shot

Speech parts

1. shot - Noun

2. shot - Adjective

3. shot - Verb

Derived from shoot

4. shot - Interjection

6. shot - Adjective Satellite

Meaning

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 dictionary

Synonyms

injection pellet snapshot attempt image stroke slug effort scene try picture shooting firing photo dose
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Antonyms

operating functional delayed workable serviceable operational
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Hypernyms

play attempt idea pic charge effort

Hyponyms

cannon buckshot cut stroke ball break

Phrases with the word

long shot like a shot opening shot by a long shot shot in the arm Parthian shot

Derivatives

shot shots shotted shotting

Anagrams

host tosh hots Soth

Examples

There 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

Close letter words and terms

Shostakovich Shostakovichian Shostka shot across the bow shot across the bows shot at