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How to spell shoot

Shoot is spelled S-H-O-O-T. The part people get wrong: double O.

What it means: To propel something through the air.

In a sentence: Let's shoot the basketball into the hoop! ▶

The part people get wrong

Watch for double o.

Same family: shooting, shot, reshoot, photoshoot, film. If you can spell one, the shared part carries to the others.

Where it comes from: Shoot originally meant ‘to throw or rush forward’ in Old English, and over time this sense was applied to firing guns and then to ‘shooting’ with cameras. The modern film and photography meaning developed in the early 20th century as cameras became more common.

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