potshot

What does potshot mean?

potshot means "a shot taken at an easy or casual target (as by a pothunter)". That is the primary sense; the word has 2 in total, listed in full on this page.

How many syllables are in potshot?

potshot has 2 syllables: pot-shot. The stress falls on "pot". In IPA it is /ˈpɑˌʃɑt/.

Is potshot a common word?

potshot is banded "Rare" — specialist or archaic — most readers will not have met it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.

What rhymes with potshot?

13 words rhyme with potshot. Rhymes are matched on the phonemes from the last stressed vowel onward, which is the definition a reader has in their head.

Definitions, synonyms and semantic relations for potshot come from Princeton University’s WordNet. The pronunciation comes from the CMU Pronouncing Dictionary. Commonness is measured against a corpus of everyday English. Full sources and licences.