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English
Etymology
From in + shoot.
Noun
inshoot (plural inshoots)
- The act of shooting or moving rapidly inward, as a baseball that is pitched with a curve.
1906, Burt L. Standish, Frank Merriwell's Son:The pitcher started the ball wide, but, with a sudden break it took an inshoot across the plate.
1898, Burt L. Standish, Frank Merriwell's Cruise:Woods fooled him on a wide curve and a swift inshoot.
References
William Dwight Whitney and Benjamin E Smith, editors (1914), “inshoot”, in The Century Dictionary: An Encyclopedic Lexicon of the English Language, revised edition, volumes III (Hoop–O), New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., →OCLC.
Anagrams
Uzbek
Etymology
Borrowed from Arabic إِنْشَاءَات (ʔinšāʔāt), plural of إِنْشَاء (ʔinšāʔ).
Noun
inshoot (plural inshootlar)
- building, construction
Declension