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inshoot en · NOUN

Etymology

From in + shoot.

Meanings

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:
   • 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:

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