SHOT

changeable, chatoyant, iridescent, shot

(adjective) varying in color when seen in different lights or from different angles; “changeable taffeta”; “chatoyant (or shot) silk”; “a dragonfly hovered, vibrating and iridescent”

blastoff, shot

(noun) the launching of a missile or spacecraft to a specified destination

shooting, shot

(noun) the act of firing a projectile; “his shooting was slow but accurate”

stroke, shot

(noun) (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 requires good balance and tempo”; “he left me an almost impossible shot”

injection, shot

(noun) the act of putting a liquid into the body by means of a syringe; “the nurse gave him a flu shot”

shot, stab

(noun) informal words for any attempt or effort; “he gave it his best shot”; “he took a stab at forecasting”

shot

(noun) an attempt to score in a game

shot

(noun) 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”

shot, pellet

(noun) a solid missile discharged from a firearm; “the shot buzzed past his ear”

shot

(noun) an explosive charge used in blasting

shot

(noun) sports equipment consisting of a heavy metal ball used in the shot put; “he trained at putting the shot”

snapshot, snap, shot

(noun) 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”

guess, guesswork, guessing, shot, dead reckoning

(noun) an estimate based on little or no information

scene, shot

(noun) a consecutive series of pictures that constitutes a unit of action in a film

shot, shaft, slam, dig, barb, jibe, gibe

(noun) 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”

shot, shooter

(noun) a person who shoots (usually with respect to their ability to shoot); “he is a crack shot”; “a poor shooter”

nip, shot

(noun) a small drink of liquor; “he poured a shot of whiskey”

shot, crack

(noun) a chance to do something; “he wanted a shot at the champion”

SHOOT

inject, shoot

(verb) give an injection to; “We injected the glucose into the patient’s vein”

shoot, spud, germinate, pullulate, bourgeon, burgeon forth, sprout

(verb) produce buds, branches, or germinate; “the potatoes sprouted”

shoot

(verb) measure the altitude of by using a sextant; “shoot a star”

shoot

(verb) utter fast and forcefully; “She shot back an answer”

film, shoot, take

(verb) make a film or photograph of something; “take a scene”; “shoot a movie”

photograph, snap, shoot

(verb) record on photographic film; “I photographed the scene of the accident”; “She snapped a picture of the President”

shoot

(verb) score; “shoot a basket”; “shoot a goal”

blast, shoot

(verb) fire a shot; “the gunman blasted away”

shoot, hit, pip

(verb) hit with a missile from a weapon

fritter, frivol away, dissipate, shoot, fritter away, fool, fool away

(verb) spend frivolously and unwisely; “Fritter away one’s inheritance”

shoot

(verb) throw dice, as in a crap game

inject, shoot

(verb) force or drive (a fluid or gas) into by piercing; “inject hydrogen into the balloon”

shoot

(verb) throw or propel in a specific direction or towards a specific objective; “shoot craps”; “shoot a golf ball”

tear, shoot, shoot down, charge, buck

(verb) move quickly and violently; “The car tore down the street”; “He came charging into my office”

dart, dash, scoot, scud, flash, shoot

(verb) run or move very quickly or hastily; “She dashed into the yard”

shoot

(verb) send forth suddenly, intensely, swiftly; “shoot a glance”

shoot

(verb) cause a sharp and sudden pain in; “The pain shot up her leg”

shoot, pip

(verb) kill by firing a missile

shoot

(verb) emit (as light, flame, or fumes) suddenly and forcefully; “The dragon shot fumes and flames out of its mouth”

Source: WordNet® 3.1

Etymology 1

Adjective

shot (comparative more shot, superlative most shot)

(colloquial) Worn out or broken.

(of material, especially silk) Woven from warp and weft strands of different colours, resulting in an iridescent appearance.

Tired, weary.

Discharged, cleared, or rid of something.

Scarred silly or crazy of something or someone usually due to a traumatic experience with said fear.

Noun

shot (countable and uncountable, plural shots)

The result of launching a projectile or bullet.

(sports) The act of launching a ball or similar object toward a goal.

(athletics) The heavy iron ball used for the shot put.

(uncountable) Small metal balls used as ammunition.

(uncountable, military) Metal balls (or similar) used as ammunition; not necessarily small.

(referring to one's skill at firing a gun) Someone who shoots (a gun) regularly

An opportunity or attempt.

A remark or comment, especially one which is critical or insulting.

(slang, sports, US) A punch or other physical blow.

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)

A single serving of espresso.

(archaic) A reckoning, a share of a tavern bill, etc.

(photography, film) A single snapshot or an unbroken sequence of photographic film exposures, or the digital equivalent; an unedited sequence of frames.

(medicine) A vaccination or injection.

(US, Canada, baseball, informal) A home run that scores one, two, or three runs (a four run home run is usually referred to as a grand slam).

(US federal prison system) Written documentation of a behavior infraction.

(fisheries) A cast of one or more nets.

(fisheries) A place or spot for setting nets.

(fisheries) A single draft or catch of fish made.

Hyponyms

(Hyponyms of shot (noun)):

• armor-piercing shot

• Bell shot

• big shot

• buckshot

• chip shot

• cow shot

• grapeshot

• long shot

• parting shot

• screenshot

• tracking shot

• trundle shot

Expressions

• call the shots

• give something one's best shot

• shot in the arm

Verb

shot

simple past tense and past participle of shoot

Verb

shot (third-person singular simple present shots, present participle shotting, simple past and past participle shotted)

(transitive) To load (a gun) with shot.

Etymology 2

Noun

shot (plural shots)

A charge to be paid, a scot or shout.

Hyponyms

• light-shot

Etymology 3

Interjection

shot

(colloquial, South Africa, New Zealand) Thank you.

Anagrams

• HOTs, TOSH, Thos., Tosh, host, hots, oths, tosh

Source: Wiktionary

Shot,

Definition: imp. & p. p. Shoot.

Shot, a.

Definition: 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.

Shot, n. Etym: [AS. scot, sceot, fr. sceótan to shoot; akin to D. sschot, Icel. skot. sq. root159. See Scot a share, Shoot, v. t., and cf. Shot a shooting.]

Definition: 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.

Shot, n.; pl. Shotor Shots. Etym: [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. sq. root159. 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.

Shot, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Shotted; p. pr. & vb. n. Shotting.]

Definition: To load with shot, as a gun. Totten.

SHOOT

Shoot, n. Etym: [F. chute. See Chute. Confused with shoot to let fly.]

Definition: An inclined plane, either artificial or natural, down which timber, coal, etc., are caused to slide; also, a narrow passage, either natural or artificial, in a stream, where the water rushes rapidly; esp., a channel, having a swift current, connecting the ends of a bend in the stream, so as to shorten the course. [Written also chute, and shute.] [U. S.] To take a shoot, to pass through a shoot instead of the main channel; to take the most direct course. [U.S.]

Shoot, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Shot; p. pr. & vb. n. Shooting. The old participle Shotten is obsolete. See Shotten.] Etym: [OE. shotien, schotien, AS. scotian, v. i., sceótan; akin to D. schieten, G. schie, OHG. sciozan, Icel. skj, Sw. skjuta, Dan. skyde; cf. Skr. skund to jump. sq. root159. 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.)

Definition: 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.

Shoot, v. i.

1. To cause an engine or weapon to discharge a missile; -- said of a person or an agent; as, they shot at a target; he shoots better than he rides. The archers have . . . shot at him. Gen. xlix. 23.

2. To discharge a missile; -- said of an engine or instrument; as, the gun shoots well.

3. To be shot or propelled forcibly; -- said of a missile; to be emitted or driven; to move or extend swiftly, as if propelled; as, a shooting star. There shot a streaming lamp along the sky. Dryden.

4. To penetrate, as a missile; to dart with a piercing sensation; as, shooting pains. Thy words shoot through my heart. Addison.

5. To feel a quick, darting pain; to throb in pain. These preachers make His head to shoot and ache. Herbert.

6. To germinate; to bud; to sprout. Onions, as they hang, will shoot forth. Bacon. But the wild olive shoots, and shades the ungrateful plain. Dryden.

7. To grow; to advance; as, to shoot up rapidly. Well shot in years he seemed. Spenser. Delightful task! to rear the tender thought, To teach the young idea how to shoot. Thomson.

8. To change form suddenly; especially, to solidify. If the menstruum be overcharged, metals will shoot into crystals. Bacon.

9. To protrude; to jut; to project; to extend; as, the land shoots into a promontory. There shot up against the dark sky, tall, gaunt, straggling houses. Dickens.

10. (Naut.)

Definition: To move ahead by force of momentum, as a sailing vessel when the helm is put hard alee. To shoot ahead, to pass or move quickly forward; to outstrip others.

Shoot, n.

1. The act of shooting; the discharge of a missile; a shot; as, the shoot of a shuttle. The Turkish bow giveth a very forcible shoot. Bacon. One underneath his horse to get a shoot doth stalk. Drayton.

2. A young branch or growth. Superfluous branches and shoots of this second spring. Evelyn.

3. A rush of water; a rapid.

4. (Min.)

Definition: A vein of ore running in the same general direction as the lode. Knight.

5. (Weaving)

Definition: A weft thread shot through the shed by the shuttle; a pick.

6. Etym: [Perh. a different word.]

Definition: A shoat; a young hog.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition

SHOT

SHOOT

Etymology 1

Adjective

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Verb

Verb

Etymology 2

Noun

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Etymology 3

Interjection

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