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inshoot

inshoot noun: the act of shooting or moving rapidly inward, as a baseball that is pitched with a curve.

Noun

inshoot (plural inshoots)

  1. The act of shooting or moving rapidly inward, as a baseball that is pitched with a curve.
    • The pitcher started the ball wide, but, with a sudden break it took an inshoot across the plate.1906, Burt L. Standish, Frank Merriwell's Son
    • Woods fooled him on a wide curve and a swift inshoot.1898, Burt L. Standish, Frank Merriwell's Cruise

Forms of inshoot

pluralinshoots

Origin of inshoot

From in + shoot.

Questions about inshoot

What does inshoot mean?
Inshoot means the act of shooting or moving rapidly inward, as a baseball that is pitched with a curve.
What part of speech is inshoot?
Inshoot is a noun.
What is the plural of inshoot?
The plural of inshoot is inshoots.

Words near inshoot in the dictionary

  1. inshipment
  2. inshipments
  3. inshipped
  4. inshipping
  5. inships
  6. inshoot
  7. inshoots
  8. inshore
  9. inshoring
  10. inshrine
  11. inshrined

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