"shooty" meaning in English

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Adjective

Forms: more shooty [comparative], most shooty [superlative]
Etymology: shoot + -y Etymology templates: {{suffix|en|shoot|y}} shoot + -y Head templates: {{en-adj}} shooty (comparative more shooty, superlative most shooty)
  1. (informal) Involving the shooting of weapons. Tags: informal
    Sense id: en-shooty-en-adj-7GgnAArO
  2. (UK, dialect) Sprouting or coming up freely and regularly. Tags: UK, dialectal
    Sense id: en-shooty-en-adj-tVfZH2l2 Categories (other): British English, English entries with incorrect language header, English terms suffixed with -y Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 34 66 Disambiguation of English terms suffixed with -y: 29 71

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