Shot Definition

shŏt

shots, shotted, shotting

noun

shots

The act of shooting; discharge of a missile, esp. from a gun.

Webster's New World

The distance over which a missile travels.

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Range; reach; scope.

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An attempt to hit with a missile.

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An attempt to reach a target with a rocket.

A moon shot.

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backfire

verb

To load or weight with shot.

Webster's New World

Shoot.

Webster's New World

Simple past tense and past participle of shoot.

Wiktionary

Part or all of this entry has been imported from the 1913 edition of Webster's Dictionary, which is now free of copyright and hence in the public domain. The imported definitions may be significantly out of date, and any more recent senses may be completely missing.

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walked
backfired

adjective

Variegated, streaked, flecked, etc. with another color or substance.

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Woven with threads of different colors so as to appear iridescent.

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Varied with something different.

A novel shot through with pathos.

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Interspersed or permeated with a distinctive quality.

Her apology was shot with irony.

American Heritage

Ruined or worn out.

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interjection

(colloquial, South Africa) Thank you.

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idiom

like a shot

Very quickly.

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shot in the arm

Something that boosts one's spirits.

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shot in the dark

A guess.
An attempt that has little chance of succeeding.

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a shot in the arm

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

Webster's New World

call the shots

to give orders
to control what is done or what happens

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Other Word Forms of Shot

Noun

Singular:

shot

Plural:

shots

Idioms, Phrasal Verbs Related to Shot

like a shot
shot in the arm
shot in the dark
a shot in the arm
call the shots
have a shot at
like a shot

Origin of Shot

From Old English scÄ“ot, from Germanic *skot-. Cognate with German Schoß. Compare scot.

From Wiktionary
Middle English from Old English sceot, scot skeud- in Indo-European roots

From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition
See scot (“a share").

From Wiktionary