shot

Meanings

• the act of firing a projectile
• a solid missile discharged from a firearm
  • "the shot buzzed past his ear"
• (sports) the act of swinging or striking at a ball with a club or racket or bat or cue or hand
  • "a good shot requires good balance and tempo"
  • "he left me an almost impossible shot"
• a chance to do something
  • "he wanted a shot at the champion"
• a person who shoots (usually with respect to their ability to shoot)
  • "he is a crack shot"
• a consecutive series of pictures that constitutes a unit of action in a film
• the act of putting a liquid into the body by means of a syringe
  • "the nurse gave him a flu shot"
• a small drink of liquor
  • "he poured a shot of whiskey"
• an aggressive remark directed at a person like a missile and intended to have a telling effect
  • "his parting shot was `drop dead'"
• an estimate based on little or no information
• 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"
• sports equipment consisting of a heavy metal ball used in the shot put
  • "he trained at putting the shot"
• an explosive charge used in blasting
• 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"
• an attempt to score in a game
• informal words for any attempt or effort
  • "he gave it his best shot"
• the launching of a missile or spacecraft to a specified destination
• hit with a missile from a weapon
• kill by firing a missile
• fire a shot
• make a film or photograph of something
• send forth suddenly, intensely, swiftly
• run or move very quickly or hastily
• move quickly and violently
• throw or propel in a specific direction or towards a specific objective
• record on photographic film
• emit (as light, flame, or fumes) suddenly and forcefully
  • "The dragon shot fumes and flames out of its mouth"
• cause a sharp and sudden pain in
  • "The pain shot up her leg"
• force or drive (a fluid or gas) into by piercing
• variegate by interweaving weft threads of different colors
• throw dice, as in a crap game
• spend frivolously and unwisely
• score
• utter fast and forcefully
  • "She shot back an answer"
• measure the altitude of by using a sextant
• produce buds, branches, or germinate
• give an injection to
• varying in color when seen in different lights or from different angles
  • "chatoyant (or shot) silk"

Synonyms

barb, blast, blastoff, bourgeon, buck, burgeon forth, changeable, charge, chatoyant, crack, dart, dash, dead reckoning, dig, dissipate, film, flash, fool, fool away, fritter, fritter away, frivol away, germinate, gibe, guess, guessing, guesswork, hit, inject, injection, iridescent, jibe, nip, pellet, photograph, pip, pullulate, scene, scoot, scud, shaft, shoot, shoot down, shooter, shooting, slam, snap, snapshot, sprout, spud, stab, stroke, take, tear