shooty

English

Etymology

From shoot +‎ -y.

Adjective

shooty (comparative more shooty, superlative most shooty)

1. (informal) Involving the shooting of weapons.
   • 2007, The Official Xbox Magazine: Issues 75-78:

     the swingy, shooty theatrics of Bionic Commando

2. (UK, dialect) Sprouting or coming up freely and regularly.
   • 2020, W. T. Frankenberger Jr., Muhammad Arshad, Phytohormones in Soils Microbial Production & Function:

     Increases of auxin up to 12 mg L–1 did not alter the shooty morphology of the callus.

References

• “shooty”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.

Anagrams

• soothy