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shot1 /shot/ noun- An act of shooting
- A blast
- An explosive charge
- A single photographic exposure, or a length of cinematic film taken without a break with a single camera
- A camera's range or extent of view, as in out of shot
- A stroke, throw or hit in sports and games
- An attempt (informal)
- A spell (informal)
- A turn (informal)
- A guess (informal)
- The casting of a net
- A set of nets or length of net cast
- An aggressive remark
- An injection (informal)
- A dram (informal)
- A person that shoots, a marksman
- A projectile, esp one that is solid and spherical, without bursting charge
- A cannonball
- A weight for putting (athletics)
- A bullet
- A small pellet of which several are shot together
- Such pellets collectively
- The launch of a rocket to a specified destination
- Flight of a missile, or its distance
- Range, reach
- A plot of land
- (also scot) a payment, esp of a bill or one's share of a bill
- A contribution
transitive verb (shottˈing; shottˈed) To load with shot ORIGIN: OE sc(e)ot, gesc(e)ot; cf shoot 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 - Scot-free
- Safe from shot
shotˈgun noun see separate entry. shotˈhole noun - A hole made by a shot, or in timber by a boring insect, or in a leaf by a fungus
- A hole in a wall for shooting from
- 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 - An injection in the arm (medicine)
- 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 - (with at) (informal) to have a try or go (at something)
- To jeer or carp (at someone) (Aust)
hotshot see under hot1 like a shot - Instantly, quickly
- 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 - To be still potent
- To have something yet in reserve
shotgun /shotˈgun/ noun- A smooth-bore gun for firing shot or slugs at relatively short range, used esp for shooting birds and other small game, clay pigeons, etc
- An offensive formation in which the quarterback stands well behind the line of scrimmage (American football)
adjective- Relating to a shotgun
- Involving coercion or duress (eg shotgun merger, shotgun wedding)
- Covering a wide field in random, haphazard fashion with resultant hit-and-miss effect
ride shotgun - To protect a vehicle and its occupants from attack by riding on it (or following close behind it) carrying a firearm or firearms (also figurative)
- To be positioned alongside the driver of a vehicle
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