from a weapon)
Han blev skjuten i armen
to shoot, to fire (send off (a ball, puck, or the like) with force)
Han sköt bollen i mål!
to shoot (move swiftly (and suddenly) (like a projectile)) to skyrocket, to shoot up
Börsen sköt i höjden
to shoot (move swiftly (and suddenly) (like a projectile)) to eject; to jettison (from something, with force)
Piloten sköt ut sig ur planet
to project (in a more or less dramatic(-sounding) fashion – like "shoot (out, etc.)," but for something static); to jut, to protrude, etc.
en landtunga som skjuter ut i havet
en klippa som skjuter upp ur havet
to push, to shove (something, moving it)
Hon sköt lådan framför sig
to push back, to postpone (move to later)
Vi får skjuta på mötet till onsdag
Jag tycker vi skjuter på schemat 30 minuter
to push back, to postpone (move to later) to postpone
to scan (a barcode or similar)
Glöm inte att skjuta mjölken
to shoot up, to shoot (inject oneself with a syringe (with a recreational drug, especially heroin))
En väktare såg henne skjuta heroin
Where this word comes from
From Old Swedish skiūta, from Old Norse skjóta, from Proto-Germanic *skeutaną, from Proto-Indo-European *(s)kewd-.
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