shot

Definitions of shot in various dictionaries:

noun - the act of firing a projectile

noun - a solid missile discharged from a firearm

noun - (sports) the act of swinging or striking at a ball with a club or racket or bat or cue or hand

noun - a chance to do something

noun - a person who shoots (usually with respect to their ability to shoot)

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

noun - the act of putting a liquid into the body by means of a syringe

noun - a small drink of liquor

noun - an aggressive remark directed at a person like a missile and intended to have a telling effect

noun - an estimate based on little or no information

noun - an informal photograph

noun - sports equipment consisting of a heavy metal ball used in the shot put

noun - an explosive charge used in blasting

noun - a blow hard enough to cause injury

noun - an attempt to score in a game

noun - informal words for any attempt or effort

noun - the launching of a missile or spacecraft to a specified destination

verb - hit with a missile from a weapon

verb - kill by firing a missile

verb - fire a shot

verb - make a film or photograph of something

verb - send forth suddenly, intensely, swiftly

verb - run or move very quickly or hastily

verb - move quickly and violently

verb - throw or propel in a specific direction or towards a specific objective

verb - record on photographic film

verb - emit (as light, flame, or fumes) suddenly and forcefully

verb - cause a sharp and sudden pain in

verb - force or drive (a fluid or gas) into by piercing

verb - variegate by interweaving weft threads of different colors

verb - throw dice, as in a crap game

verb - spend frivolously and unwisely

verb - score

verb - utter fast and forcefully

verb - measure the altitude of by using a sextant

verb - produce buds, branches, or germinate

verb - give an injection to

adj - varying in color when seen in different lights or from different angles

The firing or discharge of a weapon, such as a gun.

The distance over which something is shot; the range.

An attempt to hit a target with a projectile: His shot at the bear missed by inches.

An attempt to reach a target with a rocket: a moon shot.

An attempt to score in a game, as in soccer or hockey.

A home run.

Sports & Games.

The flight or path of a projectile in a game.

A stroke in a game, as in golf or billiards.

A pointed or critical remark.

Informal.

An attempt; a try: took a shot at losing weight.

A guess.

An opportunity: gave him a fair shot at the part in the play.

A chance at odds; something to bet on: The horse was a four-to-one shot.

A solid projectile designed to be discharged from a firearm or cannon.

One of these pellets.

The heavy metal ball that is put for distance in the shot put.

One who shoots in a particular way: a good shot with the rifle and the bow.

A charge of explosives used in blasting mine shafts.

A detonation of an explosive charge.

A photographic view or exposure: got a good shot of that last model.

A developed photographic image.

A single cinematic view or take.

A hypodermic injection.

A small amount given or applied at one time: a shot of oxygen.

A drink, especially a jigger of liquor.

An amount to be paid, as for drinks; a bill.

A length of chain equal to 15 fathoms (90 feet) in the United States and 122 fathoms (75 feet) in Great Britain.

A wild, unsubstantiated guess.

An attempt that has little chance of succeeding.

Of changeable or variegated color; iridescent.

Streaked or flecked with or as if with yarn of a different color: a blue suit shot with purple; a forest glade that was shot with sunlight.

Interspersed or permeated with a distinctive quality: Her apology was shot with irony.

Worn-out; ruined.

verb - to load with shot (small lead or steel pellets)