Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

gut-shoot

Word Rarity Rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 3.94 in modern English

Syllables: gut-shoot
IPA

12

Scrabble Score

8

Letters

2

Syllables

6

Unique Chars

Meaning

verb

To shoot in the gut with a firearm.

Transitive verb

Example Sentences

"In the case above, Bruce had gut-shot the buck."
"Of all the fine men I've labored to save, it had to be you who survives being gut-shot."
"I put one of them down—gut-shot him—and they pulled out again."
"If the animal has been gut-shot, however, then you will have a problem."
"If it comes down to it, let McCord get real close and then gut-shoot him with the 10-gauge, one barrel and then t'other."

Etymology

From gut + shoot.

Usage

Transitive verb

Inflected Forms

gut-shoots (present, singular) gut-shooting (participle, present) gut-shot (participle, past) gut-shot (past) gut shoot (alternative) gutshoot (alternative)

Questions

What does gut-shoot mean?: To shoot in the gut with a firearm.
Where does gut-shoot come from?: From gut + shoot.

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