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gut-shooting

gut-shooting is the present participle and gerund of gut-shoot.

Meaning of gut-shoot

Verb

gut-shoot (third-person singular simple present gut-shoots, present participle gut-shooting, simple past and past participle gut-shot)

  1. (transitive) To shoot in the gut with a firearm.
    • In the case above, Bruce had gut-shot the buck.1997, Patrick Durkin, The Deer Hunters

Questions about gut-shooting

What is gut-shooting the present participle and gerund of?
Gut-shooting is the present participle and gerund of gut-shoot.

Words near gut-shooting in the dictionary

  1. gut-pudding
  2. gut-puddings
  3. gut-scraper
  4. gut-scrapers
  5. gut-shoot
  6. gut-shooting
  7. gut-shoots
  8. gut-shot
  9. gut-shot straight
  10. gut-shot straights
  11. gut-shots

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