shotproof

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adjective

Not penetrable by shot; bulletproof.

Scrabble 17
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Meanings

adjectiveshotproof (comparative more shotproof, superlative most shotproof)

comparative more shotproof · superlative most shotproof

  1. Not penetrable by shot; bulletproof.
  2. hobbiesOf quarry, reputedly unable to be shot.

    Well, I didn't know it was that fellow, else I would have had a shot at him at once, before he had time to make himself shot-proof, but I thought it was great fun to watch him.

    1886, Peter Christen Asbjø￵rnsen, translated by H.L. Brækstad, Folk and Fairy Tales, page 73

Origin

From shot + -proof.

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APA

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

MLA

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

Chicago

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

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