shot

Plural: shots

Noun

• the act of firing a projectile
• a solid missile discharged from a firearm
  • "the shot buzzed past his ear"
• (sports) the act of swinging or striking at a ball with a club or racket or bat or cue or hand
  • "a good shot requires good balance and tempo"
  • "he left me an almost impossible shot"
• a chance to do something
  • "he wanted a shot at the champion"
• a person who shoots (usually with respect to their ability to shoot)
  • "he is a crack shot"
• a consecutive series of pictures that constitutes a unit of action in a film
• the act of putting a liquid into the body by means of a syringe
  • "the nurse gave him a flu shot"
• a small drink of liquor
  • "he poured a shot of whiskey"
• an aggressive remark directed at a person like a missile and intended to have a telling effect
  • "his parting shot was `drop dead'"
• an estimate based on little or no information
• an informal photograph; usually made with a small hand-held camera
  • "my snapshots haven't been developed yet"
  • "he tried to get unposed shots of his friends"
• sports equipment consisting of a heavy metal ball used in the shot put
  • "he trained at putting the shot"
• an explosive charge used in blasting
• a blow hard enough to cause injury
  • "he is still recovering from a shot to his leg"
  • "I caught him with a solid shot to the chin"
• an attempt to score in a game
• informal words for any attempt or effort
  • "he gave it his best shot"
• the launching of a missile or spacecraft to a specified destination
• The result of launching a projectile or bullet.
• The act of launching a ball or similar object toward a goal.
• The heavy iron ball used for the shot put.
• The athletics event of shot put.
• Small metal balls, or other hard objects of various shapes, used as ammunition, especially in shotgun shells or artillery shells.
• Metal or stone balls (or similar), not necessarily small, used as ammunition.
• Someone who shoots (a gun, longbow, etc.); a person reckoned as to their aim.
• An opportunity or attempt.
• A remark or comment, especially one which is critical or insulting.
• A punch or other physical blow.
• A measure of alcohol, usually spirits, as taken either from a shot-glass or directly from the bottle, equivalent to about 44 milliliters or 1.5 ounces. ("pony shot"= 30 milliliters; 1 fluid ounce)
• A single serving of espresso.
• A reckoning, a share of a tavern bill, etc.
• A single snapshot or an unbroken sequence of photographic film exposures, or the digital equivalent; an unedited sequence of frames.
• A vaccination or injection.
• A home run that scores one, two, or three runs (a four run home run is usually referred to as a grand slam).
• Written documentation of a behavior infraction.
• A cast of one or more nets.
• A place or spot for setting nets.
• A single draft or catch of fish made.
• A charge to be paid, a scot or shout.

Verb

Verb Forms: shotted, shotting, shots

• To load a firearm with pellets or to shoot forth.
• hit with a missile from a weapon
• kill by firing a missile
• fire a shot
• make a film or photograph of something
• send forth suddenly, intensely, swiftly
• run or move very quickly or hastily
• move quickly and violently
• throw or propel in a specific direction or towards a specific objective
• record on photographic film
• emit (as light, flame, or fumes) suddenly and forcefully
  • "The dragon shot fumes and flames out of its mouth"
• cause a sharp and sudden pain in
  • "The pain shot up her leg"
• force or drive (a fluid or gas) into by piercing
• variegate by interweaving weft threads of different colors
• throw dice, as in a crap game
• spend frivolously and unwisely
• score
• utter fast and forcefully
  • "She shot back an answer"
• measure the altitude of by using a sextant
• produce buds, branches, or germinate
• give an injection to
• simple past and past participle of shoot
• To load (a gun) with shot.
• To sell illegal drugs; to deal.
• To feed small shot to (a horse), as a fraudulent means of disguising broken-windedness.

Adjective Satellite

• varying in color when seen in different lights or from different angles
  • "chatoyant (or shot) silk"

Adj

• Tired, weary.
• Discharged, cleared, or rid of something.
• Worn out or broken.
• Woven from warp and weft strands of different colours, resulting in an iridescent appearance.

Intj

• An expression of gratitude, similar to thank you.

Examples

• Drink up. It's his shot.
• He SHOT a glance at the board, realizing his mistake too late.
• He'd make a bad soldier, since he's a lousy shot.
• His solo shot in the seventh inning ended up winning the game.
• I have to go to bed now; I’m shot.
• I went to the doctor to get a shot for malaria.
• I'd like a shot of whisky in my coffee.
• I'd like just one more shot at winning this game.
• Steel shot, unlike lead shot, avoids contaminating the land with spent lead.
• The bank robbers' handloaded shotgun shells used rock salt as the shot.
• The cloak was shot through with silver threads.
• The rear axle will have to be replaced. It’s shot.
• The shot flew twenty metres, and nearly landed on the judge's foot.
• The shot for this ship's deck guns, in that day, consisted only of solid iron balls such as ten-pounders.
• The shot was wide of the mark.
• They took the lead on a last-minute shot.
• We got a good shot of the hummingbirds mating.

Synonyms

barb, blast, blastoff, bourgeon, buck, burgeon forth, changeable, charge, chatoyant, crack, dart, dash, dead reckoning, dig, dissipate, film, flash, fool, fool away, fritter, fritter away, frivol away, germinate, gibe, guess, guessing, guesswork, hit, inject, injection, iridescent, jibe, nip, pellet, photograph, pip, pullulate, scene, scoot, scud, shaft, shoot, shoot down, shooter, shooting, slam, snap, snapshot, sprout, spud, stab, stroke, take, tear, Kerry Packered, banjaxed, beat, bleareyed, bleary, bleary-eyed, bone-tired, buggered, bushed, busted, clapped out, cream crackered, damaged, dead tired, defective, deteriorated, dilapidated, dog-tired, dog-weary, done, done in, done up, drained, effete, enervated, exhausted, fagged out, fatigued, faulty, forfairn, forlagen, forworn, free, fried, fucked, gassed, heavyeyed, jaded, jiggered, knacked, knackered, languid, munted, nadgered, out of gas, outworn, passé, played out, pooped, pooped out, pumped, raddled, ragged, ravaged, rinky-dink, run-down, shabby, shagged, shagged out, shattered, shot, sleepy, spent, stuffed, tired, tired out, tuckered, tuckered out, unimproved, wappened, washed out, wasted, weakened, weariful, weary, whacked, whipped, worn, worn out, worn-out, worsened, wrecked, wrecksome, zonked

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