What does gut-shoot mean?
Gut-shoot means (transitive) To shoot in the gut with a firearm..
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Pronunciation varies by accent · verb
(transitive) To shoot in the gut with a firearm..
In the case above, Bruce had gut-shot the buck.
Of all the fine men I've labored to save, it had to be you who survives being gut-shot.
I put one of them down—gut-shot him—and they pulled out again.
If the animal has been gut-shot, however, then you will have a problem.
If it comes down to it, let McCord get real close and then gut-shoot him with the 10-gauge, one barrel and then t'other.
Use gut-shoot when its meaning, tone and grammar fit the full sentence. A synonym is not always a direct replacement.
Gut-shoot means (transitive) To shoot in the gut with a firearm..
The closest synonym depends on the sentence and intended sense.
The opposite depends on the specific sense.
In the case above, Bruce had gut-shot the buck.
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