atshoot

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verb

To shoot away; shoot away from.

OriginMiddle English atschoten ← Old English ætscēotan →
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Meanings

verbatshoot (third-person singular simple present atshoots, present participle atshooting, simple past and past participle atshot)

present singular third person atshoots · participle present atshooting · participle past atshot · past atshot

  1. ambitransitiveobsoleteTo shoot away; shoot away from.

Origin

  1. Old Englishætscēotan“to escape, disappear”
  2. Middle Englishatschoten
  3. Englishatshoot

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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APA

atshoot. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/atshoot

MLA

“atshoot.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/atshoot. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “atshoot,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/atshoot.

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