Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

misshot

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: mis-shot
IPA

12

Scrabble Score

7

Letters

2

Syllables

6

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

A shot that was made incorrectly; an instance of misshooting.

verb

simple past and past participle of misshoot

Example Sentences

"He replied that he was, but that Burns had made a misshot."
"I always figgered one of them Newton boys made a misshot and killed the horse accidentally."
"When I was appointed commissary sergeant, I regularly shot the cattle myself, and never made a misshot, having been trained to marksmanship in Switzerland from the age of twelve years."

Etymology

From mis- + shot.

Word Breakdown

Prefix: mis

Inflected Forms

misshots (plural)

Questions

What does misshot mean?: A shot that was made incorrectly; an instance of misshooting.
Where does misshot come from?: From mis- + shot.

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