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shot
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shot 1  (sht)
n.
1. The firing or discharge of a weapon, such as a gun.
2. The distance over which something is shot; the range.
3.
a. An attempt to hit a target with a projectile: His shot at the bear missed by inches.
b. An attempt to reach a target with a rocket: a moon shot.
4.
a. Sports An attempt to score in a game, as in soccer or hockey.
b. Baseball A home run.
5. Sports & Games
a. The flight or path of a projectile in a game.
b. A stroke in a game, as in golf or billiards.
6. A pointed or critical remark.
7. Informal
a. An attempt; a try: took a shot at losing weight.
b. A guess.
c. An opportunity: gave him a fair shot at the part in the play.
d. A chance at odds; something to bet on: The horse was a four-to-one shot.
8.
a. A solid projectile designed to be discharged from a firearm or cannon.
b. pl. shot Such projectiles considered as a group.
c. pl. shot Tiny lead or steel pellets, especially ones used in a shotgun cartridge.
d. One of these pellets.
9. Sports The heavy metal ball that is put for distance in the shot put.
10. One who shoots in a particular way: a good shot with the rifle and the bow.
11.
a. A charge of explosives used in blasting mine shafts.
b. A detonation of an explosive charge.
12.
a. A photographic view or exposure: got a good shot of that last model.
b. A developed photographic image.
c. A single cinematic take.
13.
a. A hypodermic injection.
b. A small amount given or applied at one time: a shot of oxygen.
14. A drink, especially a jigger of liquor.
15. An amount to be paid, as for drinks; a bill.
16. Nautical A length of chain equal to 15 fathoms (90 feet) in the United States and 12 1/2 fathoms (75 feet) in Great Britain.
tr.v. shot·ted, shot·ting, shots
To load or weight with shot.
Idioms:
like a shot
Very quickly.
shot in the arm Informal
Something that boosts one's spirits.
shot in the dark Informal
1. A wild unsubstantiated guess.
2. An attempt that has little chance of succeeding.

[Middle English, from Old English sceot, scot; see skeud- in Indo-European roots.]

shot 2  (sht)
v.
Past tense and past participle of shoot.
adj.
1.
a. Of changeable or variegated color; iridescent.
b. 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.
c. Interspersed or permeated with a distinctive quality: Her apology was shot with irony.
2. Informal
a. Worn-out; ruined.
b. Exhausted; thoroughly tired.

shot1
n
1. (Military / Firearms, Gunnery, Ordnance & Artillery) the act or an instance of discharging a projectile
2. (Military / Firearms, Gunnery, Ordnance & Artillery) pl shot a solid missile, such as an iron ball or a lead pellet, discharged from a firearm
3. (Military / Firearms, Gunnery, Ordnance & Artillery)
a.  small round pellets of lead collectively, as used in cartridges
b.  metal in the form of coarse powder or small pellets
4. (Military / Firearms, Gunnery, Ordnance & Artillery) the distance that a discharged projectile travels or is capable of travelling
5. (Military / Firearms, Gunnery, Ordnance & Artillery) a person who shoots, esp with regard to his ability he is a good shot
6. Informal an attempt; effort
7. Informal a guess or conjecture
8. (General Sporting Terms) any act of throwing or hitting something, as in certain sports
9. (Astronautics) the launching of a rocket, missile, etc., esp to a specified destination a moon shot
10. (Miscellaneous Technologies / Photography)
a.  a single photograph I took 16 shots of the wedding
b.  a series of frames on cine film concerned with a single event
c.  a length of film taken by a single camera without breaks, used with others to build up a full motion picture or television film
11. (Medicine) Informal an injection, as of a vaccine or narcotic drug
12. (Miscellaneous Technologies / Brewing) Informal a glass of alcoholic drink, esp spirits
13. (Individual Sports & Recreations / Athletics (Track & Field)) Sport a heavy metal ball used in the shot put
14. (Military / Firearms, Gunnery, Ordnance & Artillery) an explosive charge used in blasting
15. (Engineering / Metallurgy) globules of metal occurring in the body of a casting that are harder than the rest of the casting
16. (Mathematics & Measurements / Units) a unit of chain length equal to 75 feet (Brit) or 90 feet (US)
call the shots Slang to have control over an organization, course of action, etc.
have a shot at Informal
a.  to attempt
b.  Austral to jibe at or vex
like a shot very quickly, esp willingly
shot in the arm Informal anything that regenerates, increases confidence or efficiency, etc. his arrival was a shot in the arm for the company
shot in the dark a wild guess
that's the shot Austral informal that is the right thing to do
vb shots, shotting, shotted
(Military / Firearms, Gunnery, Ordnance & Artillery) (tr) to weight or load with shot
[Old English scot; related to Old Norse skot, Old High German scoz missile; see shoot]

shot2
vb
the past tense and past participle of shoot
adj
1. (Clothing, Personal Arts & Crafts / Textiles) (of textiles) woven to give a changing colour effect shot silk
2. (Fine Arts & Visual Arts / Colours) streaked with colour
3. Slang exhausted
get shot or shut of Slang to get rid of

Shot pellets collectively; shots or discharges of missiles.
Examples: shot of cannon, 1642; of general dangers, 1662; of fish (single draught or catch), 1859; of foot soldiers; of ice, 1650; of nets (entire throw of fishing nets at one time); of noise and nastiness, 1718; of rain, 1673; of water, 1400; of words, 1567.

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