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[[t]ʃɒt[/t]]

n. pl. shots, for6,8, shot;

1) a discharge of a firearm, bow, etc

2) an act or instance of shooting a firearm, bow, etc

3) the range of or the distance traveled by a missile in its flight

4) an aimed discharge of a missile

5) an attempt to hit a target with a missile

6) a small ball or pellet of lead, a number of which are loaded in a cartridge and used for one charge of a shotgun

7) such pellets collectively:

a charge of shot[/ex]

8) a projectile for discharge from a firearm or cannon

9) such projectiles collectively

10) a person who shoots; marksman:

a good shot[/ex]

11) anything like a shot, esp. in being sudden and forceful

12) spo a heavy metal ball used in shot-putting contests

13) spo an aimed stroke, throw, or the like, as in certain games, esp. in an attempt to score

14) an attempt or try

15) a remark aimed at some person or thing

16) a guess at something

17) pha a hypodermic injection, as of a serum or vaccine

18) a small quantity, esp. an ounce, of undiluted liquor

19) an amount due, esp. at a tavern

20)

a) pht a photograph, esp. a snapshot

b) pht the act of taking a photograph

21) sbz mot a unit of action photographed without interruption and constituting a single camera view

22) an appearance as a guest, esp. on television

23) naut. navig. a 90-foot (27-m) length of anchor cable or chain

24) tex Textiles.

a) a pick sent through the shed in a single throw of the shuttle

b) (in carpet weaving) the quantity of filling yarn in relation to each row of tufts in the pile, expressed with a preceding number:

three-shot carpet[/ex]

c) a defect in a fabric caused by an unusual color or size in the yarn

d) tex

pick III, 3)

25) a chance with odds for and against; a bet:

a 20 to 1 shot that the horse will win[/ex]

26) to load or supply with shot

27) to weight with shot

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- have or take a shot at like a shot shot in the arm shot in the dark

Etymology: bef. 900; ME; OE sc(e) ot, (ge)sceot, c. OFrisskot, OHG (gi)scoz; akin to shoot II

shot

[[t]ʃɒt[/t]] v.

1) pt. and pp. of shoot

2) tex woven so as to present a play of colors; variegated, as silk

3) spread or streaked with color:

the dawn sky shot with gold[/ex]

4) in hopelessly bad condition