shoot out

See also: shootout and shoot-out

English

Noun

shoot out (plural shoot outs)

1. Alternative spelling of shootout

Verb

shoot out (third-person singular simple present shoots out, present participle shooting out, simple past and past participle shot out)

1. To destroy something or remove something from its usual location by shooting.

   You'll shoot your eye out!

   • 2006, MaryConway Stewart, No Peace, No Justice: Press & Prosecution Create a Poisonous Myth an Intelligent Appraisal of the York "Riot" Trials, Xlibris Corporation, page 37:

     The rear window was shot out and there were two bullet holes in the rear seat, where a spent bullet and fragments of another were found.

2. To completely extirpate (wildlife) from an area by shooting.
   • 2005, Sean Dooley, The Big Twitch, Sydney: Allen and Unwin, page 174:

     At the time of European settlement I could have got them on the outskirts of Melbourne but these slow-moving creatures apparently taste delicious and were quickly shot out.

3. To emerge with great speed.
4. To fire from a weapon.

Anagrams

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