parashootn.
/ˈparəʃuːt/, U.S. /ˈpɛrəˌʃut/ colloquial. rare (now disused).
In the Second World War (1939–45): an enemy parachutist.
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1940 Amer. Speech 15 261/2 The German parachutists in the attack on the Low Countries in May were termed variously in newspaper headlines 'chutists, parashoots, and parachuters.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2005; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
parashootv.
/ˈparəʃuːt/, U.S. /ˈpɛrəˌʃut/ colloquial. rare (now disused).
transitive. In the Second World War (1939–45): to shoot down an enemy parachutist. Cf. parashot n., parashooter n.
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society > armed hostility > military equipment > operation and use of weapons > action of propelling missile > discharge of firearms > fire (a gun) [verb (transitive)] > shoot (a person or thing) > parachutists
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1940 Star 14 May 8/5 (caption) ‘What are you doing with that gun?’ ‘I'm practising-to-parashoot Germans!’
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2005; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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