sharpshoot in All languages combined

Forms: sharpshoots [present, singular, third-person], sharpshooting [participle, present], sharpshot [participle, past], sharpshot [past] [Show additional information ▼] [Hide additional information ▲]

Etymology: Back-formation from sharpshooter. Etymology templates: {{back-form|en|sharpshooter}} Back-formation from sharpshooter Head templates: {{en-verb|sharpshoots|sharpshooting|sharpshot}} sharpshoot (third-person singular simple present sharpshoots, present participle sharpshooting, simple past and past participle sharpshot)

Inflected forms

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"sharpshoot" meaning in All languages combined

Verb [English]

Inflected forms