shot¹ /shot/

1. An act of shooting
2. A blast
3. An explosive charge
4. A single photographic exposure, or a length of cinematic film taken without a break with a single camera
5. A camera's range or extent of view, as in out of shot
6. A stroke, throw or hit in sports and games
7. An attempt (informal)
8. A spell (informal)
9. A turn (informal)
10. A guess (informal)
11. The casting of a net
12. A set of nets or length of net cast
13. An aggressive remark
14. An injection (informal)
15. A dram (informal)
16. A person that shoots, a marksman
17. A projectile, esp one that is solid and spherical, without bursting charge
18. A cannonball
19. A weight for putting (athletics)
20. A bullet
21. A small pellet of which several are shot together
22. Such pellets collectively
23. The launch of a rocket to a specified destination
24. Flight of a missile, or its distance
25. Range, reach
26. A plot of land
27. (also scot) a payment, esp of a bill or one's share of a bill
28. A contribution

To load with shot

shottˈed adjective

shotˈ-blast transitive verb

shotˈ-blasting noun

The cleaning of metal, etc, by means of a stream of shot

shotˈ-clog noun (obsolete)

A simpleton who is only tolerated for his willingness to pay the bill

shotˈfirer noun (mining)

In blasting, the worker who fires the charge

shotˈ-free adjective

1. Scot-free
2. Safe from shot

shotˈgun noun see separate entry.

shotˈhole noun

1. A hole made by a shot, or in timber by a boring insect, or in a leaf by a fungus
2. A hole in a wall for shooting from
3. A hole bored in rock for a blasting charge

shotˈmaker noun (sport, esp tennis and golf)

A person who produces winning, attacking or skilful shots or strokes

shotˈmaking noun

shot noise noun (electronics)

Inherent noise resulting from variations in the current output of an electronic device caused by the random pulses of electron emission from the electrode (also called flicker noise, Schottky noise)

shotˈproof adjective

Able to withstand shot

shot put noun

The athletics event of putting the shot

shotˈ-putter noun

shot tower noun

Formerly, a tower where small shot is made by dropping molten lead into water from a given height

shot window noun (obsolete)

Appar a hinged or casement window

a shot across the bows

One thus directed so as to warn a ship off rather than damage it (often figurative)

a shot in the arm

1. An injection in the arm (medicine)
2. A revivifying injection, eg of money, new effort, renewed confidence, fresh talent (figurative)

a shot in the dark

A random guess or wild speculation

big shot (informal)

A person of importance

call the shots see under call¹

have a shot

1. (with at) (informal) to have a try or go (at something)
2. To jeer or carp (at someone) (Aust)

hotshot see under hot¹

like a shot

1. Instantly, quickly
2. Eagerly, willingly

shot to nothing (snooker)

An attempt to pot a ball played in such way that, if the shot is missed, one's opponent will not be left with an easy opportunity

stand shot (obsolete and dialect)

To pay the bill

still have shot in the (or one's) locker

1. To be still potent
2. To have something yet in reserve

shot² /shot/ pat and pap of shoot

1. Hit or killed by shooting
2. Exhausted (informal)
3. Ruined (informal)
4. Elongated by rapid growth
5. Advanced (in years; archaic)
6. With warp and weft of different colours, as in shot silk
7. Showing a play of colours
8. Rid (with of; informal)

A reject animal from a herd or flock

shoot¹ /shoot/

1. To let fly with force
2. To discharge (a bullet, missile, etc)
3. To hit, wound, or kill in this way
4. To precipitate, launch forth
5. To tip out, dump
6. To cast
7. To kick or hit at goal (games)
8. To score, for a hole or the round (golf)
9. To thrust forward
10. To pull (one's shirt cuffs) forward so that they project from the sleeves of one's jacket
11. To slide along
12. To slide (a bolt) across or back
13. To plane (a board) to give it a straight edge
14. To produce (new growth)
15. To crystallize
16. To pass rapidly through, under, or over
17. To pass through (traffic lights at red) without stopping
18. To photograph, esp for motion pictures
19. To variegate (usu in pap)
20. To inject (esp oneself) with (a drug) (slang)
21. To play (a round of golf, game of pool, etc)
22. To detonate

1. To dart out, back, forward, etc
2. (of a bowled ball) to keep abnormally low after pitching (cricket)
3. To send darting pains
4. To sprout
5. (of vegetables) to bolt
6. To elongate rapidly
7. To jut out far or suddenly
8. To begin, esp to speak one's mind or to tell what one knows (informal; usu in imperative)
9. To tower
10. To send forth a missile, etc
11. To discharge a shot or weapon
12. To use a bow or gun in practice, competition, hunting, etc
13. To crystallize

1. A shooting
2. A shooting match, party, expedition
3. An area of land within which animals are hunted with firearms for sport
4. A shot (archaic)
5. A shooting pain
6. A movement of the shuttle
7. A weft thread
8. A rapid
9. The shooting of a film
10. A photographic modelling session
11. New growth
12. A sprout
13. The stem and leaf parts of a plant
14. A dump
15. A chute (see chute¹)

Expressing anger, disgust, disappointment, etc

shootˈable adjective

Capable of being shot, or shot over

shootˈer noun

1. A cricket ball that shoots (see above)
2. A gun, etc (informal)
3. Someone who shoots, a hired killer, etc (informal)
4. A small drink of alcoholic spirit (informal)

shootˈing noun

1. The action of the verb in any sense
2. A twinge of quick pain
3. The killing of game with firearms over a certain area
4. The right to do so
5. The district so limited
6. The planing of edges that are to be joined

shootˈist noun (slang; now esp US)

1. Someone who shoots
2. A skilled marksman

shootˈ-'em-up noun (informal; orig US)

A film, television programme or computer game featuring or involving scenes of violent action, gunfights, etc

shooting board noun

A board for steadying a piece of wood for shooting

shooting box or shooting lodge noun

A small house in the country for use in the shooting season

shooting brake noun (old)

An estate car

shooting gallery noun

1. A long room used for practice or amusement with firearms
2. A place where addicts gather to inject drugs (slang)

shooting iron noun (slang)

A firearm, esp a revolver

shooting jacket noun

A short coat for shooting in

shooting range noun

A place for shooting at targets

shooting script noun (film)

A final version of a script with instructions for the cameraman indicating the order in which scenes will be shot

shooting star noun

1. A meteor (informal)
2. A N American plant of the primrose family

shooting stick noun

1. A printer's tool used for locking and unlocking formes by tapping the quoins
2. A walking-stick with a two-part handle that opens out to form a seat

shooting war noun

Actual war as distinct from cold war

shootˈ-out noun

A gunfight, esp to the death or other decisive conclusion (also figurative)

get shot of (slang)

To get rid of

have shot one's bolt see under bolt¹

shoot a line (informal)

To brag, exaggerate (lineˈ-shooter noun)

shoot down

1. To kill, or to bring down (an aeroplane) by shooting
2. To rout, defeat

shoot down in flames (informal)

1. To reprimand severely
2. To destroy, humiliate, esp by the strength of one's argument

shoot from the hip (informal)

To speak bluntly or hastily, without preparation or without concern for the consequences

shoot home

To hit the target (also figurative)

shoot it out

To settle (a dispute, competition, etc) conclusively by shooting (also figurative)

shoot off

1. To discharge a gun
2. To begin
3. To rush away

shoot oneself in the foot (informal)

To harm one's own interests by ineptitude

shoot one's mouth off see under mouth

shoot the breeze (informal)

To chat inconsequentially

shoot the crow (slang)

To leave

shoot the sun (nautical)

To take the sun's altitude

shoot the works (slang)

1. To risk one's all on one play (gambling)
2. Hence, to make one's maximum effort

shoot through (informal; esp Aust)

To go, depart in haste

shoot up

1. To kill or injure by shooting
2. To grow very quickly
3. To inject (a drug, esp heroin) (slang)

the whole (bang) shoot or shooting match (informal)

The whole lot

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