Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

shoot from the hip

Word Rarity Uncommon

Frequency: Zipf frequency 4.27 in modern English

Syllables: shoot from the hip
IPA

31

Scrabble Score

15

Letters

1

Syllables

10

Unique Chars

Meaning

verb

To discharge a firearm while it is held near the hip, without taking time to aim via the gunsights.

verb

To speak or act quickly based on first impressions, without carefully studying the background information, wider context, etc.

Example Sentences

"“As to their rifle fire, it was useless.” “They shoot from the hip, and don’t seem to aim at anything in particular.”"
"Trump is shooting from the hip, spraying insults 360 degrees, telling lies, stoking fears and making threats that many in our military and the F.B.I. would refuse to implement."

Inflected Forms

shoots from the hip (present, singular) shooting from the hip (participle, present) shot from the hip (participle, past) shot from the hip (past)

Derived Forms

hipfire

Phrases

the hip hip-shooter hip-shooting shoot first and ask questions later trigger-happy

Frequently Paired Words

fanning gunplay hipshot shoot first and ask questions later trigger-happy shoot one's mouth off talk out of one's ass

Synonyms

shoot from the lip

Questions

What does shoot from the hip mean?: To discharge a firearm while it is held near the hip, without taking time to aim via the gunsights.

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