[pot-shot] 
noun, verb, -shot or -shot⋅ted, -shot⋅ting.| 1. | a shot fired at game merely for food, with little regard to skill or the rules of sport. |
| 2. | a shot at an animal or person within easy range, as from ambush. |
| 3. | a casual or aimless shot. |
| 4. | a random or incidental criticism: to take a potshot at military spending in a speech on taxation. |
| 5. | to fire or aim potshots: critics potshotting at the administration. |
