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potshot definition

pot·shot (pät′s̸hät′)

noun

  1. a pothunter's shot
  2. an easy shot, as at close range
  3. a random shot
  4. a haphazard try
  5. a random criticism or attack

Webster's New World College Dictionary Copyright © 2009 by Wiley Publishing, Inc., Cleveland, Ohio.
Used by arrangement with John Wiley & Sons, Inc.

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