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atshoot

atshoot verb: to shoot away; shoot away from.

Verb

atshoot (third-person singular simple present atshoots, present participle atshooting, simple past and past participle atshot)

  1. (ambitransitive, obsolete) To shoot away; shoot away from.

Forms of atshoot

third-person singular presentatshoots
present participleatshooting
past participleatshot
pastatshot

Origin of atshoot

From Middle English atschoten, ætscheoten, from Old English ætscēotan (“to escape, disappear”), equivalent to at- + shoot. Compare Dutch ontschieten (“to slip from, forget”), German entschiessen.

Questions about atshoot

What does atshoot mean?
Atshoot means to shoot away; shoot away from.
What part of speech is atshoot?
Atshoot is a verb.
What is the past tense of atshoot?
The past tense of atshoot is atshot.

Words near atshoot in the dictionary

  1. Atsera
  2. ATSF
  3. atshake
  4. atshakes
  5. atshaking
  6. atshoot
  7. atshooting
  8. atshoots
  9. atshot
  10. ATSI
  11. Atsina

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