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backshoot

backshoot verb: to shoot in the back.

Verb

backshoot (third-person singular simple present backshoots, present participle backshooting, simple past backshot, past participle backshot or (rare) backshotten)

  1. To shoot in the back.
    • "And there are enough witnesses who know that you and your friend tried to backshoot me," Evan said.2008, Robert J. Randisi, Texas Iron, →ISBN, page 31
    • I can take anybody head-on in Anchor or Flux, but I don't want to get backshot by some jerk I can't even see while walking down an alley or across a street.2013, Jack L. Chalker, Empires of Flux and Anchor, →ISBN

Forms of backshoot

third-person singular presentbackshoots
present participlebackshooting
pastbackshot
past participlebackshot
past participle (rare)backshotten

Origin of backshoot

From back + shoot.

Words formed from backshoot

Questions about backshoot

What does backshoot mean?
Backshoot means to shoot in the back.
What part of speech is backshoot?
Backshoot is a verb.
What is the past tense of backshoot?
The past tense of backshoot is backshot.

Words near backshoot in the dictionary

  1. backshine
  2. backshish
  3. backshished
  4. backshishes
  5. backshishing
  6. backshoot
  7. backshooter
  8. backshooters
  9. backshooting
  10. backshoots
  11. backshop

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