Gut-shoot

verb

verb ·Rare ·Advanced level

Definitions

Verb
  1. 1
    To shoot in the gut with a firearm. transitive

    "In the case above, Bruce had gut-shot the buck."

Example

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"In the case above, Bruce had gut-shot the buck."

Etymology

From gut + shoot.

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