I. (ˈ) ̷ ̷| ̷ ̷ verb
Etymology: out- + shoot
transitive verb
1. : to surpass in shooting or making shots
a rifle that outshoots any other model of its type
won the tennis match by outshooting and outrunning his opponent
2. : to shoot or go beyond
tell the philosophers of the day, that I have outshot them all — William Cowper
intransitive verb
[ out (I) + shoot ]
: to shoot out
up in the tree … on an outshooting limb — Hearst's
II. ˈ ̷ ̷ˌ ̷ ̷ noun
Etymology: out (III) + shoot (after shoot out, v.)
: something that shoots out ; specifically : a pitched baseball that breaks away from a right-handed batter