atshoot

English

Etymology

From Middle English atschoten, ætscheoten, from Old English ætscēotan (“to escape, disappear”), equivalent to at- +‎ shoot. Compare Dutch ontschieten (“to slip from, forget”), German entschiessen.

Verb

atshoot (third-person singular simple present atshoots, present participle atshooting, simple past and past participle atshot)

1. (transitive, intransitive, obsolete) To shoot away; shoot away from.