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sharpshoot

sharpshoot verb: to shoot with precision.

Verb

sharpshoot (third-person singular simple present sharpshoots, present participle sharpshooting, simple past and past participle sharpshot)

  1. To shoot with precision.
  2. To correct another's mistake, typically minor, in order to provide more accurate information.

Forms of sharpshoot

third-person singular presentsharpshoots
present participlesharpshooting
past participlesharpshot
pastsharpshot

Origin of sharpshoot

Back-formation from sharpshooter.

Questions about sharpshoot

What does sharpshoot mean?
Sharpshoot means to shoot with precision.
What part of speech is sharpshoot?
Sharpshoot is a verb.
What is the past tense of sharpshoot?
The past tense of sharpshoot is sharpshot.

Words near sharpshoot in the dictionary

  1. sharpnoses
  2. sharps
  3. Sharps Creek
  4. sharpset
  5. sharpshod
  6. sharpshoot
  7. sharpshooter
  8. sharpshooters
  9. sharpshooting
  10. sharpshootings
  11. sharpshoots

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