1. shot - Noun
2. shot - Adjective
3. shot - Verb
Derived from shoot
4. shot - Interjection
6. shot - Adjective Satellite
of Shoot
imp. & p. p. of Shoot.
Woven in such a way as to produce an effect of variegation, of changeable tints, or of being figured; as, shot silks. See Shoot, v. t., 8.
A share or proportion; a reckoning; a scot.
of Shot
The act of shooting; discharge of a firearm or other weapon which throws a missile.
A missile weapon, particularly a ball or bullet; specifically, whatever is discharged as a projectile from firearms or cannon by the force of an explosive.
Small globular masses of lead, of various sizes, -- used chiefly for killing game; as, bird shot; buckshot.
The flight of a missile, or the distance which it is, or can be, thrown; as, the vessel was distant more than a cannon shot.
A marksman; one who practices shooting; as, an exellent shot.
To load with shot, as a gun.
Source: Webster's dictionaryThere is nothing more exhilarating than to be shot at without result. Winston Churchill
A thought is an arrow shot at the truth; it can hit a point, but not cover the whole target. But the archer is too well satisfied with his success to ask anything farther. Sri Aurobindo
I've missed over 9,000 shots in my career. I've lost almost 300 games. 26 times I've been trusted to take the game-winning shot and missed. I've failed over and over and over again in my life. And that is why I succeed. Michael Jordan
Every shot does not bring down a bird. Dutch Proverb
You arrive mr. Big shot but leave mr. Nobody. African Zulu Proverb
It is easy to dodge a spear that comes in front of you but hard to avoid an arrow shot from behind. Chinese Proverb