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Search phrase: hoot

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 55 result(s). alternate result(s)
PlayKey LineModern TextOriginal Text
All's Well That Ends WellAW III.ii.112Whoever shoots at him, I set him there.Who euer shoots at him, I set him there.
All's Well That Ends WellAW V.iii.11.1And watched the time to shoot.And watch'd the time to shoote.
Antony and CleopatraAC IV.ii.14'Tis one of those odd tricks which sorrow shoots'Tis one of those odde tricks which sorow shoots
As You Like ItAYL V.iv.104presentation of that he shoots his wit.presentation of that he shoots his wit.
CoriolanusCor I.i.212.1Shouting their emulation.Shooting their Emulation.
CoriolanusCor I.ix.49Here's many else have done, you shout me forthhere's many else haue done, / You shoot me forth
CoriolanusCor IV.vi.125.1Who did hoot him out o'th' city.who did hoote / Him out o'th' Citty.
CoriolanusCor IV.vi.133Your stinking greasy caps in hootingYour stinking, greasie Caps, in hooting
CoriolanusCor V.v.4Unshout the noise that banished Martius,Vnshoot the noise that Banish'd Martius;
HamletHam V.ii.360That thou so many princes at a shotThat thou so many Princes, at a shoote,
HamletHam V.ii.397Go, bid the soldiers shoot.Go, bid the Souldiers shoote.
Henry IV Part 22H4 III.ii.43dead! 'A shot a fine shoot. John o' Gaunt loved him well,dead? hee shot a fine shoote. Iohn of Gaunt loued him well,
Henry VI Part 11H6 I.iv.56Ready they were to shoot me to the heart.Ready they were to shoot me to the heart.
Henry VI Part 11H6 I.iv.70.1Here they shoot, and Salisbury and Gargrave fallHere they shot, and Salisbury falls
Henry VI Part 11H6 IV.vii.80That I in rage might shoot them at your faces!That I in rage might shoot them at your faces.
Henry VI Part 22H6 IV.i.104O that I were a god, to shoot forth thunderO that I were a God, to shoot forth Thunder
Henry VI Part 33H6 III.i.5I'll stay above the hill, so both may shoot.Ile stay aboue the hill, so both may shoot.
Henry VI Part 33H6 III.i.7Will scare the herd, and so my shoot is lost.Will scarre the Heard, and so my shoot is lost:
Julius CaesarJC I.ii.242rabblement hooted, and clapped their chopped hands,rabblement howted, and clapp'd their chopt hands,
Julius CaesarJC I.iii.28Hooting and shrieking. When these prodigiesHowting, and shreeking. When these Prodigies
King Edward IIIE3 I.ii.129Which shoots infected poison in my heart,Which shoots infected poyson in my heart.
King JohnKJ II.i.229They shoot but calm words folded up in smoke,They shoote but calme words, folded vp in smoake,
King JohnKJ II.i.414Austria and France shoot in each other's mouth.Austria and France shoot in each others mouth.
King JohnKJ V.vi.1Who's there? Speak, ho! Speak quickly, or I shoot.Whose there? Speake hoa, speake quickely, or I shoote.
King LearKL II.iv.222I do not bid the thunder-bearer shoot,I do not bid the Thunder-bearer shoote,
Love's Labour's LostLLL III.i.63.1I shoot thee at the swain.I shoote thee at the Swaine.
Love's Labour's LostLLL IV.i.10A stand where you may make the fairest shoot.A Stand where you may make the fairest shoote.
Love's Labour's LostLLL IV.i.11I thank my beauty, I am fair that shoot,I thanke my beautie, I am faire that shoote,
Love's Labour's LostLLL IV.i.12And thereupon thou speakest ‘ the fairest shoot.’And thereupon thou speak'st the fairest shoote.
Love's Labour's LostLLL IV.i.25And shooting well is then accounted ill.And shooting well, is then accounted ill:
Love's Labour's LostLLL IV.i.26Thus will I save my credit in the shoot:Thus will I saue my credit in the shoote,
Love's Labour's LostLLL IV.i.109.1Who is the suitor? Who is the suitor?Who is the shooter? Who is the shooter?
Love's Labour's LostLLL IV.i.115.1Well then, I am the shooter.Well then, I am the shooter.
Love's Labour's LostLLL IV.i.135Indeed, 'a must shoot nearer, or he'll ne'er hit the clout.Indeede a'must shoote nearer, or heele ne're hit the clout.
Love's Labour's LostLLL IV.i.137Then will she get the upshoot by cleaving the pin.Then will shee get the vpshoot by cleauing the is in.
Love's Labour's LostLLL IV.i.150.1Shout withinShoote within.
Love's Labour's LostLLL IV.ii.58Some say a sore, but not a sore till now made sore with shooting.Some say a Sore, but not a sore, till now made sore with shooting.
Love's Labour's LostLLL IV.ii.60Or pricket, sore, or else sorel, the people fall a-hooting.Or Pricket-sore, or else Sorell, the people fall a hooting.
Measure for MeasureMM IV.iii.16Master Shoe-tie the great traveller, and wild Half-canM Shootie the great Traueller, and wilde Halfe-Canne
The Merchant of VeniceMV I.i.148To shoot another arrow that self wayTo shoote another arrow that selfe way
The Merchant of VeniceMV I.i.149Which you did shoot the first, I do not doubt,Which you did shoot the first, I do not doubt,
The Merry Wives of WindsorMW III.ii.30cannon will shoot point-blank twelve score. He piecesCanon will shoot point-blanke twelue score: hee peeces
A Midsummer Night's DreamMND II.ii.6The clamorous owl that nightly hoots and wondersThe clamorous Owle that nightly hoots and wonders
Much Ado About NothingMA I.i.237If I do, hang me in a bottle like a cat, and shootIf I do, hang me in a bottle like a Cat, & shoot
Much Ado About NothingMA II.i.226at a mark, with a whole army shooting at me. Sheat a marke, with a whole army shooting at me: shee
Much Ado About NothingMA III.ii.11dare not shoot at him. He hath a heart as sound as adare not shoot at him, he hath a heart as sound as a
Richard IIR2 II.iv.19I see thy glory like a shooting starI see thy Glory, like a shooting Starre,
The TempestTem IV.i.100Swears he will shoot no more, but play with sparrows,Swears he will shoote no more, but play with Sparrows,
Timon of AthensTim I.i.33This eye shoots forth! How big imaginationThis eye shootes forth? How bigge imagination
Titus AndronicusTit IV.iii.58You were as good to shoot against the wind.You were as good to shoote against the winde.
Titus AndronicusTit IV.iii.62Kinsmen, shoot all your shafts into the court;Kinsmen, shoot all your shafts into the Court,
Titus AndronicusTit IV.iii.64.1Now, masters, draw. (They shoot)Now Maisters draw,
Troilus and CressidaTC III.i.114Shoots buck and doe;Shootes Bucke and Doe:
The Winter's TaleWT I.ii.128Thou want'st a rough pash and the shoots that I haveThou want'st a rough pash, & the shoots that I haue
The Winter's TaleWT V.iii.116Were it but told you, should be hooted atWere it but told you, should be hooted at

Poems

 5 result(s).
PlayKey LineModern TextOriginal Text
The Rape of LucreceLuc.579 End thy ill aim before thy shoot be ended; End thy ill ayme, before thy shoote be ended.
The Rape of LucreceLuc.1442 They join, and shoot their foam at Simois' banks. They ioine, & shoot their fome at SIMOIS bancks.
SonnetsSonn.117.12 But shoot not at me in your wakened hate; But shoote not at me in your wakened hate:
Venus and AdonisVen.680 Mark the poor wretch, to overshoot his troubles, Marke the poore wretch to ouer-shut his troubles,
Venus and AdonisVen.815 Look how a bright star shooteth from the sky, Looke how a bright star shooteth from the skye;

Glossary

 33 result(s).
bird-bolt, burboltshort blunt-headed arrow for shooting birds
bladedmany-bladed, abounding in shoots
burboltshort blunt-headed arrow for shooting birds
carry[archery] send, shoot
dartingarrow-shooting
driveshoot, strike at, aim blows at
exhalationmeteor, shooting star
flightarchery contest, flight-shooting
forehand[archery] shooting straight ahead
givebegin firing, shoot, discharge
graffgraft, shoot, scion
loose[archery] shoot an arrow
love-springsyoung shoots of love, youthful growth of love
overleapleap too far, overshoot
overshoot[miss a target by shooting too high] go astray in aim, wide of the mark
overshootshoot ahead of, run out of reach of
pistolshoot with a pistol
scionshoot, graft, limb
sectcutting, offshoot, branch
shootsend forth, throw, let fly
shootoutgrowth, offshoot, sprouting
shootshot, act of shooting
shootappear suddenly, come up, emerge
shotdarting, shooting; or: wound, pain
slipseedling, sprig, shoot, cutting
spirt upsprout, shoot up, germinate
spraybranch, limb, offshoot
springsapling, shoot, young growth
stone-bowtype of cross-bow which shoots stones, catapult
switchtwig, thin shoot
tumble[bowling] overshoot, move too far
upshoot[archery] final shot, determining shot
whoophowl, hoot, jeer

Thesaurus

 37 result(s).
abounding in shootsbladed
ahead, shootovershoot
ahead, shooting straight [in archery]forehand
arrow for shooting birdsbird-bolt, burbolt
arrow, shoot an loose
arrow-shootingdarting
birds, arrow for shootingbird-bolt, burbolt
cross-bow which shoots stonesstone-bow
flight-shootingflight
hootwhoop
love, young shoots of love-springs
offshootsect
offshootshoot
offshootspray
overshootoverleap
overshoot [in bowling]tumble
pistol, shoot with a pistol
shoot [fighting]carry
shoot [fighting]drive
shoot [fighting]give
shoot [growth]graff
shoot [growth]scion
shoot [growth]slip
shoot [growth]spring
shoot aheadovershoot
shoot an arrow loose
shoot upspirt up
shoot with a pistolpistol
shoot, thinswitch
shooting [pain]shot
shooting starexhalation
shooting straight ahead [in archery]forehand
shooting, act ofshoot
shoots, abounding inbladed
star, shootingexhalation
thin shootswitch
young shoots of lovelove-springs

Themes and Topics

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a- as a particle... a-weeping 2h4 ii iv 272 a-hooting lll iv ii 60 a-wooing oth i...

Words Families

 20 result(s).
Word FamilyWord Family GroupWords
HOOTBASIChoot v
OVERSHOOTBASICsee SHOOT
SHOOTBASICshoot n, shoot v, shooting adj, shooting n, shot n, shotten adj
SHOOTACTIONo'ershoot v , overshoot v , upshoot n
SHOOTEMOTIONgrief-shot adj
SHOOTOBJECTcannon-shot n
SHOOTPART OF BODYearshot n, shoulder-shotten adj
SHOOTPEOPLEshooter n
SHOOTSTATEnook-shotten adj, shot-free adj, through-shot adj
UPSHOTBASICupshoot n

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