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skjuta.

to shoot ((a projectile with) a weapon), (often, idiomatically – see the usage notes below) to fire ((a projectile with) a weapon)

6 characters2 syllables approx.Svenska language

Meaning & usage

verb/²ɧʉːta/[ˈɧʉᵝː˧˩ˌt̪ä˥˩]Central-Sweden
  1. 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
  2. to shoot (hit with a projectile fired from a weapon)

    Han blev skjuten i armen
  3. to shoot, to fire (send off (a ball, puck, or the like) with force)

    usually
    Han sköt bollen i mål!
  4. to shoot (move swiftly (and suddenly) (like a projectile)) to skyrocket, to shoot up

    idiomatic · usually
    Börsen sköt i höjden
  5. to shoot (move swiftly (and suddenly) (like a projectile)) to eject; to jettison (from something, with force)

    usually
    Piloten sköt ut sig ur planet
  6. to project (in a more or less dramatic(-sounding) fashion – like "shoot (out, etc.)," but for something static); to jut, to protrude, etc.

    often
    en landtunga som skjuter ut i havet
    en klippa som skjuter upp ur havet
  7. to push, to shove (something, moving it)

    Hon sköt lådan framför sig
  8. to push back, to postpone (move to later)

    usually
    Vi får skjuta på mötet till onsdag
    Jag tycker vi skjuter på schemat 30 minuter
  9. to push back, to postpone (move to later) to postpone

    idiomatic · usually
  10. to scan (a barcode or similar)

    colloquial
    Glöm inte att skjuta mjölken
  11. to shoot up, to shoot (inject oneself with a syringe (with a recreational drug, especially heroin))

    slang · transitive · usually
    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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