backshoot en · VERB
Etymology
From back + shoot.
Meanings
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To shoot in the back.
He is brave and steady under pressure when he is called out, but when someone tries to backshoot him, Maddox becomes paranoid and violent.
2013, Bob Herzberg, Hang 'Em High, →ISBN, page 190:I can take anybody head-on in Anchor or Flux, but I don't want to get backshot by some jerk I can't even see while walking down an alley or across a street.
2013, Jack L. Chalker, Empires of Flux and Anchor, →ISBN:"And there are enough witnesses who know that you and your friend tried to backshoot me," Evan said.
2008, Robert J. Randisi, Texas Iron, →ISBN, page 31:
Forms
| Spelling | Features | Labels | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| backshooting | Tense=Pres, VerbForm=Part | lexicographic | |
| backshot | Tense=Past, VerbForm=Part | lexicographic | |
| backshot | Tense=Past | lexicographic | |
| backshoots | Number=Sing, Person=3, Tense=Pres | lexicographic | |
| backshotten | Tense=Past, VerbForm=Part | rare | lexicographic |