shot

shot
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n
1. crack, report, discharge; blast, explosion, detonation; bang, boom, burst, eruption, crash.
2. ball, Minid ball, pellet, bullet, slug; missile, projectile, ammunition, Inf. ammo; cannonball; Archaic. grapeshot, Archaic. grape.
3. marksman, sharpshooter, rifleman, bersagliere; good shot, crack shot, dead shot, Sl. deadeye.
4. attempt, effort, endeavor, go, try, Inf. the old college try, Inf. stab, Inf. crack, Inf. whack.
5. comment, remark, statement, utterance, word, pot shot, Sl. cheap shot, Sl. low blow.
6. guess, conjecture, supposition, assumption, presumption, hypothesis, postulate, See also shot(def. 15).
7. injection, booster, booster shot, inoculation, vaccine, vaccination; dose, overdose, Sl. fix, Sl. hit, Sl. bang.
8.(all of liquor) drink, nip, spot, tot, jigger, Inf. finger or two; sip, sup, Inf. swig, Inf. swill, Inf. pull, Inf. snort, Inf. jolt; swallow, Inf. slug, Inf. guzzle, Inf. gargle.
9. photograph, Inf. photo, picture, snapshot, Inf. snap, Inf. candid.
10. wager, gamble, bet, risk, hazard, chance; venture, speculation, Inf. flier, Inf. plunge, Brit. Inf. birl; pot luck, blind bargain, sight-unseen transaction, pig in a poke.
11. by a long shot
a. far and away, by far, by a great deal; indubitably, undoubtedly, unquestionably, incontestably, without doubt or question, Inf. in everybody's book.b. by no means, under no circumstances, on no account, not in the least, not at all, never, noway, nowise, Inf. nohow, Sl. forget it; nowhere near, not nearly.
12. call the shots
Slang. direct, administer, dispose, make decisions, run the show, quarterback, Inf. call the plays; dominate, domineer, boss, ride herd on; control, regulate, rule, rule the roost; be in command, be in control, be in the driver's seat or saddle, be at the helm, have the upper hand, hold all the cards, Inf. wear the pants or trousers.
13. like a shot
like a flash, with the speed of light, Inf. like greased lightning, Inf. like a house afire; instantly, instantaneously, immediately; quickly, hastily, hurriedly; swiftly, speedily.
14. shot in the arm
Slang. stimulus, incentive, impetus, fillip, provocative, motive, whet; incitement, inducement, instigation, excitement, provocation, motivation, encouragement.
15. shot in the dark
Slang. wild guess, random, guess, pot shot, Sl. guesstimate. See also shot(def. 6).
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adj
1.(all of textiles) variegated, varicolored, multicolored, many-colored.
2. ruined, wrecked, beyond repair; dead, defunct; spent, exhausted, worn-out, Inf. used-up; All Sl. sunk, cooked, kaput, fini, done in, done for, SOL.

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  • Shot — Shot, n.; pl. {Shot}or {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… …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • Shot — Shot, n.; pl. {Shot}or {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… …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • 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. [1913 Webster] Here no shots are where all… …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • 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. [1913 Webster] …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • Shot — Shot, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Shotted}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Shotting}.] To load with shot, as a gun. Totten. [1913 Webster] …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • Shot — Shot, imp. & p. p. of {Shoot}. [1913 Webster] …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • shot — I. noun Etymology: Middle English, from Old English sceot, scot; akin to Old High German scuz, Old Norse skot shot, Old English scēotan to shoot more at shoot Date: before 12th century 1. a. an action of shooting b. a directed propelling of a… …   New Collegiate Dictionary

  • Shot — NOTOC Shot may also refer to:* Shot (filming), a part of a film between two cuts * Shot glass, a liquor measure * Lead shot, small balls of shot generally used as weights or as firearms projectiles * Round shot, a solid projectile used in muzzle… …   Wikipedia

  • Shot — 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,… …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • shot — See: BIG CHEESE or BIG SHOT, BY A LONG SHOT, CALL ONE S SHOT, CALL THE SHOTS, FOUL SHOT, LONG SHOT …   Dictionary of American idioms

  • shot — See: BIG CHEESE or BIG SHOT, BY A LONG SHOT, CALL ONE S SHOT, CALL THE SHOTS, FOUL SHOT, LONG SHOT …   Dictionary of American idioms

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