transitive verb
-·shot′, -·shoot′ing- to shoot more effectively than
- to shoot out
to shoot out; protrude
- a shooting or being shot out
- that which shoots out or protrudes
- Baseball curve
outshoot
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outshoot
transitive verb
out·shot, out·shoot·ing, out·shootsTo shoot better than (another): a pistol that easily outshoots others in its class; a basketball player who outshot all others on the team.
noun
A protuberance, projection, or outgrowth: outshoots of brush on the high mountain slopes.
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Verb
(third-person singular simple present outshoots, present participle outshooting, simple past and past participle outshot)
Origin
out- +"Ž shoot
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