Definition of (shot) in English English dictionary
- I've been shot
- I have been hit by a projectile from a firearm
- Jell-O shot
- A confection of Jell-O made with an admixture of alcohol in place of approximately one third to one half of the usual amount of water
- agricultural shot
- A swing across the line of the ball (resembling a scything motion) played without much technique. Often one that results in a chunk of the pitch being dug up by the bat. A type of a slog
- air-shot
- an act of attempting to, but failing to, kick the ball
- approach shot
- Any shot, normally not when teeing off, aimed to land on the green, hit for accuracy more than power
- back foot shot
- A shot played by the batsman with most of his weight on the back foot
- big shot
- A person with a reputation of importance or power
They stopped traffic so some big shot and his entourage could have the whole road to themselves.
- booster shot
- A dose of an antigen designed to strengthen immunity after an earlier immunizing dose
- by a long shot
- By a wide margin; indicates a very big difference or disparity
See here: You KNOW you feel superior to folks. You're not as bad as I say, but you're not as good as you say--not by a long shot! What's the reason you're so superior?.
- canister shot
- An anti-personnel ammunition consisting of a cylindrical canister filled with round lead or iron balls
- case-shot
- any mixture of stones and old iron, put into a wooden case and fired from a cannon as an anti-personnel weapon
- cow shot
- A batting stroke played across the line and aiming to hit the ball towards cow corner. Regarded as inelegant, and indeed risky, but can be very effective for a batsman with strength and a good eye
- double gut shot
- A poker hand where two different ranks could complete the straight, but the new card would not be the highest or lowest card in the straight. E.g. 2-4-5-6-8, either a 3 or a 7 could complete the straight
- down a shot
- to drink quickly the contents of a shot glass
- drop shot
- In sports such as badminton, squash, tennis and volleyball, a lightly-struck shot that just lands into play
- dunk shot
- A dunk, a shot where the ball is propelled directly downward through the hoop
- establishing shot
- A master shot, the primary wide shot of a scene used to inform the audience of the location or situation
- foul shot
- A free throw
- front foot shot
- A shot played by the batsman with most of his weight on the front foot
- give it a shot
- Try or attempt (something)
I don’t think it will work, but I suppose you could give it a shot.
- give it one's best shot
- To make one's best effort or attempt; to try as hard as possible
I didn't win the contest, but I sure gave it my best shot.
- granny shot
- A shot made granny style
- hook shot
- A shot in which the offensive player, gently throws the ball with a sweeping motion of his arm in an upward arc with a follow-through which ends over his head
- jump shot
- A shot in which the player releases the ball at the highest point of a jump
- junk shot
- a method to shut off a faulty blowout preventer (BOP) by injecting the BOP with material that will clog up the innards and result in a choking off of the hole
- lead shot
- Small balls of lead, used as projectiles in shotguns, and as a weight in angling etc
- long shot
- A master shot, the primary wide shot of a scene into which the closeups will be edited later
- long shot
- Something unlikely; something that has little chance of happening or working. The term arose from the accuracy of early ship guns, which were effective only at close range and unlikely to hit the mark at any great distance
We can try your plan, but it's a long shot and it probably won't work.
- money shot
- The photographic capture of a willing female proudly displaying her breasts for free, or enticed to raise the shirt for photographing
- money shot
- The moment in a pornographic film where the male subject of the scene in question ejaculates; so named because it is often considered the most important part of the film, and often an actor who is unable to provide the shot goes unpaid
- moon shot
- The launching of a spacecraft to orbit or land on the Moon
- mug shot
- A photograph taken of the head and shoulders, often from the front and in profile, usually taken in conjunction with somebody's arrest
- one-shot
- A cinematographic shot of a person talking to camera; a talking head
- one-shot
- A monostable multivibrator
- one-shot
- A television programme that is not part of a series
- one-shot
- A music sample that is played without immediate repetition
- one-shot
- A type of long-lasting paint
- one-shot
- unique
- one-shot
- needing only a single attempt to become effective
- one-shot
- A headshot, especially in first-person shooters or a single hit kill in most RPGs
- one-shot
- A story of only one chapter
- parting shot
- An insult or barbed comment issued as the speaker departs or the conversation comes to an end
Gold Coast Deputy Mayor David Power took a parting shot at the Crime and Misconduct Commission and his council enemies as he announced his bombshell resignation today.
- pop shot
- a quickly aimed or haphazard shot with a firearm; possibly confusion, by assonance, with pot shot
- pot shot
- By analogy, insulting or hurtful words carelessly or randomly said
Why should Jonathan, Ruth and all the others have to stay out there like sitting ducks as policemen and their smug reporter friends took pot shots at them?.
- pot shot
- A haphazard shot with a firearm, taken with careless aim, often fired at a random target
- pot shot
- A shot taken from a hidden stakeout
- reverse shot
- A shot in which one character is shown looking back at another, unseen, character
- round shot
- A solid usually iron spherical projectile fired from a smoothbore cannon
Just then, with a roar and a whistle, a round-shot passed high above the roof of the log-house and plumped far beyond us in the wood. Treasure Island (1883), Robert Louis Stevenson.
- scoop shot
- A shot taken underhanded from an unusually low position (as though scooping up the ball)
- shot
- A single serving of espresso
- shot
- Thank you
- shot
- A remark or comment, especially one which is critical or insulting
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.
- shot
- The act of launching a ball or similar object toward a goal
They took the lead on a last-minute shot.
- shot
- The heavy iron ball used for the shot put
- shot
- Worn out
The rear axle will have to be replaced. It's shot.
- shot
- A spoon of coffee
- shot
- A single unbroken sequence of photographic film exposures, or the digital equivalent; an unedited sequence of frames
- shot
- An armor-piercing solid metal projectile having no bursting charge, that was in use mainly during World War II, more specifically called AP or armor-piercing shot
- shot
- Simple past tense and past participle of shoot
- shot
- An opportunity or attempt
I'd like just one more shot at winning this game.
- shot
- A punch or other physical blow
- shot
- The result of launching a projectile or bullet
The shot was wide of the mark.
- shot
- Small metal balls used as ammunition
- shot
- A charge to paid, a scot or shout
Drink up. It's his shot.
- shot
- tired, weary
I have to go to bed now, I'm shot.
- shot
- A measure of alcohol, usually spirits, as taken either from a shot-glass or directly from the bottle, equivalent to about 44 milliliters; 1.5 ounces. ("pony shot"= 30 milliliters; 1 fluid ounce)
- shot
- A vaccination or injection
- shot
- Woven from warp and weft strands of different colours, resulting in an iridescent appearance
- shot glass
- A small glass used to hold or measure a small quantity of liquor
- shot glasses
- plural form of shot glass
- shot in the arm
- A stimulus
His good marks gave him a shot in the arm.
- shot in the arm
- A shot of drug in the arm, to get on a high
- shot in the dark
- A guess, attempt, or choice made with little or no evidence or knowledge
From listening, I can't tell who composed it. Beethoven, maybe, but that's a shot in the dark.
- shot on goal
- A shot that, if not blocked, would go into the goal
- shot put
- An athletics event where a competitor must hurl a heavy metal orb as far as possible. Because of the weight of the ball this is done with a pushing motion rather than a throwing motion
- shot putter
- An athlete who competes in the shot put
- shot rock
- The rock in the house closest to the button
- shot to nothing
- An attempted pot that is intended not to leave a possible pot for the opponent if missed
- shot tower
- A tall building in which droplets of molten lead fall into a pool of water in order to form lead shot
- shot-glass
- A vessel of about 30ml volume, used for the measurement of spirituous liquors
- shot-putter
- A person who competes in the shot put event of track and field
- shot-putting
- The act of competing in the track and field event of putting the shot, attempting to throw a heavy metal ball for maximum distance using a pushing motion (rather than a bent arm throw) due to the balls great weight
- slap shot
- The fastest shot in hockey
- snap shot
- A hard shot without much planning
- snap shot
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- solid shot
- A synonym for solid round shot or cannonball
- split shot
- A type of lead shot cut part-way through the diameter, used as a line weight in angling
- split shot
- comprising half-caffeinated and half-decaffeinated espresso
I ordered a split shot latte.
- split-shot
- Alternative spelling of split shot. :
- take a shot in the dark
- To try on something without having any knowledge about the subject
I didn't study for the test and took a shot in the dark.
- take one's best shot
- Alternative form of give it one's best shot
- three-point shot
- A shot attempted from beyond the three-point line
- trick shot
- An unconventional shot of the balls to show off or pot an otherwise impossible ball
- two shot
- A scene shot with the camera positioned to observe two actors
- who shot John
- A long and involved explanation; a thing of which an explanation would be long and involved
That was the intervening event. I raise that not to start this whole who-shot-John-first, but to say that if we are going to talk about these events, we have to talk about them in the full and complete context.
- wide shot
- A video or film recording made with the camera positioned to observe the most action in the performance
- wrist shot
- a shot that involves using the arm muscles, predominantly the wrist, to propel the puck using the concave side of the blade
That wrist shot completely fooled the defenders.
- shot
- {n} the act of shooting, a bullet, ball, reckoning, charge
- a shot in the dark
- (deyim) a wild guess
- a shot in the dark
- (deyim) an attempt that has little chance of success
- chip shot
- A short lofted golf stroke, used in approaching the green
- give someone a shot
- (deyim) If you "give someone a shot" you give them an opportunity, even though you are not certain of success
- lead shot
- Lead firing of a gun or cannon
- shot blasting
- Shot blasting consists of attacking the surface of a material with one of many types of shots. Normally this is done to remove something on the surface such as scale, but it is also done sometimes to impart a particular surface to the object being shot blasted, such as the rolls used to make a 2D finish. The shot can be sand, small steel balls of various diameters, granules of silicon carbide, etc. The device that throws the shot is either a large air gun or spinning paddles which hurl the shot off their blades
- shot-blast
- High-speed stream of steel particles employed in shot-blasting
- shot-blast
- Subject to shot-blasting
- shot-blast
- Clean or strip (a surface) by directing a high-speed stream of steel particles at it
