shot

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UK /ʃɒt/ US /ʃɑt/

noun 6adj 4verb 3intj 1

Collocations

(noun.) act of firing a gun

ADJ

fine, good | lucky | random | fatal | warning

first, opening

The company's first shot at entering the smartphone market was surprisingly successful.

cannon, gun, pistol, rifle

The hunter fired a rifle shot across the valley at dawn.

QUANT

series, volley

The police officer fired a series of shots at the target during practice.

VERB + SHOT

aim

fire, take

The photographer fired several shots of the wedding ceremony before the light changed.

SHOT + VERB

ring out

hit sb/sth, strike sb/sth

The bullet shot struck the wall behind the target, leaving a small hole.

kill sb/sth | miss (sb/sth)

PREP

~ from

The goalkeeper managed to block a shot from close range.

~ to

The archer took careful aim and fired a shot to the target from fifty meters away.

(noun.) person who shoots a gun, etc.

ADJ

crack, good, excellent

My father was an excellent shot and won several competitions at the hunting club.

bad, poor

(noun.) act of kicking/hitting a ball

ADJ

fine, good, great, superb | poor, wayward | long

VERB + SHOT

crack/get in, have, take, try

I failed the driving test twice, but I'm going to have another shot next month.

miss | mishit

block, parry, save

The defender managed to block the striker's powerful shot just before it reached the goal.

SHOT + VERB

be on target

go wide, miss

He took a shot at the goal, but it missed by inches.

PREP

~ at/on

The goalkeeper made an amazing save when the striker took a shot at the net.

~ from

The goalkeeper made an incredible save on a powerful shot from the striker.

(noun.) photograph; picture in a film

ADJ

VERB + SHOT

get, take

The photographer took several shots before finding the perfect angle for the wedding photo.

SHOT + VERB

show sth

The final shot revealed the winning goal from three different angles.

PREP

~ from

The goalkeeper easily stopped a shot from the striker near the goal line.

~ of

The photographer took a beautiful shot of the sunset over the mountains.

(noun.) injection of a drug

ADJ

booster

VERB + SHOT

give sb

get, have

Before traveling to Asia, she got all her necessary shots at the travel clinic.

PREP

~ of

After a long day at work, she needed a shot of coffee to stay awake.

Definitions

adj

Tired, weary.

I have to go to bed now; I’m shot.

Discharged, cleared, or rid of something.

Tell me true, are you not glad to be fairly shot of him?

Worn out or broken.

The rear axle will have to be replaced. It’s shot.

... but he finds it hard to resist helping the boss's sister, who also works there and whose body "is more shot than mine."

Woven from warp and weft strands of different colours, resulting in an iridescent appearance.

The cloak was shot through with silver threads.

noun

The result of launching a projectile or bullet.

The shot was wide of the mark.

The act of launching a ball or similar object toward a goal.

They took the lead on a last-minute shot.

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.

The heavy iron ball used for the shot put.

The shot flew twenty metres, and nearly landed on the judge's foot.

The athletics event of shot put.

For two years Templeton has given individual attention to Krenz. The young man has reciprocated by giving at least two hours each day to practice in the shot and discus.

Small metal balls, or other hard objects of various shapes, used as ammunition, especially in shotgun shells or artillery shells.

Steel shot, unlike lead shot, avoids contaminating the land with spent lead.

The bank robbers' handloaded shotgun shells used rock salt as the shot.

verb

To load (a gun) with shot.

His order to me was, to see the top Chains put upon the Cables, and the Guns shotted.

To sell illegal drugs; to deal.

The mandem all used to go round there and get head off her, the sister blowing the man line by line while her brother shotted downstairs in the stairwell.

[Verse 2:Kano]:If you've been shotting in the manor from way back when and you ain't on a kilo ting, I don't wanna hear about cunch and food and tings, man don't do those tings.

To feed small shot to (a horse), as a fraudulent means of disguising broken-windedness.

Thesaurus

Synonyms

noun — the launching of a missile or spacecraft to a specified dest

blastoff

noun — the act of firing a projectile

shooting

noun — (sports) the act of swinging or striking at a ball with a cl

stroke

noun — the act of putting a liquid into the body by means of a syri

injection

noun — informal words for any attempt or effort

stab

noun — a solid missile discharged from a firearm

pellet

noun — an informal photograph

noun — an estimate based on little or no information

guess
guesswork
guessing

noun — a consecutive series of pictures that constitutes a unit of

scene

noun — an aggressive remark directed at a person like a missile and

noun — a person who shoots (usually with respect to their ability t

shooter

noun — a small drink of liquor

noun — a chance to do something

crack

adjective — varying in color when seen in different lights or from diffe

Antonyms

Idioms & Phrases

big shot

A person with a reputation of importance or power.

They stopped traffic so some big shot and his entourage could have the whole road to themselves.

long shot

A shot fired at a distant target.

"It is of course a most foolish thing twice to take a long shot in a capercailzie wood, as you know," said the captain, appealing to me; "but the last time I had no choice, because

who shot John

Long and involved explanation, finger-pointing, or assignment of credit or blame.

I haven't been in on any of the sessions, I don't intend to get directly involved, and I'm not going to engage in any speculation about "who shot John".

shot in the dark

A guess, attempt, or choice made with little or no evidence or knowledge.

From listening, I can't tell who composed it. Beethoven, maybe, but that's a shot in the dark.

give it one's best shot

To make one's best effort or attempt; to try as hard as possible.

Near-synonyms: give it the old college try; give one's all, go all out, pull out all the stops, do one's utmost, leave it all on the field, empty the tank

Example Bank

I have to go to bed now; I’m shot.

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Tell me true, are you not glad to be fairly shot of him?

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The rear axle will have to be replaced. It’s shot.

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The shot was wide of the mark.

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They took the lead on a last-minute shot.

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Usage Notes

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In some senses, shot is marked as obsolete, colloquial. Watch for register when choosing this word.

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