Home › Words › U › unshootunshootunshoot means to shoot back (the bolt of a door); to allow opening.Among words judged in Lexicurio's Arena, unshoot ranks #16,730 of 42,747 for Qualifying.EtymologyFrom un- + shoot.verbTo shoot back (the bolt of a door); to allow opening.To undo the effects of shooting (someone).e.g.“Anyway, we can't unshoot him, can we? Can't change a thing.” — 2007, Jack Coughlin, Donald A[lan] Davis, Kill Zone: A Sniper Novel, New York, N.Y.: St. Martin's Press, →ISBN, page 4:Definitions & examples from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 3.0).Words closest in meaningBy meaning, not spelling — each word's AI semantic fingerprint, nearest first.unshut 69% match — To open (a door, window etc.). vs unshoot →backshoot 63% match — To shoot in the back. vs unshoot →unfire 61% match — Hypothetically, to undo the firing of (a weapon). vs unshoot →unsnib 58% match — to undo, untie, or open or become undone, untied, or opened. vs unshoot →unshootable 57% match — not shootable vs unshoot →shootable 57% match — able to be shot vs unshoot →atshoot 57% match — To shoot away; shoot away from. vs unshoot →decock 57% match — To uncock; to let down the cock of (a firearm). vs unshoot →