backshoot

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verb

To shoot in the back.

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Meanings

verbbackshoot (third-person singular simple present backshoots, present participle backshooting, simple past backshot, past participle backshot or (rare) backshotten)

present singular third person backshoots · participle present backshooting · past backshot · participle past backshot · participle past rare backshotten

  1. To shoot in the back.

    "And there are enough witnesses who know that you and your friend tried to backshoot me," Evan said.

    2008, Robert J. Randisi, Texas Iron, →ISBN, page 31
    2 more examples

    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.

    2013, Jack L. Chalker, Empires of Flux and Anchor, →ISBN

    He is brave and steady under pressure when he is called out, but when someone tries to backshoot him, Maddox becomes paranoid and violent.

    2013, Bob Herzberg, Hang 'Em High, →ISBN, page 190

Origin

From back + shoot.

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Cite this entry
APA

backshoot. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/backshoot

MLA

“backshoot.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/backshoot. Accessed November 2, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “backshoot,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/backshoot.

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