sunshot
UK/ˈsʌnʃɒt/
sunshot adjective: shot through with sunlight.
Adjective
sunshot (comparative more sunshot, superlative most sunshot)
- Shot through with sunlight.
- Temple stood in the stand, listening to the birds among the sunshot leaves, listening, looking about.1931, William Faulkner, Sanctuary, Vintage, published 1993, page 91
- Another revelation of impuberal softness […] was afforded by a photo of her in which she sat in the buff on the grass, combing her sun-shot hair and spreading wide, in false perspective, the lovely legs of a giantess.1972, Vladimir Nabokov, Transparent Things, McGraw-Hill, published 1972, page 41
Forms of sunshot
| comparative | more sunshot |
|---|---|
| superlative | most sunshot |
Origin of sunshot
From sun + shot.
Questions about sunshot
- What does sunshot mean?
- Sunshot means shot through with sunlight.
- What part of speech is sunshot?
- Sunshot is an adjective.
- How do you pronounce sunshot?
- Sunshot is pronounced /ˈsʌnʃɒt/ (UK).
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