Schwarzenegger also is taking nasty shots from his own party, as GOP conservatives bash some of his appointments as Kennedyesque and traitorous to party values.
The flight of a missile, or the distance which it is, or can be, thrown; as, the vessel was distant more than a cannon shot
A solid round projectile, of stone or cast iron, used in smoothbore muzzle-loading artillery The solid shot used in rifled muzzle-loaders were cylindrical and fitted with an expanding base or band so that they could be rammed down the bore from the muzzle and yet grip the rifling on firing Smoothbore guns long fired only solid shot, while mortars and howitzers used explosives shells Later guns used shells as well; these were called "shell guns" to distinguished them from the earlier "shot guns " The caliber of a shot gun was expressed as the weight of its shot (e g , 6-pounder), while shell-firing ordnance was identified by bore diameter
varying in color when seen in different lights or from different angles; "changeable taffeta"; "chatoyant (or shot) silk"; "a dragonfly hovered, vibrating and iridescent"
an attempt to score in a game a blow hard enough to cause injury; "he is still recovering from a shot to his leg"; "I caught him with a solid shot to the chin"