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noun
1.
a discharge of a firearm, bow, etc.
2.
the range of or the distance traveled by a missile in its flight.
3.
an aimed discharge of a missile.
4.
an attempt to hit a target with a missile.
5.
EXPANDan act or instance of shooting a firearm, bow, etc.
6.
a small ball or pellet of lead, a number of which are loaded in a cartridge and used for one charge of a shotgun.
7.
such pellets collectively: a charge of shot.
8.
a projectile for discharge from a firearm or cannon.
9.
such projectiles collectively: shot and shell.
10.
a person who shoots; marksman: He was a good shot.
11.
Slang. a blow; punch: The prizefighter was knocked out by a shot in the chin.
12.
anything like a shot, especially in being sudden and forceful.
13.
a heavy metal ball that competitors cast as far as possible in shot-putting contests.
14.
an aimed stroke, throw, or the like, as in certain games, especially in an attempt to score.
15.
an attempt or try: He's entitled to a shot at the championship.
16.
a remark aimed at some person or thing.
17.
a guess at something.
18.
a hypodermic injection, as of a serum, vaccine, narcotic, or anaesthetic: He took a series of immunizing shots for hay fever.
19.
a small quantity, especially an ounce, of undiluted liquor.
20.
an amount due, especially at a tavern.
21.
22.
Movies, Television. a unit of action photographed without interruption and constituting a single camera view.
23.
an explosive charge in place for detonation, as in mining or quarrying.
24.
Metallurgy. comparatively hard globules of metal in the body of a casting.
25.
Nautical. a 90-foot (27-meter) length of anchor cable or chain.
26.
Checkers. a compulsory series of exchanges, especially when it proves favorable to the aggressor.
27.
Textiles.
a.
a pick sent through the shed in a single throw of the shuttle.
b.
(in carpet weaving) filling yarn used to bind the pile to the fabric, usually expressed with a preceding number representing the quantity of picks used: three-shot carpet.
c.
a defect in a fabric caused by an unusual color or size in the yarn.
28.
COLLAPSEa chance with odds for and against; a bet: a 20 to 1 shot that his horse will come in first.
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Shots
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| a fool or simpleton; ninny. |
| a gadget; dingus; thingumbob. |
verb (used without object)
Idioms31.
to manufacture shot, as in a shot tower.
32.
by a long shot. long shot (def. 4).
33.
call one's shots, Informal. to indicate beforehand what one intends to do and how one intends to do it.
34.
call the shots, Informal. to have the power or authority to make decisions or control policy: Now that he's chairman of the board, he calls the shots.
35.
have/take a shot at, make an attempt at: I'll have a shot at solving the problem.
36.
EXPANDlike a shot, instantly; quickly: He bolted out of here like a shot.
Origin:
before 900; Middle English; Old English sc(e)ot, (ge)sceot; cognate with German Schoss, Geschoss; akin to shoot
before 900; Middle English; Old English sc(e)ot, (ge)sceot; cognate with German Schoss, Geschoss; akin to shoot
Related forms
shot·less, adjective
shot·like, adjective
Synonyms
15. chance, go, essay.
15. chance, go, essay.
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verb
1.
simple past tense and past participle of shoot.
adjective
2.
woven so as to present a play of colors; having a changeable color; variegated, as silk.
3.
spread or streaked with color: the dawn sky shot with gold.
4.
in hopelessly bad condition; ruined: Those sneakers are really shot. His morale is shot.
5.
Slang. intoxicated.
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Word Origin & History
shot
O.E. scot, sceot "an act of shooting, that which is discharged in shooting," from P.Gmc. *skutan (cf. O.N. skutr, O.Fris. skete, M.Du. scote, Ger. Schuß "a shot"), related to sceotan "to shoot" (see shoot). Meaning "discharge of a bow, missile," is from O.E. gesceot;
EXPANDextended to other projectiles in M.E., and to sports (hockey, basketball, etc.) 1868. Another original meaning, "payment," is preserved in scot-free. Meaning "drink of straight liquor" first attested 1676. Meaning "try, attempt" is from 1756; adj. sense of "exhausted" is from 1930. Sense of "hypodermic injection" first attested 1904; fig. phrase shot in the arm "stimulant" first recorded 1922. Meaning "remark meant to wound" is recorded from 1841; hence cheap shot (1973). To call the shots is first attested 1967; shot in the dark is from 1895.
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Medical Dictionary
shot (shŏt)
n.
A hypodermic injection.
A small amount given or applied at one time.
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Dictionary of American Slang and Colloquial Expressions by Richard A. Spears.Fourth Edition.
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