gut shoot

A form of gut-shoot — To shoot in the gut with a firearm.

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Meanings

verbgut shoot (third-person singular simple present gut shoots, present participle gut shooting, simple past and past participle gut shot)

present singular third person gut shoots · participle present gut shooting · participle past gut shot · past gut shot

  1. alternativeAlternative form of gut-shoot.

    I aim to gut shoot her soon as she turns.

    2002, Henry C. Chappell, The Callings, →ISBN, page 87
    2 more examples

    He was gut shot. Blood-caked fingers pressed over the wound, he turned toward Fargo, his revolver rising.

    2003, Jon Sharpe, Trailsman #261, The: Desert Death Trap, →ISBN

    Would have liked to have gone quicker. Gut shot is shitty way to die.

    2011, Jack Bates, Trouble Comes to Sorrow, →ISBN
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APA

gut shoot. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/gut%20shoot

MLA

“gut shoot.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/gut%20shoot. Accessed November 4, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “gut shoot,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/gut%20shoot.

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