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out-shoot

out-shoot is the alternative form of outshoot.

Meaning of outshoot

Verb

outshoot (third-person singular simple present outshoots, present participle outshooting, simple past and past participle outshot)

  1. (US) To score more goals than the other side in a goal sport such as hockey or soccer
    • Boston outshot New York by 16-10, including by 8-3 in the first half, but Gao Hong, the Power's goaltender, covered her zone impressively.2001 June 4, Andrew R. Tripaldi, “SOCCER; Despite Being Outshot, the Power Upends the Breakers”, in The New York Times
  2. (transitive) To fire a gun more accurately than.
    • "I can outdrink, outsmoke and outshoot any man in this bar!" exclaimed the cowboy.

Forms of out-shoot

third-person singular presentout-shoots
present participleout-shooting
past participleout-shot
pastout-shot

Questions about out-shoot

What is out-shoot the alternative form of?
Out-shoot is the alternative form of outshoot.

Words near out-shoot in the dictionary

  1. out-relief
  2. out-rigger
  3. out-riggers
  4. out-run
  5. out-runs
  6. out-shoot
  7. out-shooting
  8. out-shoots
  9. out-shot
  10. out-slut
  11. out-sluts

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