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SHOT

Definition:

1. [noun] an attempt to score in a game
   
   
2. [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 require good balance and tempo"; "he left me an almost impossible shot"
   Synonyms: stroke
   
   
3. [noun] the act of firing a projectile; "his shooting was slow but accurate"
   Synonyms: shooting
   
   
4. [noun] a chance to do something; "he wanted a shot at the champion"
   Synonyms: crack
   
   
5. [noun] the act of putting a liquid into the body by means of a syringe; "the nurse gave him a flu shot"
   Synonyms: injection
   
   
6. [noun] a solid missile discharged from a firearm; "the shot buzzed past his ear"
   Synonyms: pellet
   
   
7. [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"
   Synonyms: snapsnap
   
   
8. [noun] a consecutive series of pictures that constitutes a unit of action in a film
   Synonyms: scene
   
   
9. [noun] informal words for any attempt or effort; "he gave it his best shot"; "he took a stab at forecasting"
   Synonyms: stab
   
   
10. [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"
    Synonyms: shaft, slam, dig, barb, jibe, gibe
    
    
11. [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"
    
    
12. [noun] a small drink of liquor; "he poured a shot of whiskey"
    Synonyms: nip
    
    
13. [noun] sports equipment consisting of a heavy metal ball used in the shot put; "he trained at putting the shot"
    
    
14. [noun] a person who shoots (usually with respect to their ability to shoot); "he is a crack shot"; "a poor shooter"
    Synonyms: shooter
    
    
15. [noun] the launching of a missile or spacecraft to a specified destination
    Synonyms: blastoff
    
    
16. [noun] an explosive charge used in blasting
    
    
17. [noun] an estimate based on little or no information
    Synonyms: guess, guesswork, guessing, dead reckoning
    
    
18. [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"
    Synonyms: changeable, chatoyant, iridescent
    
    

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Related Words:

• basketball shot
• slapshot
• headshot
• break
• carom, cannon
• masse, masse shot
• miscue
• cut, undercut
• swipe
• tennis stroke, tennis shot
• baseball swing, swing, cut
• golf stroke, golf shot, swing
• shoot
• countershot
• discharge, firing, firing off
• gunfire, gunshot
• headshot
• shellfire
• potshot
• intradermal injection
• intramuscular injection
• intravenous injection
• subcutaneous injection
• BB, BB shot
• bird shot, buckshot, duck shot
• grapeshot
• musket ball, ball
• outtake
• cheap shot
• cheap shot
• marksman, sharpshooter, crack shot
• gunman, gun
• trapshooter

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