Definition of "upshoot"

upshoot

/ʌpˈʃuːt/

  • verb

    third-person singular simple present upshoots, present participle upshooting, simple past and past participle upshot

    1. (intransitive) To shoot upward.    

  • noun

    plural upshoots

    1. (pathology) An involuntary upward movement of the eye