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Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

outshoot

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 1.62 in modern English

Syllables
out-shoot
IPA
11
Scrabble Score
8
Letters
2
Syllables
5
Unique Chars

Meaning

verb

To score more goals than the other side in a goal sport such as hockey or soccer

American usage

verb

To fire a gun more accurately than.

Transitive verb

Example Sentences

Etymology

Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *úd Proto-Germanic *ūt Proto-Germanic *ūt- Old English ūt- Middle English ut- English out- Proto-Indo-European *(s)kewd- Proto-Indo-European *-eti Proto-Indo-European *(s)kéwdeti? Proto-Germanic *skuttōnąbf.? Proto-Germanic *skeutaną Proto-West Germanic *skeutan Old English sċēotan Middle English schoten English shoot English outshoot From out- + shoot.

Usage

Inflected Forms

outshoots (present, singular) outshooting (participle, present) outshot (participle, past) outshot (past) out-shoot (alternative)

Questions

What does outshoot mean?
To score more goals than the other side in a goal sport such as hockey or soccer
Where does outshoot come from?
Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *úd Proto-Germanic *ūt Proto-Germanic *ūt- Old English ūt- Middle English ut- English out- Proto-Indo-European *(s)kewd- Proto-Indo-European *-eti Proto-Indo-European *(s)kéwdeti? Proto-Germanic *skuttōnąbf.? Proto-Germanic *skeutaną Proto-West Germanic *skeutan Old English sċēotan Middle English schoten English shoot English outshoot From out- + shoot.

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