inshoot

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noun

The act of shooting or moving rapidly inward, as a baseball that is pitched with a curve.

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Meanings

nouninshoot (plural inshoots)

plural inshoots

  1. The act of shooting or moving rapidly inward, as a baseball that is pitched with a curve.

    Woods fooled him on a wide curve and a swift inshoot.

    1898, Burt L. Standish, Frank Merriwell's Cruise
    1 more example

    The pitcher started the ball wide, but, with a sudden break it took an inshoot across the plate.

    1906, Burt L. Standish, Frank Merriwell's Son

Origin

From in + shoot.

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Rhymes & wordplay

Anagrams

insooth
Cite this entry
APA

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

MLA

“inshoot.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/inshoot. Accessed November 4, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “inshoot,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/inshoot.

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