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shot¹ Definition

shot (s̸hät)

noun

  1. the act of shooting; discharge of a missile, esp. from a gun
    1. the distance over which a missile travels
    2. range; reach; scope
  3. an attempt to hit with a missile
    1. any attempt or try
    2. a guess or conjecture
  5. a pointed, critical remark
    1. in various games, the flight or path of a ball, puck, etc. after it is shot toward a goal or other object
    2. a stroke, as in tennis or golf
    3. an attempt to score, as in basketball or hockey
    1. a solid projectile designed for discharge from a firearm or cannon, as distinguished from an explosive shell
    2. such projectiles collectively
    1. lead or steel in small pellets, of which a quantity is used for a single charge of a shotgun
    2. a single pellet of this kind
  9. the heavy metal ball used in the shot put
  10. a blast, or the amount of explosive used for a blast, as in mining
  11. a marksman a fair shot
  12. ☆
    1. the act of taking a single photograph
    2. a single photograph
    3. a single, continuous image as taken on film, videotape, or by a live TV camera

  13. Etymology: cf. scot

    an amount due, esp. for drinks or entertainment
  14. a hypodermic injection, as of vaccine
  15. ☆ a drink of liquor; specif., jigger
  16. Informal something to bet on, considered from the standpoint of odds or chances of winning a horse that is a ten-to-one shot
  17. Naut. a 90-foot length of chain, esp. for an anchor

Etymology: ME < OE sceot < sceotan (akin to ON skot, Ger schuss): see shoot

transitive verb shot′·ted, shot′·ting

to load or weight with shot

shot¹ Idioms

a shot in the arm

something that bolsters up, reinvigorates, encourages, etc., esp. in a difficult situation

call the shots

Informal
  1. to give orders
  2. to control what is done or what happens

have a shot at

or take a shot at

Informal to make a try at

like a shot

  1. quickly; rapidly
  2. suddenly
shot² Definition

shot (s̸hät)

transitive verb, intransitive verb

shoot

adjective

  1. variegated, streaked, flecked, etc. with another color or substance
  2. woven with threads of different colors so as to appear iridescent
  3. varied with something different a novel shot through with pathos
  4. ☆ Informal ruined or worn out

shot Synonyms

shot

modif.

killed, injured, struck; see attacked.

shot Synonyms

shot

n.

  1. An act of shooting

    firing, igniting, blasting, setting off, taking aim, sighting a target, pulling the trigger, discharge, loosing, letting fly; see also gunfire, shooting 1.

  2. A flying missile

    bullet, ball, pellet, lead, projectile, buckshot, grapeshot.

  3. An opportunity to shoot

    range, line of fire, reach, distance, chance, turn.

  4. One who shoots

    gunner, huntsman, marksman, hunter, rifleman.

  5. A loud sudden noise

    crack, report, blast, discharge, explosion; see also noise 1.

call the shots*

direct, control, supervise; see command 2, manage 1.

have<strong> or </strong>take a shot at*

endeavor, attempt, do one's best at; see try 1.

like a shot*

rapidly, speedily, like a bat out of hell*; see fast 1, quickly.

shot in the arm*

help, boost, booster, assistance; see aid 1, encouragement 2.

shot* Synonyms

shot*

modif.

ruined, broken, worn out, exhausted, spent, kaput*.

shot Usage Examples

Converse of object

  • deflect: A deflected shot by a defender resulted in a corner kick.
  • fire: Even my wife can fire a good shot over a distance.
  • hit: Harte 7 - Couple of well hit shots - got forward well.

Preposition: into

  • corner: We conceded the second goal after they cut inand placed a clinical shot into the bottom corner, giving Jonny no chance.

Adjective modifier

  • snap: We started the second half well and after 10 minutes Craig Trimble hit a snap shot which flew into the top corner.
  • fierce: However, all that changed when the Wirral striker rode a few tackles and struck a fierce shot into the goal.
  • aerial: Made a new page for more recent views of Stewart Place, Catrine including an aerial shot before the current houses were built.

Modifies a noun

  • putt: Shot putt 88 What did the Queen Mother have replaced in December 1995?
  • stopper: Norwich born shot stopper Mark Tyler has long been a favorite with the Peterborough fans since his arrival as a teenager.

Noun used with modifier

  • tee: But the main hazards on this course are the many trees which line the fairways and have been home to many wayward tee shots.
  • screen: We took several screen shots of all the tools involved.
  • close-up: Each close-up shot of boxes on this page is from one section of one magazine room.
  • parting: Peter's parting shot was " That air hose should be repaired, rainwater in a diesel engine can be terminal " .
  • left-foot: He curled in a left-foot shot from the right side of the area to make it 1-0.
  • mug: Family pictures Kate, Patrick and Nina: some mug shots.

Possessives

  • midfielder: The midfielder's shot was helped home with the faintest touch from Henry.

Preposition: in

  • arm: He ends by saying that these Viking raids gave Scotland a shot in the arm as they became known as Spring Break.

Preposition: of

  • tequila: If you give away liberal shots of tequila at the door you'll end up with a few ' technical ' problems.

Preposition: from

  • yard: Christie made a powerful run to the bye line and from his cutback Thomas scored with a shot from a dozen yards.
  • edge: On sixty three minutes Dave Roberts was called in to action as he saved a City shot from the edge of the area.
shot Quotes

A long shot,Watson; a very long shot!

—Doyle, SirArthur Conan

Major Strasser has been shot. Round up the usual suspects.

—Epstein,JuliusJ

He must have been a marvellously good shot.

—Coward, Sir Noe«  l Peirce

But he was never, well, What I call A Sportsman: For forty days He went out into the desert öAnd never shot anything.

—Sitwell, Sir (Francis) Osbert

Persons attempting to find a motive in this narrative will be prosecuted; persons attempting to find a moral in it will be banished; persons attempting to find a plot in it will be shot.

—Twain, Mark pseudonym of  Samuel Langhorne Clemens

I shot an arrow in the air. She fell to earth in Berkeley Square.

—Hamer, Robert

For a soldier I listed, to grow great in fame, And be shot at for sixpence a day.

—Diaz, Porfirio

La politique au milieu des inte¤  re"  ts d'imagination, c'est un coup de pistolet au milieu d'un concert. Politics mixed with the imagination is like a shot fired in the middle of a concert.

—Stendhal pseudonym of  Henri Beyle

The Mountjoy began to move, and soon passed safe through the broken stakes and floating spars.But her brave master was no more. A shot from one of the batteries had struck him; and he died by the most enviable of all deaths, in sight of the city which was his birthplace, which was his home, and which had just been saved by his courage and self-devotion from the most frightful form of destruction.

—1st Baron

   By the rude bridge that arched the flood, Their flag to April's breeze unfurled, Here once the embattled farmers stood And fired the shot heard around the world.

—Emerson, RalphWaldo

   When you have shot one bird flying you have shot all birds flying. Theyare all different and they fly in different ways but the sensation is the same and the last one is as good as the first.

—Hemingway, Ernest Millar

What would it pleasure me, to have my throat cut With diamonds? Or to be smothered With cassia? Or to be shot to death, with pearls?

—Webster,John

He used to be a big shot.

—Wald,Jerry

Beauty pains, and when it pained most, I shot.

—Haas, Ernst Bernard

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