English Explanatory Dictionary

atshoot

English dictionary entry

Meanings

verb
  1. To shoot away; shoot away from.

Word forms

atshoot atshoots atshooting atshot

Etymology

From Middle English atschoten, ætscheoten, from Old English ætscēotan (“to escape, disappear”), equivalent to at- + shoot. Compare Dutch ontschieten (“to slip from, forget”), German entschiessen.

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