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单词 half-shot
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half-shotn.

Brit. /ˈhɑːfʃɒt/, U.S. /ˈhæfˌʃɑt/
Origin: Formed within English, by compounding. Etymons: half adj., shot n.1
Etymology: < half adj. + shot n.1
Golf.
A stroke played with a half swing or reduced power, intended to carry a shorter distance than the full shot.
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society > leisure > sport > types of sport or game > ball game > golf > [noun] > types of shot or stroke
putta1754
like1790
drive1829
tee-shot1850
gobble1857
push shot1865
iron shot1870
push stroke1873
drive-off1884
slice1886
raker1888
foozle1890
hook1890
iron1890
top1890
sclaff1893
brassy shot1894
run1894
chip shot1899
chip1903
pull1903
skimmer1903
draw shot1904
brassy1906
pitch-and-run1908
windcheater1909
air shot1920
chip-in1921
explosion1924
downhiller1925
blast1927
driver1927
shank1927
socket1927
recovery1937
whiff1952
pinsplitter1961
comebacker1965
bump-and-run1981
1875 Scotsman 4 Sept. 6/2 To stand up to his ball and play a half-shot with the cleek would now have been Morris's game.
1893 H. G. Hutchinson Golfing 41 When the distance is less than that for which the three-quarter stroke is used, it is commonly called a half-shot distance.
1946 P. Boomer On Learning Golf (2008) xviii. 178 A half-shot with a mashie does not mean a half-swing with that club but a swing with half power.
2012 Mercury (S. Afr.) (Nexis) 8 May 22 You need to be able to hit a good half-shot in a typical round of golf.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2022).

half-shotadj.

Etymology: < half- comb. form 1a; compare shoot v. 32d.
colloq. (orig. U.S.).
Half drunk.
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the world > food and drink > drink > thirst > excess in drinking > [adjective] > drunk > partially drunk
merrya1382
semi-bousyc1460
pipe merry1542
totty1570
tipsy1577
martin-drunk1592
pleasant1596
mellow1611
tip-merry1612
flustered1615
lusticka1616
well to live1619
jolly1652
happy1662
hazy1673
top-heavy1687
hearty1695
half-seas-over1699
oiled1701
mellowish1703
half channelled over1709
drunkish1710
half-and-half1718
touched1722
uppisha1726
tosie1727
bosky1730
funny1751
fairish1756
cherry-merry1769
in suds1770
muddy1776
glorious1790
groggified1796
well-corned1800
fresh1804
to be mops and brooms1814
foggy1816
how-come-ye-so1816
screwy1820
off the nail1821
on (also, esp. in early use, upon) the go1821
swipey1821
muggy1822
rosy1823
snuffy1823
spreeish1825
elevated1827
up a stump1829
half-cockedc1830
tightish1830
tipsified1830
half shaved1834
screwed1837
half-shot1838
squizzed1845
drinky1846
a sheet in the wind1862
tight1868
toppy1885
tiddly1905
oiled-up1918
bonkers1943
sloshed1946
tiddled1956
hickey-
1838 J. C. Neal Charcoal Sketches 13 Moseying is only to be done when a gemman's half shot.
1943 N. Marsh Colour Scheme x. 187 ‘The chap was half-shot,’ said Simon. ‘They all say he smelt of booze.’
1948 J. M. Cain Moth 64 Stuff for guys in college to gag about when they were half shot with beer.
This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1933; most recently modified version published online December 2015).

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half-shot
half-shot n. Golf a stroke made with a half swing, intended to carry less far than the full shot.
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1891 H. G. Hutchinson Golf 26 The principle of the cutting stroke, on the other hand, lies in bringing the head of the iron across that line. It may be applied to a full shot, half shot, quarter shot or shortest wrist shot.
1893 H. G. Hutchinson Golfing 41 When the distance is less than that for which the three-quarter stroke is used, it is commonly called a half-shot distance.
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