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View synonyms for potshot
potshot
[ pot-shot ]
noun
- a shot fired at game merely for food, with little regard to skill or the rules of sport.
- a shot at an animal or person within easy range, as from ambush.
- a casual or aimless shot.
- a random or incidental criticism:
to take a potshot at military spending in a speech on taxation.
verb (used without object)
, pot·shot or pot·shot·ted, pot·shot·ting.
- to fire or aim potshots:
critics potshotting at the administration.
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Palin takes a potshot back in the book, mentioning Schmidt's "rotund physique."
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I remember very distinctly saying, "Did you take the potshot at General Walker?"
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