shotten

English

Pronunciation

• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /ˈʃɒtən/, /-n̩/
• (General American) IPA^(key): /ˈʃɑtən/, /-n̩/
• Rhymes: -ɒtən

Verb

shotten

1. (archaic) past participle of shoot

Adjective

shotten (not comparable)

1. Having ejected the spawn.
   • c. 1597 (date written), William Shakespeare, “The First Part of Henry the Fourth, […]”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward] Blount, published 1623, →OCLC, [Act II, scene iv]:

     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.

Related terms

• cup-shotten
• nook-shotten

 

Anagrams

• toshent, Hottens

Swedish

Noun

shotten

1. definite singular of shot