shotten

English

Pronunciation

  • Rhymes: -ɒtən

(RP) /ʃɒtən/; /-n̩/

Verb

shotten

  1. (archaic) past participle of shoot

Adjective

shotten (not comparable)

  1. Having ejected the spawn.
    • Shakespeare, Henry IV Part 1 (act 2, scene 4)
      Falstaff (to Francis): If manhood, good manhood, be not forgot upon the face of the earth, then am I a shotten herring.
  2. Shot out of its socket; dislocated, as a bone.

Anagrams

Swedish

Noun

shotten

  1. definite singular of shot
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