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atshoot

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables
at-shoot
IPA
10
Scrabble Score
7
Letters
2
Syllables
5
Unique Chars

Meaning

verb

To shoot away; shoot away from.

Obsolete

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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Word Breakdown

Usage

Inflected Forms

atshoots (present, singular) atshooting (participle, present) atshot (participle, past) atshot (past)

Questions

What does atshoot mean?
To shoot away; shoot away from.
Where does atshoot come from?
It is traced to Middle English.

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