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shot1 / shät/ • n. 1. the firing of a gun or cannon: he brought down a caribou with a single shot to the neck| fig. the opening shots have been fired in a legal battle over repairs. ∎ an attempt to hit a target by shooting: he asked me if I would like to have a shot at a pheasant. ∎ the range of a gun or cannon: six more desperadoes came galloping up and halted just out of rifle shot. ∎ fig. a critical or aggressive remark: Paul tried one last shot—“You realize what you want will cost more money?” ∎ a person with a specified level of ability in shooting: he was an excellent shot at short and long distances. 2. a hit, stroke, or kick of the ball in sports such as basketball, tennis, or golf: his partner pulled off a winning backhand shot. ∎ an attempt to drive a ball into a goal; an attempt to score: he took a shot that the goalie stopped. ∎ inf. an attempt to do something: several of the competitors will have a shot at the title. 3. (pl. same) a ball of stone or metal used as a missile fired from a large gun or cannon. ∎ (also lead shot) tiny lead pellets used in quantity in a single charge or cartridge in a shotgun. ∎ a heavy ball thrown by a shot-putter. 4. a photograph: she took a shot of me holding a lamp near my face. ∎ a film sequence photographed continuously by one camera: the movie's opening shot is of a character walking across a featureless landscape. ∎ the range of a camera's view: a prop man was standing just out of shot. 5. inf. a small drink, esp. of distilled liquor: he took a shot of whiskey. ∎ an injection of a drug or vaccine: Jerry gave the monkey a shot of a sedative. 6. the launch of a space rocket: a moon shot. PHRASES: give it one's best shot inf. do the best that one can. like a shot inf. without hesitation; willingly: “Would you go back?” “Like a shot.” a shot across the bowssee bow3 . a shot in the arm inf. an encouraging stimulus: the movie was a real shot in the arm for our crew. a shot in the darksee dark. shot2 past and past participle of shoot. • adj. 1. (of colored cloth) woven with a warp and weft of different colors, giving a contrasting iridescent effect when looked at from different angles: a dress of shot silk. ∎ interspersed with a different color: dark hair shot with silver. 2. inf. ruined or worn out: a completely shot engine will put you out of the race my nerves are shot. ∎ drunk. PHRASES: shot through with suffused with (a particular feature or quality): the mist was shot through with orange spokes of light. shot to pieces (or to hell) inf. ruined. |
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"shot." The Oxford Pocket Dictionary of Current English. 2009. Encyclopedia.com. 11 Feb. 2012 <http://www.encyclopedia.com>. "shot." The Oxford Pocket Dictionary of Current English. 2009. Encyclopedia.com. (February 11, 2012). http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1O999-shot.html "shot." The Oxford Pocket Dictionary of Current English. 2009. Retrieved February 11, 2012 from Encyclopedia.com: http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1O999-shot.html |
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shot, the name which applied to everything that was fired out of a naval gun except missiles filled with explosive. As Sir Henry Mainwaring remarks in his Seaman's Dictionary (1644): ‘There are many kinds of shot. That which flies farthest and pierces most is round shot; the next is crossbar, which is good for ropes and sails and masts, the other langrel, which will not fly so far but is very good for the rigging and the like, and for men; so is chain shot and case-shot, which is good to ply among men which stand naked [unprotected] on deck plying of their small shot.’
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"shot." The Oxford Companion to Ships and the Sea. 2006. Encyclopedia.com. 11 Feb. 2012 <http://www.encyclopedia.com>. "shot." The Oxford Companion to Ships and the Sea. 2006. Encyclopedia.com. (February 11, 2012). http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1O225-shot.html "shot." The Oxford Companion to Ships and the Sea. 2006. Retrieved February 11, 2012 from Encyclopedia.com: http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1O225-shot.html |
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shot n.
1. the firing of a gun or cannon: he brought down a caribou with a single shot to the neck. 2. an attempt to hit a target by shooting. 3. the range of a gun or cannon: six more desperadoes came galloping up and halted just out of rifle shot. 4. a person with a specified level of ability in shooting: he was an excellent shot at short and long distances. 5. pl. same a ball of stone or metal used as a missile fired from a large gun or cannon. 6. also lead shot tiny lead pellets used in quantity in a single charge or cartridge in a shotgun. |
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"shot." The Oxford Essential Dictionary of the U.S. Military. 2001. Encyclopedia.com. 11 Feb. 2012 <http://www.encyclopedia.com>. "shot." The Oxford Essential Dictionary of the U.S. Military. 2001. Encyclopedia.com. (February 11, 2012). http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1O63-shot.html "shot." The Oxford Essential Dictionary of the U.S. Military. 2001. Retrieved February 11, 2012 from Encyclopedia.com: http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1O63-shot.html |
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shot a shot in the arm an encouraging stimulus (the shot is the injection of a drug or stimulant).
a shot in the dark an act whose outcome cannot be foreseen. a shot in the locker a thing in reserve but ready for use; in literal use, the locker here is the compartment in which ammunition is kept. See also a shot across the bows, Parthian shot, parting shot. |
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ELIZABETH KNOWLES. "shot." The Oxford Dictionary of Phrase and Fable. 2006. Encyclopedia.com. 11 Feb. 2012 <http://www.encyclopedia.com>. ELIZABETH KNOWLES. "shot." The Oxford Dictionary of Phrase and Fable. 2006. Encyclopedia.com. (February 11, 2012). http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1O214-shot.html ELIZABETH KNOWLES. "shot." The Oxford Dictionary of Phrase and Fable. 2006. Retrieved February 11, 2012 from Encyclopedia.com: http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1O214-shot.html |
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Shotpellets collectively ; shots or discharges of missiles. Examples : shot of cannon, 1642; of general dangers, 1662; of fish (single draught or catch), 1859; of foot soldiers; of ice, 1650; of nets (entire throw of fishing nets at one time); of noise and nastiness, 1718; of rain, 1673; of water, 1400; of words, 1567. |
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"Shot." Dictionary of Collective Nouns and Group Terms. 1985. Encyclopedia.com. 11 Feb. 2012 <http://www.encyclopedia.com>. "Shot." Dictionary of Collective Nouns and Group Terms. 1985. Encyclopedia.com. (February 11, 2012). http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1G2-2505301386.html "Shot." Dictionary of Collective Nouns and Group Terms. 1985. Retrieved February 11, 2012 from Encyclopedia.com: http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1G2-2505301386.html |
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T. F. HOAD. "shot." The Concise Oxford Dictionary of English Etymology. 1996. Encyclopedia.com. 11 Feb. 2012 <http://www.encyclopedia.com>. T. F. HOAD. "shot." The Concise Oxford Dictionary of English Etymology. 1996. Encyclopedia.com. (February 11, 2012). http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1O27-shot.html T. F. HOAD. "shot." The Concise Oxford Dictionary of English Etymology. 1996. Retrieved February 11, 2012 from Encyclopedia.com: http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1O27-shot.html |
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AILSA ALLABY and MICHAEL ALLABY. "shot." A Dictionary of Earth Sciences. 1999. Encyclopedia.com. 11 Feb. 2012 <http://www.encyclopedia.com>. AILSA ALLABY and MICHAEL ALLABY. "shot." A Dictionary of Earth Sciences. 1999. Encyclopedia.com. (February 11, 2012). http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1O13-shot.html AILSA ALLABY and MICHAEL ALLABY. "shot." A Dictionary of Earth Sciences. 1999. Retrieved February 11, 2012 from Encyclopedia.com: http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1O13-shot.html |
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•allot, begot, Bernadotte, blot, bot, capot, clot, cocotte, cot, culotte, dot, forgot, garrotte (US garrote), gavotte, got, grot, hot, jot, knot, lot, Mayotte, motte, not, Ott, outshot, plot, pot, rot, sans-culotte, Scot, Scott, shallot, shot, slot, snot, sot, spot, squat, stot, swat, swot, tot, trot, twat, undershot, Wat, Watt, what, wot, yacht
•robot • hotshot • peridot • microdot
•Wyandot • polka dot • fylfot • mascot
•Caldecott • carrycot • apricot
•boycott • dovecote • sandlot • melilot
•polyglot • Camelot • ocelot
•monoglot • sub-plot • Lancelot
•cachalot • counterplot • Wilmot
•guillemot • motmot • bergamot
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"shot." Oxford Dictionary of Rhymes. 2007. Encyclopedia.com. 11 Feb. 2012 <http://www.encyclopedia.com>. "shot." Oxford Dictionary of Rhymes. 2007. Encyclopedia.com. (February 11, 2012). http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1O233-shot.html "shot." Oxford Dictionary of Rhymes. 2007. Retrieved February 11, 2012 from Encyclopedia.com: http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1O233-shot.html |
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