misshot

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noun

A shot that was made incorrectly; an instance of misshooting.

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Meanings

nounmisshot (plural misshots)

plural misshots

  1. A shot that was made incorrectly; an instance of misshooting.

    He replied that he was, but that Burns had made a misshot.

    1913, Oklahoma. Supreme Court, Oklahoma Reports - Volume 8, page 558
    2 more examples

    I always figgered one of them Newton boys made a misshot and killed the horse accidentally.

    2010, J. Frank Dobie, Coronado's Children

    When I was appointed commissary sergeant, I regularly shot the cattle myself, and never made a misshot, having been trained to marksmanship in Switzerland from the age of twelve years.

    2022, A. M. Gustafson, John Spring's Arizona, page 74
verb
  1. participlepastsimple past and past participle of misshoot

Origin

From mis- + shot.

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APA

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

MLA

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

Chicago

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

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