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EnglishEdit

PronunciationEdit

  • (UK) IPA(key): /ʃɒt/
  • (US) IPA(key): /ʃɑt/
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  • Rhymes: -ɒt

Etymology 1Edit

From Old English scēot, from Germanic *skot-. Cognate with German Schoß. Compare scot.

AdjectiveEdit

shot (comparative more shot, superlative most shot)

  1. (colloquial) Worn out or broken.
    The rear axle will have to be replaced. It's shot.
    • 2004, Garret Keizer, Help: The Original Human Dilemma‎, page 50:
      ... but he finds it hard to resist helping the boss's sister, who also works there and whose body "is more shot than mine."
    • The Tragically Hip, "Thompson Girl", Phantom Power:
      Thompson girl, I'm stranded at the Unique Motel / Thompson girl, winterfighter's shot on the car as well
  2. (of material, especially silk) Woven from warp and weft strands of different colours, resulting in an iridescent appearance.
    The cloak was shot through with silver threads.
  3. Tired, weary.
    I have to go to bed now; I'm shot.
  4. Discharged, cleared, or rid of something.
    • Sir Walter Scott
      Are you not glad to be shot of him?
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NounEdit

shot (plural shots)

  1. The result of launching a projectile or bullet.
    The shot was wide off the mark.
  2. (sports) The act of launching a ball or similar object toward a goal.
    They took the lead on a last-minute shot.
    • 2011 November 12, “International friendly: England 1-0 Spain”, in BBC Sport‎[1]:
      England's attacking impetus was limited to one shot from Lampard that was comfortably collected by keeper Iker Casillas, but for all Spain's domination of the ball his England counterpart Joe Hart was unemployed.
  3. (athletics) The heavy iron ball used for the shot put.
    The shot flew twenty metres, and nearly landed on the judge's foot.
  4. (uncountable) Small metal balls used as ammunition.
  5. (uncountable, military) Metal balls (or similar) used as ammunition; not necessarily small.
  6. (referring to one's skill at firing a gun) Someone who shoots (a gun) regularly
    I brought him hunting as he's a good shot.
    He'd make a bad soldier as he's a lousy shot.
  7. An opportunity or attempt.
    I'd like just one more shot at winning this game.
    • 2009, David P. Murphy, Phil Torcivia, Rebecca Shockley, Such a Nice Guy
      You won't see me buying a round of Jägerbombs for girls half my age because I know when I have no shot.
  8. A remark or comment, especially one which is critical or insulting.
    • 2003, Carla Marinucci, "On inauguration eve, 'Aaaarnold' stands tall," San Francisco Chronicle, 16 Nov. (retrieved 18 Apr. 2009):
      Schwarzenegger also is taking nasty shots from his own party, as GOP conservatives bash some of his appointments as Kennedyesque and traitorous to party values.
  9. (slang, sports, US) A punch or other physical blow.
  10. A measure of alcohol, usually spirits, as taken either from a shot-glass or directly from the bottle, equivalent to about 44 milliliters; 1.5 ounces. ("pony shot"= 30 milliliters; 1 fluid ounce)
    I'd like a shot of whisky in my coffee.
  11. A single serving of espresso.
  12. (photography, film) A single unbroken sequence of photographic film exposures, or the digital equivalent; an unedited sequence of frames.
    • 2004, Robert Thompson & ‎Cindy Malone, The Broadcast Journalism Handbook: A Television News Survival Guide, →ISBN, page 4:
      Even if everyone else is taking close-up shots of the crumpled body of a rock climber who fell to his death, and your photographer did too, maybe you don't feel the need to air that shot.
    We got a good shot of the hummingbirds mating.
  13. A vaccination or injection.
    I went to the doctor to get a shot for malaria.
  14. (US, Canada, baseball, informal) A home run that scores one, two, or three runs (a four run home run is usually referred to as a grand slam).
    His solo shot in the seventh inning ended up winning the game.
  15. (US federal prison system) Written documentation of a behavior infraction.
  16. (fisheries) A cast of one or more nets.
  17. (fisheries) A place or spot for setting nets.
  18. (fisheries) A single draft or catch of fish made.
HyponymsEdit
Hyponyms of shot (noun)
Derived termsEdit
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Related termsEdit
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VerbEdit

shot

  1. simple past tense and past participle of shoot

VerbEdit

shot (third-person singular simple present shots, present participle shotting, simple past and past participle shotted)

  1. (transitive) To load (a gun) with shot.
    (Can we find and add a quotation of Totten to this entry?)

Part or all of this entry has been imported from the 1913 edition of Webster’s Dictionary, which is now free of copyright and hence in the public domain. The imported definitions may be significantly out of date, and any more recent senses may be completely missing.
(See the entry for shot in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913.)

Etymology 2Edit

See scot (“a share”).

NounEdit

shot (plural shots)

  1. A charge to be paid, a scot or shout.
    Drink up. It's his shot.
    • Chapman
      Here no shots are where all shares be.
    • Shakespeare
      A man is never […] welcome to a place till some certain shot be paid and the hostess say "Welcome".
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Etymology 3Edit

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InterjectionEdit

shot

  1. (colloquial, South Africa) Thank you.

AnagramsEdit

SpanishEdit

NounEdit

shot m (plural shots)

  1. shot (small portion of drink)

SynonymsEdit

SwedishEdit

NounEdit

shot c

  1. shot; measure of alcohol

Usage notesEdit

In Sweden, the term "shot" usually refers to a measure of 4 or 6 cl of alcohol.

DeclensionEdit

Declension of shot 
Singular Plural
Indefinite Definite Indefinite Definite
Nominative shot shotten shottar shottarna
Genitive shots shottens shottars shottarnas

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