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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verb
To load or weight with shot.
Webster's New World
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 The imported definitions may be significantly out of date, and any more recent senses may be completely missing.
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adjective
Variegated, streaked, flecked, etc. with another color or substance.
Webster's New World
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.
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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:
shotPlural:
shotsIdioms, 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
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