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Shot - Dictionary Definition and Overview |
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Shot : adj : varying in color when seen in different lights or from
different angles; "changeable taffeta"; "chatoyant (or
shot) silk"; "a dragonfly hovered, vibrating and
iridescent" [syn: changeable, chatoyant, iridescent]
(noun)
1: an attempt to score in a game
2: (sports) the act of swinging or striking at a ball with a
club or racket or bat or cue or hand; "it took two strokes
to get out of the bunker"; "a good shot require good
balance and tempo"; "he left me an almost impossible shot"
[syn: stroke]
3: the act of firing a projectile; "his shooting was slow but
accurate" [syn: shooting]
4: a chance to do something; "he wanted a shot at the champion"
[syn: crack]
5: the act of putting a liquid into the body by means of a
syringe; "the nurse gave him a flu shot" [syn: injection]
6: a solid missile discharged from a firearm; "the shot buzzed
past his ear" [syn: pellet]
7: an informal photograph; usually made with a small hand-held
camera; "my snapshots haven't been developed yet"; "he
tried to get unposed shots of his friends" [syn: snapshot,
snap]
8: a consecutive series of pictures that constitutes a unit of
action in a film [syn: scene]
9: informal words for any attempt or effort; "he gave it his
best shot"; "he took a stab at forecasting" [syn: stab]
10: an aggressive remark directed at a person like a missile and
intended to have a telling effect; "his parting shot was
`drop dead'"; "she threw shafts of sarcasm"; "she takes a
dig at me every chance she gets" [syn: shaft, slam, dig,
barb, jibe, gibe]
11: 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"
12: a small drink of liquor; "he poured a shot of whiskey" [syn:
nip]
13: sports equipment consisting of a heavy metal ball used in
the shot put; "he trained at putting the shot"
14: a person who shoots (usually with respect to their ability
to shoot); "he is a crack shot"; "a poor shooter" [syn: shooter]
15: the launching of a missile or spacecraft to a specified
destination [syn: blastoff]
16: an explosive charge used in blasting
17: an estimate based on little or no information [syn: guess,
guesswork, guessing, dead reckoning]
Based on WordNet 2.0
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Shoot \Shoot\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Shot; p. pr. & vb. n.
Shooting. The old participle Shotten is obsolete. See
Shotten.] [OE. shotien, schotien, AS. scotian, v. i.,
sce['o]tan; akin to D. schieten, G. schie?en, OHG. sciozan,
Icel. skj?ta, Sw. skjuta, Dan. skyde; cf. Skr. skund to jump.
[root]159. Cf. Scot a contribution, Scout to reject,
Scud, Scuttle, v. i., Shot, Sheet, Shut, Shuttle,
Skittish, Skittles.]
1. To let fly, or cause to be driven, with force, as an arrow
or a bullet; -- followed by a word denoting the missile,
as an object.
If you please To shoot an arrow that self way.
--Shak.
2. To discharge, causing a missile to be driven forth; --
followed by a word denoting the weapon or instrument, as
an object; -- often with off; as, to shoot a gun.
The two ends od a bow,Shot : off, fly from one
another. --Boyle.
3. To strike with anything shot; to hit with a missile;
often, to kill or wound with a firearm; -- followed by a
word denoting the person or thing hit, as an object.
When Roger shot the hawk hovering over his master's
dove house. --A. Tucker.
4. To send out or forth, especially with a rapid or sudden
motion; to cast with the hand; to hurl; to discharge; to
emit.
An honest weaver as ever shot shuttle. --Beau. & Fl.
A pit into which the dead carts had nightly shot
corpses by scores. --Macaulay.
5. To push or thrust forward; to project; to protrude; --
often with out; as, a plant shoots out a bud.
They shoot out the lip, they shake the head. --Ps.
xxii. 7.
Beware the secret snake that shoots a sting.
--Dryden.
6. (Carp.) To plane straight; to fit by planing.
Two pieces of wood that are shot, that is, planed or
else pared with a paring chisel. --Moxon.
7. To pass rapidly through, over, or under; as, to shoot a
rapid or a bridge; to shoot a sand bar.
She . . . shoots the Stygian sound. --Dryden.
8. To variegate as if by sprinkling or intermingling; to
color in spots or patches.
The tangled water courses slept, Shot over with
purple, and green, and yellow. --Tennyson.
To be shot of, to be discharged, cleared, or rid of.
[Colloq.] ``Are you not glad to be shot of him?'' --Sir W.
Scott.
Based on Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary
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Shot : \Shot\,
imp. & p. p. of Shoot.
Based on Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary
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Shot : \Shot\, a.
Woven in such a way as to produce an effect of variegation,
of changeable tints, or of being figured; as, shot silks. See
Shoot, v. t., 8.
Based on Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary
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Shot : \Shot\, n. [AS. scot, sceot, fr. sce['o]tan to shoot; akin
to D. sschot, Icel. skot. [root]159. See Scot a share,
Shoot, v. t., and cf. Shot a shooting.]
A share or proportion; a reckoning; a scot.
Here no shots are where all shares be. --Chapman.
A man is never . . . welcome to a place till some
certain shot be paid and the hostess say ``Welcome.''
--Shak.
Based on Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary
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Shot : \Shot\, n.; pl. Shotor Shots. [OE. shot, schot, AS.
gesceot a missile; akin to D. schot a shot, shoot, G. schuss,
geschoss a missile, Icel. skot a throwing, a javelin, and E.
shoot, v.t. [root]159. See Shoot, and cf. Shot a share.]
1. The act of shooting; discharge of a firearm or other
weapon which throws a missile.
He caused twenty shot of his greatest cannon to be
made at the king's army. --Clarendon.
2. A missile weapon, particularly a ball or bullet;
specifically, whatever is discharged as a projectile from
firearms or cannon by the force of an explosive.
Note: Shot used in war is of various kinds, classified
according to the material of which it is composed, into
lead, wrought-iron, and cast-iron; according to form,
into spherical and oblong; according to structure and
modes of operation, into solid, hollow, and case. See
Bar shot, Chain shot, etc., under Bar, Chain,
etc.
3. Small globular masses of lead, of various sizes, -- used
chiefly for killing game; as, bird shot; buckshot.
4. 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.
5. A marksman; one who practices shooting; as, an exellent
shot.
Shot belt, a belt having a pouch or compartment for
carrying shot.
Shot cartridge, a cartridge containing powder and small
shot, forming a charge for a shotgun.
Shot garland (Naut.), a wooden frame to contain shot,
secured to the coamings and ledges round the hatchways of
a ship.
Shot gauge, an instrument for measuring the diameter of
round shot. --Totten.
shot hole, a hole made by a shot or bullet discharged.
Shot locker (Naut.), a strongly framed compartment in the
hold of a vessel, for containing shot.
Shot of a cable (Naut.), the splicing of two or more cables
together, or the whole length of the cables thus united.
Shot prop (Naut.), a wooden prop covered with tarred hemp,
to stop a hole made by the shot of an enemy in a ship's
side.
Shot tower, a lofty tower for making shot, by dropping from
its summit melted lead in slender streams. The lead forms
spherical drops which cool in the descent, and are
received in water or other liquid.
Shot window, a window projecting from the wall. Ritson,
quoted by Halliwell, explains it as a window that opens
and shuts; and Wodrow describes it as a window of shutters
made of timber and a few inches of glass above them.
Based on Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary
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Shot : \Shot\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Shotted; p. pr. & vb. n.
Shotting.]
To load with shot, as a gun. --Totten.
Based on Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary
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Shot : \Shot\, n.
1. (Fisheries)
(a) A cast of a net.
(b) The entire throw of nets at one time.
(c) A place or spot for setting nets.
(d) A single draft or catch of fish made.
2. (Athletics) A spherical weight, to be put, or thrown, in
competition for distance.
3. A stroke or propulsive action in certain games, as in
billiards, hockey, curling, etc.; also, a move, as in
chess.
4. A guess; conjecture; also, an attempt. [Colloq.]
Based on Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)
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Example Usage of Shot |
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