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shootable

shootable adjective: able to be shot.

Adjective

shootable (comparative more shootable, superlative most shootable)

  1. able to be shot
    • Amongst other animals shootable are the native bear--a sluggish creature looking like a small bear; the bandicoot, a small animal with a pig's head and snout; the native cat; cockatoos, parrots, eagles, hawks, owls, parroquets, wild turkey, quail, native pheasants, teal, native companions...1883, R. E. N. (Richard) Twopeny, Town Life in Australia
    • I've shot and hunted every beast, I think, shootable and huntable, from a humming-bird to an elephant; and I had some splendid fishing in Canada; but, after all, give me a Whitbury trout, on a single-handed Chevalier.1901, Charles Kingsley, Two Years Ago, Volume I

Forms of shootable

comparativemore shootable
superlativemost shootable

Origin of shootable

From shoot + -able.

Words formed from shootable

Questions about shootable

What does shootable mean?
Shootable means able to be shot.
What part of speech is shootable?
Shootable is an adjective.

Words near shootable in the dictionary

  1. shoot-outs
  2. shoot-the-chute
  3. shoot-the-chutes
  4. shoot-up
  5. shoot-ups
  6. shootable
  7. shootaround
  8. shootarounds
  9. shootboard
  10. shootboards
  11. shootcha

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