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potshotting

potshotting is the present participle and gerund of potshot.

Meaning of potshot

Verb

potshot (third-person singular simple present potshots, present participle potshotting, simple past and past participle potshotted)

  1. To fire potshots.
    • Howard appeared in the doorway. “Say, Sig, go down to the corral and saddle up Teddy for Steve, will you? Some of his friends have been potshotting at him again. No damage done, except to my feelings, but there's nothing like being careful.”1910, William MacLeod Raine, A Texas Ranger

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Questions about potshotting

What is potshotting the present participle and gerund of?
Potshotting is the present participle and gerund of potshot.

Words near potshotting in the dictionary

  1. potshop
  2. potshops
  3. potshot
  4. potshots
  5. potshotted
  6. potshotting
  7. potsie
  8. potsies
  9. potstick
  10. potsticker
  11. potstickers

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Adapted from Wiktionary: potshotting (page history and authors); potshot (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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