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say it: shaht
shot is a noun and adjective meaning "the act of firing a projectile". It carries 18 recorded senses.
the act of firing a projectile
“his shooting was slow but accurate”
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
“it took two strokes to get out of the bunker”
“a good shot requires good balance and tempo”
“he left me an almost impossible shot”
sport
a chance to do something
“he wanted a shot at the champion”
colloquialism
a person who shoots (usually with respect to their ability to shoot)
“he is a crack shot”
“a poor shooter”
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”
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
the launching of a missile or spacecraft to a specified destination
varying in color when seen in different lights or from different angles
“changeable taffeta”
“chatoyant (or shot) silk”
“a dragonfly hovered, vibrating and iridescent”
Forms marked · are formed by the regular rule rather than recorded in the source data. English keeps a few hundred irregulars and the rest follow the pattern, so the rule is right far more often than not — but it is a rule, and the mark says so.
Definitions, synonyms and semantic relations for shot 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.