"backshoot" meaning in All languages combined

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Verb [English]

Forms: backshoots [present, singular, third-person], backshooting [participle, present], backshot [participle, past], backshot [past]
Etymology: From back + shoot. Etymology templates: {{compound|en|back|shoot}} back + shoot Head templates: {{en-verb|backshoots|backshooting|backshot}} backshoot (third-person singular simple present backshoots, present participle backshooting, simple past and past participle backshot)
  1. To shoot in the back. Derived forms: backshooter
    Sense id: en-backshoot-en-verb-I9yVY6IF Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries

Inflected forms

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          "text": "I can take anybody head-on in Anchor or Flux, but I don't want to get backshot by some jerk I can't even see while walking down an alley or across a street.",
          "type": "quote"
        },
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