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shooty en · ADJ

Etymology

From shoot + -y.

Meanings

1. (informal) Involving the shooting of weapons.
   • the swingy, shooty theatrics of Bionic Commando 2007, The Official Xbox Magazine: Issues 75-78:
2. (UK, dialectal) Sprouting or coming up freely and regularly.
   • Increases of auxin up to 12 mg L–1 did not alter the shooty morphology of the callus. 2020, W. T. Frankenberger Jr., Muhammad Arshad, Phytohormones in Soils Microbial Production & Function:

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