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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.